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Wilson told Uncut: "Yes, I think so. If you experiment, eventually something good can come out. But I’m not sure that drugs were good for me.

"Marijuana made me very paranoid about living up to my reputation. But it also helped me concentrate on my music. It gave me insight into writing songs that I didn’t have before. So it wasn’t all bad."

The singer and songwriter doesn’t believe that LSD is as creatively beneficial, though, explaining: "[LSD] gave me a case of the scareds. I mostly got over it. But when you take a drug like LSD, you’re never going to be the same again."

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When you're an internationally beloved rock star who has literally seen it all, it's the little things in every city that you come to appreciate. For Mike Love, in the area to play a handful of shows with his legendary group, the Beach Boys, a trip to his favorite Indian restaurant in Boston was priority number one.

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After "That Lucky Old Sun," Wilson says the unreleased songs he recorded, including a slow, smooth version of "Proud Mary," will form another album. He gushes that "the only person I really want to work with is Paul McCartney." He would also like to record "a rock 'n' roll album inspired by Phil Spector's type records, a really hard rock album that really rocks, with big orchestration, the whole bit."

"I look forward to today," he said. "I never look forward to the future because I think to myself, 'What if there's an earthquake, what if I die or someone I love dies?' I get those kind of thoughts all the time. It's 'oof' to my head."

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Aug. 25, 2008 — When Kenny Chesney’s Lucky Old Sun album appears on the horizon on Oct. 14, it will have some rather familiar elements. For starters, during the first week of release, the only version available will be a Deluxe Fan Edition with four extra live tracks — quite similar in concept to the deluxe version of the Sugarland album that arrived last month. In addition, the title track will already have hit the market Sept. 2 as the centerpiece of a new album by Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson, who’s titling his project That Lucky Old Sun.

Meanwhile, the title track was a turning point for Kenny, who enlisted Willie Nelson to join him in the recording, ultimately leading to Willie employing Kenny as the producer for his album Moment Of Forever. Willie was quite familiar with the song: He’d already recorded it for two of his own albums: the 1976 release The Sound In Your Mind and his 1979 duet project with Leon Russell, One For The Road.

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BEACH BOYS star BRIAN WILSON is such a fan of the Beverly Glen Deli in Los Angeles he takes a daily five-mile hike to get a sandwich there.
The California Girls hitmaker builds up an appetite and keeps his weight down with his daily walk.
He says, "I walk five miles a day around the park and then I go. Every day I get something different. They have many kinds of sandwiches."

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"We don't want any publicity about me getting back with the Beach Boys, cause I don't want to. They're not my group anymore. That's Mike and Bruce's group now. I'm on my own, and I would rather do that than go back to the Beach Boys," he says.

After "That Lucky Old Sun," Wilson says the unreleased songs he recorded, including a slow, smooth version of "Proud Mary," will form another album. He gushes that "the only person I really want to work with is Paul McCartney." He would also like to record "a rock 'n' roll album inspired by Phil Spector's type records, a really hard rock album that really rocks, with big orchestration, the whole bit."

"I look forward to today," he said. "I never look forward to the future because I think to myself, 'What if there's an earthquake, what if I die or someone I love dies?' I get those kind of thoughts all the time. It's 'oof' to my head."

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The Loading Zone opened for the Who at the Fillmore on the band's first American tour, hung out with Janis Joplin and the Dead, and toured with Jeff Beck. Founded by Richmond-raised organist/vocalist Paul Fauerso in 1965, the rock 'n' rhythm combo was a regular part of Bill Graham's retinue of acts. For several years Berkeley's gloriously eclectic New Orleans House at San Pablo and Cedar served as its home base, but the East Bay group never became a marquee act outside of the region.

Fauerso produced Tillery's first solo album before the band broke up for good, but by 1971 he was ready to leave the Bay Area to devote himself to teaching Transcendental Meditation. Rarely far from music, he wrote commercial jingles, did some film scores, recorded music for meditation, and produced several albums for Beach Boys' Mike Love. But his ultimate bandstand thrill was a Loading Zone gig opening for soul legends Sam and Dave.

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Although he took time off for short periods, he has been the primary drummer for the group for 39 years. When asked why he is no longer with the Beach Boys, he commented, "It was time. That was my past, I enjoyed it and am looking forward to the future." He has several gold and platinum records hanging in his music room at home recognizing him for excellence in the recording industry.

Last September, he and the Beach Boys parted ways and Kowalski, 64, moved on to a new and exciting path. His partnering with former band members from the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, and other popular beach sound groups, had resulted in a new group called The OC Beach Band.

When asked about his favorite music from his years as a Beach Boy, without hesitation, he said, "When I Grow Up To Be A Man." After a lifetime of travel, playing music, and raising a family, the lyrics of the song say it all.

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Decked out in a blue vertically striped collared shirt, reminiscent of the band's 1970s fashions, a pair of khaki shorts, a navy blue Beach Boys hat, and a white lei, Kevin was ready to rock out to all his favorite beach-inspired tunes as the concert got under way at 8:15 p.m.

"[I'm dressed] just like Brian Wilson," said Kevin, who picked out his outfit to look like the former Beach Boy.

And while many will return their Hawaiian shirts to the back of their closets until the next surf-related event, Kevin often goes around town dressed up as the band's honorary member.

"He started wanting to dress like them," said Kevin's mother Marie Rublee. "He wouldn't wear anything in his wardrobe but blue and white, and, when we went shopping, he would look on the racks and say this is like Brian Wilson, this is Bruce Johnston, and this is Mike Love.

"He would go off to school as Carl Wilson. ... He's definitely a dedicated fan."