Hand written letters fron Brian up for auction

[Jay]

I love these "detective work" threads.   Good work AGD, and all who contributed to this thread. I love how they want to add AGD's name on file.  

[Jay]

OK, here we go - enjoy (to enlarge some of them, right click then 'view image'):

Something about this caught my interest. the bit about "quoting from two Beatles songs PS I Love You and All My Loving, and two of his own songs Surfer Girl and Don't Worry Baby". We all know the "just a hard working guy" quote. Now, WHY would Brian Wilson quote from his own work? Brian does not seem like the type who has ever had to big of an ego. Being bold enough to quote from his own work seems very uncharactoristic of him*.

*Except in interviews, when he was speaking about specific points of a song.

[kiwi surfer]

Hey great work guys.

Here's a Brian autograph from early 1964.  The fake is nothing like his writing, not even the 'B'.

http://img14.imageshack.us/i/autograph2.jpg/

[LeeDempsey]

I also liked the reference to "Ron" playing guitar and drums?!?  The perpetrator probably picked up Ron Swallow's name from an old program, not realizing that he was just the road manager (AGD, unless you have any evidence that Ron occasionally got behind the drum kit when Dennis was singing -- I always understood that Brian took over drums, and Al took over bass when Dennis was up front).

Lee

[Andrew G. Doe]

I also liked the reference to "Ron" playing guitar and drums?!?  The perpetrator probably picked up Ron Swallow's name from an old program, not realizing that he was just the road manager (AGD, unless you have any evidence that Ron occasionally got behind the drum kit when Dennis was singing -- I always understood that Brian took over drums, and Al took over bass when Dennis was up front).

Lee

Either that... or they're misremembering there was a Ron Wilson who drummed for a surf band. 

[Jon Stebbins]

I also liked the reference to "Ron" playing guitar and drums?!?  The perpetrator probably picked up Ron Swallow's name from an old program, not realizing that he was just the road manager (AGD, unless you have any evidence that Ron occasionally got behind the drum kit when Dennis was singing -- I always understood that Brian took over drums, and Al took over bass when Dennis was up front).

Lee

That would depend on the particular gig or year. I have photo evidence from '63 of Dave playing drums while Dennis is up front, Al on bass...no Brian there. We also have evidence from '64 of Brian on drums and Al on bass while Dennis is up front. What we don't have is evidence of what they did when Dennis went up front in '63 when both Dave and Brian were there, and Al wasn't. Dave says he usually played the drums in this scenario too.

[Andrew G. Doe]

I also liked the reference to "Ron" playing guitar and drums?!?  The perpetrator probably picked up Ron Swallow's name from an old program, not realizing that he was just the road manager (AGD, unless you have any evidence that Ron occasionally got behind the drum kit when Dennis was singing -- I always understood that Brian took over drums, and Al took over bass when Dennis was up front).

Lee

That would depend on the particular gig or year. I have photo evidence from '63 of Dave playing drums while Dennis is up front, Al on bass...no Brian there. We also have evidence from '64 of Brian on drums and Al on bass while Dennis is up front. What we don't have is evidence of what they did when Dennis went up front in '63 when both Dave and Brian were there, and Al wasn't. Dave says he usually played the drums in this scenario too.

I understand Carol played drums for them back then.

[Jon Stebbins]

I understand Carol played drums for them back then.

Played all five instruments on almost everything

[grillo]

Didn't she also start Motown with Barry Gordy?

[smile-holland]

I found this topic highly amusing! The way these letters were analysed and it's authenticity was unmasked, deserves high praise.
Compliments for all involved.