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« Reply #25 on: June 04, 2009, 07:27:21 AM »

Dennis drummed on the 10/15/79 Western session for "Johnny B. Goode" and contributed percussion to "Endless Harmony" at Jardine's Barn on 11/11/79. That's all.

Anyone ever heard "Johnny b goode"? How does it sound? Wasn't their version of "Back in the USSR" also recorded around this time (or didn't it have anything to do with KTSA)?
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« Reply #26 on: June 04, 2009, 09:22:03 AM »

"Back In The USSR" is an Endless Summer Beach Band recording - Mike's side project.
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« Reply #27 on: June 05, 2009, 04:43:03 AM »

I've heard at least two separate people who should know tell me there's Dennis stuff up through '82. 
Including the September 3, 1982 session for "Labor Day", then. Boy, would I love to hear this (not a pm request, I know it isn't around Smiley).
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« Reply #28 on: June 05, 2009, 11:26:21 PM »

Labor Day? Is that a sequel to Fourth of July?
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« Reply #29 on: June 06, 2009, 07:59:04 AM »

Labor Day? Is that a sequel to Fourth of July?
I know it was written the day Gage Wilson was born.
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« Reply #30 on: June 06, 2009, 10:05:25 AM »

It's doubtful anything exisits of this track.  It only gets mentioned because I came across a billing sheet for this from the studio that had housed the old Brother Studios.  In it's final days it was owned by SST Records, and bore no resemblance to Brother in its hey-day, no to what it was when Tom Scott owned it.
I actually have only a vague memory of being there that day...  My memories of the day are much more vivid regarding the hospital, and Gage's birth!  However, Dennis was on quite a run for a couple of days there; (he even disappeared for awhile, and showed up at Karen Lamm's.  Fortunately, she threw him out, and made him return to the hospital). 
If he did manage to really lay anything down that day, I'm sure the bill was never paid, and the tape went with the studio...
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« Reply #31 on: June 08, 2009, 03:14:29 PM »

It's doubtful anything exisits of this track.  It only gets mentioned because I came across a billing sheet for this from the studio that had housed the old Brother Studios.  In it's final days it was owned by SST Records, and bore no resemblance to Brother in its hey-day, no to what it was when Tom Scott owned it.
I actually have only a vague memory of being there that day...  My memories of the day are much more vivid regarding the hospital, and Gage's birth!  However, Dennis was on quite a run for a couple of days there; (he even disappeared for awhile, and showed up at Karen Lamm's.  Fortunately, she threw him out, and made him return to the hospital). 
If he did manage to really lay anything down that day, I'm sure the bill was never paid, and the tape went with the studio...

Hey, then I can still dream! Imagine the tape showing up, containing a three minute piano driven ballad with rudimentary instrumentation (vibes, drums, moog bass and guitar) and Dennis singing a short-ranged melody, maybe just spanning a couple of notes (if even that much was possible). Last chapter in the musical saga of Dennis Wilson. As I said, I can dream, can't I?
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« Reply #32 on: June 08, 2009, 04:37:12 PM »

It's doubtful anything exisits of this track.  It only gets mentioned because I came across a billing sheet for this from the studio that had housed the old Brother Studios.  In it's final days it was owned by SST Records, and bore no resemblance to Brother in its hey-day, no to what it was when Tom Scott owned it.
I actually have only a vague memory of being there that day...  My memories of the day are much more vivid regarding the hospital, and Gage's birth!  However, Dennis was on quite a run for a couple of days there; (he even disappeared for awhile, and showed up at Karen Lamm's.  Fortunately, she threw him out, and made him return to the hospital). 
If he did manage to really lay anything down that day, I'm sure the bill was never paid, and the tape went with the studio...

Hey, then I can still dream! Imagine the tape showing up, containing a three minute piano driven ballad with rudimentary instrumentation (vibes, drums, moog bass and guitar) and Dennis singing a short-ranged melody, maybe just spanning a couple of notes (if even that much was possible). Last chapter in the musical saga of Dennis Wilson. As I said, I can dream, can't I?

Sure...except the song of your dreams would be a more elaborate production than what's apparently on tape, as the bill for the session (which Ed has) indicates only piano, bass & vocal were recorded...and the bass was wiped and replaced by the vocal.
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« Reply #33 on: June 08, 2009, 07:18:47 PM »

I just participated in a lengthy interview with Tom Murphy, who as much as anyone was with Dennis trying to record him in the spiraling days. He is pretty emphatic that Dennis had lost the ability to concentrate enough to be productive in the studio by '79. He described it as a really sad thing. But there was no ability to focus on the work at hand for more than a few fleeting moments at a time according to Tom. In the POB period Dennis was known for pulling off marathon sessions, never losing his focus, and basically out lasting and out working everyone around him. But by '79 this ability was gone according to Tom, and getting any real work done was impossible with Dennis. He had written so much through the '70's that he was still a virtual jukebox of snippets and motifs and could sit down at a piano and play tons of things that were partial or being "developed", but there was no ability to finish anything. Tom described DW as like an Olympic cyclist who used to win races a few years earlier, Dennis could still ride the bike, but he could never make it anywhere near the finish line in his last few years. If there's anything from the post '79 days its going to be bits, pieces, fragments...and probably really loosely performed.
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« Reply #34 on: June 08, 2009, 08:46:29 PM »

