Dean Torrence, who is playing with David Marks in the Legends Of Surf Music, explains his concert philosophy.
Torrence released a solo album in 1966, the psychedelic-pop laden Save For A Rainy Day. However, he previously told The News that he prefers to sing the hits when he performs live.
“Our show isn’t some discography lesson," he said. "We’re a jukebox. People put quarters in and we sing the hits they want to hear."
The Independent talked to David Marks for five minutes.
If I weren't talking to you right now I'd be ...
Rehearsing for the Beach Boys show in Edinburgh.
The most surprising thing to happen to me was ...
Getting a gold disc for selling 2 million copies of the Beach Boys compilation Sounds Of Summer.
A common misconception of me is ...
That I wasn't a real Beach Boy. I've pretty much been written out of history but I was in the band from the very beginning.
David Marks shares his Beach Boys memories with the Sun News.
Playing guitar and singing on the first few Beach Boys albums in the early 1960s as a young teen, David Marks didn't know just how big a wave the group would ride.
"None of us had a clue," he said by phone last week from home in eastern New York. "We were kind of just having fun."
Marks credited the songwriting, band management, Capitol Records and "the hunger America had" for Beach Boys music for making it stand out for multiple generations.
Marks will perform Saturday afternoon as part of the The Legends of Surf Music with Al Jardine, a founding member of the Beach Boys, and Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean at Mayfest on Main in North Myrtle Beach.
Marks brought up the joy of seeing audience members in their 70s as well as young children sing the lyrics of Beach Boy hits such as "Surfer Girl," "Catch a Wave" and "In My Room."
His favorite Beach Boys song to play live in the Legends band remains "Surfin' U.S.A."
"The energy in that song kind of defines the Beach Boys' identity," he said of memories still fresh from those early years with Mike Love, Jardine and brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson. "Today I find the same thing."
When group leader Brian Wilson stopped touring with the band to focus on songwriting, Marks played second guitar. Later, his solo career also would include projects with Gary Busey and the late Warren Zevon.
Last year, Virgin Books released "The Lost Beach Boy: The True Story of David Marks, one of the founding members of the Beach Boys," which Marks co-authored with Jon Stebbins.
Marks said researching material for three years produced many revelations for him.
"Carrie, my wife, did a lot of date checking," he said. "We found a journal ... where my father had managed the group on the road for a Midwest tour."
Marks said he spent part of his life blocking out those times, "but I kept in touch with the guys."
He said pouring his thoughts into print about the band's genesis, he remembered the camaraderie shared. "We were really close," Marks said.
Someone's remark that he and the late Carl Wilson had an influence on other young guitarists made Marks' day recently.
"To have made a contribution like that," Marks said, "and to have the honor to play those great songs with those guys, it's a big, huge honor."
David Marks And Dean Torrence will be performing together in Mississauga.
February 28, 2008 02:39 PM - Two music icons and early rock 'n' roll pioneers are scheduled to play the Hershey Centre in June in support of Mississauga firefighters.
The Mississauga Fire Fighters Association has secured The Beach Boys' David Marks and Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean for a concert on June 6. Proceeds go to the Mississauga Fire Fighters Association Benevolent Fund.
Per David Mark's web site:
The Lost Years 3 CD Special Edition collection of nearly 3 hours of music spanning the 40 years from David Marks & The Marksmen through to David’s latest solo release, I Think About You Often.
We ended up with more than 2 CDs worth of material so David decided to shuffle things around and add a few more tracks and ended up with just under 3 hours of music on 3 CDs instead.
Disc One features 17 tracks worth of David Marks & the Marksmen! The CD features a wide variety of recordings…including never-before-heard songs and studio out-takes.
Disc Two includes recordings from the real “Lost Years” With over an hours worth of unreleased recordings, historic jams, demos, alternate versions and studio out-takes from the Moon to Warren Zevon and the Flies, to David’s unreleased “Low key Intensity” tracks featuring his own arrangements of his favorite Beach Boys songs.
Disc Three is a bonus compilation CD of nearly 2 dozen of David’s favorite tracks from his released solo catalog. Starting with Gary Montgomery’s Angie by the Colours and closing with the full I Think About You Often CD from last year…this is a great CD that highlights David’s evolution as singer, songwriter and musician.
For anyone who has read The Lost Beach Boy, this collection is basically your audio guide to the book and includes most of the songs Jon Stebbins details during the story. For those of you who haven’t read the book yet, the CD and book (both signed) are available through DavidLeeMarks.com... bought together, they are a great way to unravel the mystery of the Lost Beach Boy.
4 tracks from the collection are currently available on David’s MySpace page at MySpace.com/DavidMarks
Continue reading for the track listing and purchasing info:
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