2009/04/27

LEGENDARY SURFERS

A Definitive History of Surfing's Culture and Heroes

Contents:
Roots of Surf Music
The Bel Airs and the South Bay
Dick Dale and the Orange County
Posers and Wannabees
The Beach Boys
Early '60s Youth Culture
Surf Music Industry
Surf Music's Demise

1992-2008 Malcolm Gault-Williams
http://www.legendarysurfers.com/surf/legends/lsc212.html

2009/04/24

Vocal Six

2007 Live demos





http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=4GYnfBb1NyU&fmt=18

+ http://www.myspace.com/vocalsix

BRIAN WILSON AND WILLIAM ORBIT PHOTO

from: http://www.williamorbit.com/
+ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Orbit

PAUL WILLIAMS WRITINGS

Visit http://www.paulwilliams.com/writings.html & scroll down to:

Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys – How Deep Is The Ocean? (1997)

The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson were subjects that occupied Paul Williams from the very beginning...

30 DAYS OUT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: TAYLOR MILLS (OF THE BRIAN WILSON BAND)

Brian Wilson’s concert appearances are joyous, all-out rock and roll affairs with a full stage of brilliant performers. Nevertheless, Taylor Mills is easy to pick out of the crowd - not only is this striking blonde the only female member of Wilson’s ensemble, but she also has a knockout voice to go with her killer looks.

BRIAN WILSON EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

(list is not 100% complete!)

July 4, 2009
Deutshes Theatre
Munich, Germany

July 5, 2009
Serenadenhof
Nuemberg, Germany

July 6, 2009
Paradiso / Amsterdam


July 8, 2009
Tempodrom / Berlin, Germany

July 9, 2009
Museumplatz / Berlin, Germany

July 11, 2009
Guilfest / Guilford, England

ROCKS BACK PAGES LINKS

14,000 articles, interviews and reviews from the world's best music writers and critics, from the late 1950s to the present day.

2009/04/22

VAN DYKE PARKS ON 'NAKED SONGFESTIVAL' EINDHOVEN

Quote:

"Naast de optredens van bovenstaande artiesten zijn er ook workshops te bezoeken. Deze worden gegeven door diverse artiesten.
Componist, arrangeur en producer Van Dyke Parks, bekend door samenwerkingen met Beach Boys en The Byrds, verzorgt enkele workshops: hij vertelt over zijn tien beste popsongs en hoe je een song arrangeert."

2009 Apr 20 Music From NL
http://www.musicfrom.nl/magazine/nieuws/31817/naked-song-festival-op-30-mei-in-eindhoven.html

NY TIMES: ALLEN TOUSSAINT "SHINES UP" JAZZ STANDARDS ON "THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI"

Allen Toussaint's Nonesuch solo debut album, The Bright Mississippi is set for release tomorrow, and already the critical response on both sides of the Atlantic has been outstanding.

Produced by Joe Henry, the record includes songs by such jazz greats as Sidney Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, Django Reinhardt, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, and Billy Strayhorn, and features a stellar band: clarinetist Don Byron, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, guitarist Marc Ribot, bassist David Piltch, and percussionist Jay Bellerose, with pianist Brad Mehldau and saxophonist Joshua Redman each joining Toussaint for a track.

2009 Apr 20
http://nonesuch.com/journal/ny-times-allen-toussaint-shines-up-jazz-standards-on-the-bright-mississippi-2009-04-20

2009/04/20

CAROL KAYE FIRST CALL L.A. STUDIO BASSIST

Carol Kaye worked extensively with Phil Spector, Brian Wilson, Lee Hazlewood, and other top producers in the 1960s, although she was a straight jazz player when she started guesting on rock dates in the late 1950s.

2009 Apr 19 Richie Unterberger
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=34278

2009/04/14

BEACH BOYS MASTER TAPES RETURNED AFTER 45 YEARS

The new Beach Boys collection due out on May 19th, called Summer Love Songs, was made possible by a longtime fan coming forth with previously unknown session tapes for such classics as "Don't Worry Baby," "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" and others.

The reels -- which contained the discarded multi-tracks from the Beach Boys' 1964 Shut Down Vol. II album -- enabled the group's production team to create the first true stereo mixes for some of the Beach Boys' most beloved tracks.

2009 Apr 4 Howie Edelson
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php?action=printpage;topic=7109.0

VERDICT BLIGHTS SPECTOR'S LEGACY

The conviction of legendary record producer Phil Spector brings to an end a six-year legal drama that has both intrigued and dismayed the general public and music fans

2009 Apr 14 Peter Bowes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7997450.stm

+ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103064981

THE MAC IS BACK

In their first tour in five years, Fleetwood Mac unleashes a greatest hits parade

Six weeks into Fleetwood Mac's "Unleashed" tour, its first in five years, singer Stevie Nicks, guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie appear to have reined in their combustible personalities and have confined the fireworks to the concert stage.

2009 Apr 9 Len Righi
http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/all-ent-fleetwood-mac-040909,0,508409.story

ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE'S 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME




Rolling Stone® Magazine’s "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" is the ultimate celebration of the greatest rock & roll songs of all time.
The editors of Rolling Stone® called on a five-star jury of singers, musicians, producers, industry figures, critics and, of course, songwriters.
The 172 voters, who included Brian Wilson, Joni Mitchell and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, nominated 2,103 songs in virtually every pop-music genre of the past half-century and beyond, from Hank Williams to OutKast. The results were tabulated according to a weighted point system.