Jon that's the vibe I've had about Dennis 1979 and on. Talking to various people I didn't think he had much really finished in those years. Thanks for helping confirm that.
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« Reply #35 on: June 09, 2009, 10:27:55 PM »

Thanks for the insight, Jon. Thanks to Mr. Roach too. Man, the more that I read into Dennis, the sadder the story gets. I don't know if I'm more sad or angry. It's so fustrating to hear and read about such a great talent slipping away. I just want to go back in time and grab Dennis and slap him and say WAKE UP!!!!! It's always the best talents that never realise what they are capable of doing. I listen to the POB/Bambu set, and his talent is GLARINGLY obvious.
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« Reply #36 on: June 10, 2009, 05:04:35 AM »

I just participated in a lengthy interview with Tom Murphy

In preparation for a new cd release maybe?             ;-)
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« Reply #37 on: June 10, 2009, 09:05:02 AM »

I just participated in a lengthy interview with Tom Murphy

In preparation for a new cd release maybe?             ;-)
New Dennis documentary for BBC TV...see thread from a few weeks ago.
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« Reply #38 on: June 10, 2009, 09:43:49 PM »

Ok, I have a question that is kind of Dennis related.  On the 1981(or 82?) Cocaine Sessions bootlegs, it's always listed as "Brian and Dennis". But Brian sings every song(at least what's bootlegged), and there is just one other voice on the tape besides Brian's, and it doesn't sound like Dennis. Are we really sure if he's on the tape that exists?
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« Reply #39 on: June 10, 2009, 11:53:36 PM »

Ok, I have a question that is kind of Dennis related.  On the 1981(or 82?) Cocaine Sessions bootlegs, it's always listed as "Brian and Dennis". But Brian sings every song(at least what's bootlegged), and there is just one other voice on the tape besides Brian's, and it doesn't sound like Dennis. Are we really sure if he's on the tape that exists?

Dennis was tape op. And keyboards.
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« Reply #40 on: June 12, 2009, 10:08:54 AM »

If there's anything from the post '79 days its going to be bits, pieces, fragments...and probably really loosely performed.
You probably don't have much to go by, but was his singing voice completely gone by 81-82?....I know it was by 83.
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« Reply #41 on: June 12, 2009, 03:07:50 PM »

If there's anything from the post '79 days its going to be bits, pieces, fragments...and probably really loosely performed.
You probably don't have much to go by, but was his singing voice completely gone by 81-82?....I know it was by 83.
His voice was gone after the beating he got on superbowl Sunday 1981.
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« Reply #42 on: June 12, 2009, 05:11:18 PM »

Who did the beating on Dennis on Superbowl Sunday 1981?Huh
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« Reply #43 on: June 12, 2009, 09:21:34 PM »

Who did the beating on Dennis on Superbowl Sunday 1981?Huh
Wasn't it one of the Love's?
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« Reply #44 on: June 12, 2009, 11:55:38 PM »

Stan and Rocky
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« Reply #45 on: June 13, 2009, 08:02:59 AM »

Stan and Rocky

I bought the LP that serves as my avatar at Amoeba Records in Hollywood maybe five years ago, and it's in a clear plastic sleeve to which someone has drawn in a cartoon balloon pointing at Rocky's head that says, "I beat the sh*t out of Dennis Wilson."
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« Reply #46 on: June 13, 2009, 09:42:16 AM »

This was pre-Shaun Love, so why the beating?Huh Because he was giving Brian drugs?Huh?
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« Reply #47 on: June 13, 2009, 10:00:35 AM »

This was pre-Shaun Love, so why the beating?Huh Because he was giving Brian drugs?Huh?
It wasn't pre-Shawn; it occurred at a house they had together in the Marina.

I bought the LP that serves as my avatar at Amoeba Records in Hollywood maybe five years ago, and it's in a clear plastic sleeve to which someone has drawn in a cartoon balloon pointing at Rocky's head that says, "I beat the merda out of Dennis Wilson."
How bizarre...  Not to malign him, but I'd written on another board about a year ago about bumping into Rocky, and it was in front of Amoeba Records on Sunset Blvd.!  Sadly, he looked rather thin, and he was working handing out free movie passes.  I happened to be in a 3 piece suit, and didn't think he'd remember me.  However, when I mentioned my name, the color drained from his face.  Maybe, just maybe, he's paid the price all his life for what he & Stan did that day.  Cause it sure brought the end on a lot quicker.
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« Reply #48 on: June 13, 2009, 11:37:03 AM »

I remember I was onstage around '94 at the Wondermints Christmas party as one of the guest performances and I was shooting my mouth off like the cocky young buck I was about Mike Love's lawsuit.  After I got offstage, this guy comes and gets in my face about it, defending Mike and giving me a hard time.  I realized to my horror that it was Rocky Pamplin, another one of those "only in L.A., watch your mouth" kind of moments.  After he mellowed out we had a decent chat, but it sure was jarring.
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« Reply #49 on: June 13, 2009, 11:38:11 AM »

Obviously the big question is, did Rocky still have that sweet-ass mustache that made him look like an only slightly more butch Freddie Mercury?
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