Brian's 1957 Chevy piano stage set up

[Jay]

In the book The Beach Boys In Concert, it talks about Brian having a piano in the body of a 1957 Chevy as part of the stage set up in the mid 1970's. Does anybody happen to have a picture of it?

[Steve Latshaw]

I remember it was light green, sat on the right side of the stage and faced the band. 

[Jay]

I remember it was light green, sat on the right side of the stage and faced the band. 

Thanks for that info.  So, I take it you actually saw it in person?

[Steve Latshaw]

Yeah... Edwardsville, IL, August 21, 1977.  Great show, with Brian in rare form.

[Steve Latshaw]

Actually, that car shell may have been at Champaign, IL... November 19, 1977.  I saw both shows.  I think Brian was playing the large white grand piano in Edwardsville, in August.  Hard to remember.  I do recall being surprised.  It looked like he was sitting in a hot rod facing the stage.  Looked a bit silly as I remember.

[Doo Dah]

Paul Revere of the Raiders used to play a piano keyboard shaped like an automobile for years and years when they played the Branson Missouri circuit. It's kind of cheezy but that's entertainment.

[Steve Latshaw]

I remember thinking it looked kind of silly.  I liked Brian behind the big white grand piano... but it made him look like he was sitting in a little fake bumper car at Disney.

[CenturyDeprived]

There are cut-up actual 1950s cars at a little cafe/diner inside of Fry's Electronics in Burbank, CA. I wonder if it was just like that type of repurposing. I only hope they used a car that was already totaled in some way, instead of cutting up a perfectly good one.

Where is Brian's 1957 Chevy piano today?

[Jay]

I wonder if Ed Roach might have possibly taken any photos of it?

[Lonely Summer]

Paul Revere of the Raiders used to play a piano keyboard shaped like an automobile for years and years when they played the Branson Missouri circuit. It's kind of cheezy but that's entertainment.

Paul had a keyboard built into the dash of an Edsel, later a Mustang, and I thought it was super cool.