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Al Jardine At The 2008 California Mid-State Fair

Excitement is brewing for Al Jardine's upcoming concert.

Al Jardine’s Endless Summer Band
When: 7:30 p.m. Monday (free)
Though not as well known as some of the other Beach Boys, guitarist Jardine was a founding member. In fact, he first hooked up with band leader Brian Wilson through their high school football team. Considered the “lost Beach Boy” by some, Jardine’s vocals can be heard on songs like “Tell Me Why,” “Cotton Fields” and “Then I Kissed Her.” His most famous vocal, though, is the lead on “Help Me, Rhonda,” one of the band’s best known songs. And, of course, he appeared on all the Beach Boys classics, including “God Only Knows,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and “I Get Around.”
Life’s not always a beach:Mike Love owns the rights to the Beach Boys name, and legal action prevents Jardine from using any band name that references the Beach Boys.

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More MidState Fair action

This week’s other headliners include Al Jardine’s Endless Summer Band, a grandstand show that’s free with your fair admission. Jardine, you’ll recall, was a member of the Beach Boys, a friend of the Wilson Brothers and their cousin Mike Love. Jardine took over for forgotten Beach Boy David Marks, who was forced out of the band. He enjoyed a long tenure with the Beach Boys until Brian Wilson’s famous meltdown, and now he tours without the Beach Boy name, due to legal wrangling between the various band members, though expect to hear Beach Boys hits all night long on Monday, July 28, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

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07.25.2008 • Al Jardine • Send feedback » • PermalinkPermalink

Al Jardine's Property Threatened By Big Sur Fire

Per Steve Julian of KPCC, Al Jardine's property is being threatened by the Big Sur wildfire.

July 03, 2008 - The fire near Big Sur has forced nearly everyone out of town. The wildfire has charred more than 50,000 acres and jumped a fire line. One person who's staying put for now is Mary Ann Jardine. Her husband, Al, you might know, is a member of the Beach Boys. KPCC's Steve Julian spoke to Mary Ann, just as Al was driving away.

Julian: Al is leaving, why aren't you?

Jardine: Um, I'm staying with the property. Of course, I had a flight out, but my, we have 22-year-old sons, and they are staying with me, and we are getting the property more ready. We're making sure, we have gel that we purchased actually last Friday. Thermagel that we are putting out for the firefighters to use.

We're making sure the clearance is away, that the propane is off, out, turned off. And, you know, all that kind of stuff. That we just have the property ready, and since the fire is probably maybe three miles from our house, which doesn't sound very far, but, well, it depends. We do only have one road out towards the fire to go out, so we have to make sure that we do have a way out.

Julian: Who are you counting on to tell you when you must, absolutely leave?

Jardine: Yeah, that's kind of the problem, is if you get out of your property, then they can take you away or arrest you and tell you you can't get back, so to check on things, it's kind of iffy, you know. To get out of our canyon, to go look at it. But it would be better if we were up on the hill watching it, if you know what I mean.

But we're down in a canyon, so I guess we're gonna just watch it and hopefully, you know, today or tomorrow, we'll definitely leave. We're just trying to make the property ready for the firefighters to come in and make it a better, an easier access for them to work on. Make sure the vehicles are parked where they, you know, the ones that we're not taking; our tractor, and all that kind of facility, and all the windows are closed, and the doors are closed, and all the things that you're supposed to do in a fire.

07.3.2008 • Al Jardine • 1 feedback » • PermalinkPermalink

A Postcard To Al Jardine

Here's the "postcard" I sent Al on his revised web site:

04.11.2008 • Al Jardine • 3 feedbacks » • PermalinkPermalink

Love And Jardine Settle Case

Mike Love and Al Jardine have settled the latest Beach Boys lawsuit.

Mike Love and his former Beach Boys bandmate, Al Jardine, settled litigation related to their past feud over use of the band's name, an attorney in the case confirmed today.

The case centered in large part around Love's request for about $2.2 million in attorneys' fees spent in previous litigation against Jardine in federal court.

DiMare said the terms of the settlement are confidential, but that both Love and Jardine were pleased with the outcome.

"Mr. Love and Mr. Jardine are looking forward to bringing more Beach Boys music around the world as the group approaches its 50th anniversary," DiMare said.

Other attorneys in the case were not immediately available for comment.

While the lawyers were in chambers with Williams the first day, Jardine and Wilson sat in the audience and chatted, occasionally singing lines from "Help Me Rhonda" -- for which Jardine was the lead singer -- and "Tom Dooley," the Civil War-era folk song made famous in a version by The Kingston Trio.

03.20.2008 • Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, Mike Love, Lawsuits, Reunions • 1 feedback » • PermalinkPermalink

Beach Boys Reunite... In Court

Al, Mike and Brian met in court yesterday, apparently hoping to avoid future litigation.

Lawyers for Beach Boys cofounder Mike Love and former bandmate Al Jardine began mediation talks Tuesday hoping to put their lingering legal dispute over use of the band's name behind them.

Joining Jardine and Love in the courtroom for part of the session: band mastermind Brian Wilson, who even joined Jardine at one point for an impromptu a cappella rendition of "Help Me, Rhonda."

The battling Boys, with the aid of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alexander Williams, sat down to avoid a trial and attempt to hash out a settlement to Love's claim that Jardine owes him about $2 million in attorney's fees racked up from previous litigation.

But the negotiations in chambers got off to a bumpy start when Love failed to appear on time, setting off some bad vibrations from the judge.

"What does that mean when someone doesn't show up? That means they think they are more important than everyone else," Williams said angrily.

Love did eventually show and indicated that he was optimistic the parties could work out a compromise.

03.19.2008 • Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, Mike Love • Send feedback » • PermalinkPermalink

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