001 - Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
002 - The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
003 - John Lennon - Imagine
004 - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
005 - Aretha Franklin - Respect
006 - The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
007 - Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
008 - The Beatles - Hey Jude
009 - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
010 - Ray Charles - What'd I Say
011 - The Who - My Generation
012 - Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
013 - The Beatles - Yesterday
014 - Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
015 - The Clash - London Calling
016 - The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
017 - Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
018 - Chuck Berry - Maybellene
019 - Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
020 - The Beatles - Let It Be
021 - Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
022 - The Ronettes - Be My Baby
023 - The Beatles - In My Life
024 - The Impressions - People Get Ready
025 - The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

2004 Dec 9 Rollingstone.com
+ tracks 001-500
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/11028260/the_rs_500_greatest_songs_of_all_time/print

2009/04/10

Fractals with Les Baxter

1961? "Earth Light" and "Jewels of the sea"
Written by: Les Baxter?




http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=WQYAAaYqUDc&fmt=18

+ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Baxter

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW BEATLES' RELEASE IS WORTH THE WAIT

Finally! At long last!

Cue the fireworks and confetti! Grab a nurse in Times Square and start kissing her! The Beatles catalog is finally being remastered and reissued!

2009 Apr 10 observer-reporter
http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/04-10-brad-column

+ http://www.thebeatles.com/core/home/

2009/04/07

COMING SOON "SUMMER LOVE SONGS" CD

Coming soon from Capitol Records and the Beach Boys
"Summer Love Songs."


1. Why Do Fools Fall In Love [new stereo mix from newly
recovered analog multi-track master]
2. Don't Worry, Baby [new stereo mix from newly recovered analog
multi-track master]
3. Wouldn't It Be Nice
4. God Only Knows
5. Surfer Girl
6. California Girls
7. Please Let Me Wonder
8. In The Parkin' Lot
9. Your Summer Dream
10. Kiss Me, Baby
11. Hushabye [new stereo mix]
12. I'm So Young [new stereo mix]
13. Good To My Baby [new stereo mix]
14. Fallin' In Love [previously unreleased track, written and
recorded by Dennis Wilson]
15. Time To Get Alone [new stereo mix]
16. Our Sweet Love
17. Help Me, Rhonda
18. Keep An Eye On Summer
19. Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
20. Girls On The Beach

2009 Apr 6 (Courtesy of JohnB on the Imagination mailing list)

EX-BEACH BOY JARDINE RECRUITS NEIL YOUNG, STEVE MILLER FOR SOLO ALBUM

Former Beach Boy Al Jardine recruited an impressive group of all-star friends to be part of his new solo album, which he plans to release in early summer.

Neil Young, Brian Wilson, Steve Miller, Stephen Stills, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and Glen Campbell all guest on "Post Card From California," which includes a mix of original songs and "a Beach Boys standard or two," including "Help Me, Rhonda."

2009 Apr 5 Gary Graff
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/ex-beach-boy-jardine-recruits-neil-young-1003959011.story

The High Llamas songs on mySpace

http://www.myspace.com/thehighllamassongs

2009/04/06

sabrina starke - do for love

2008
Written by: Sabrina Starke & ?




http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=AwOWJoV-koM&fmt=18


+ http://www.sabrinastarke.nl/

PROFESSOR LONGHAIR THE “REAL KING OF ROCK & ROLL”

Okay, children, sit up and pay attention. It’s music history time.

There are many who claim the title of the “King of Rock & Roll.” Carl Perkins, Elvis, Little Richard, but for those who really know the score, the “Real King of Rock & Roll” was Henry Roeland Byrd, more universally known as “Professor Longhair.”

2009 Apr 6 oldsalt1942.wordpress.com
http://oldsalt1942.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/professor-longhair-the-real-king-of-rock-roll/

2009/04/05

How to play tambourine

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=percussion+lessons+tambourine&aq=f

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambourine

The Beat Generation Multi Media Pages

Beat Generation Quotes:

"Who are all these strange ghosts rooted to the silly little adventure of earth with me?"— Jack Kerouac

"Rather, I think one should write, as nearly as possible, as if he were the first person on earth and was humbly and sincerly putting on paper that which he saw and experienced and loved and lost; what his passing thoughts were and his sorrows and desires."— Neal Cassady to Jack Kerouac

http://www.kerouacalley.com/main.html

+ http://beatpatrol.wordpress.com/category/the-beats/jack-kerouac/

PAUL MCCARTNEY, RINGO STARR PERFORM TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION

NEW YORK The short list of times that two ex-Beatles have performed together in public since the band's breakup got a little longer on Saturday night, as Ringo Starr joined Paul McCartney for three songs at the "Paul McCartney and Friends: Change Begins Within" benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall.

2009 Apr 5 Jay Lustig
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2009/04/paul_mccartney_ringo_starr_sin.html

+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEXsO9Zvxa4

2009/04/03

PYNCHON AND BRIAN WILSON

Contents
1 Pet Sounds
2 Tom Hangs with Brian
3 Brian Wilson's Smile


In his March 1977 Playboy article, "Who Is Thomas Pynchon...And Why Did He Take Off With My Wife?", Jules Siegel claims that in 1966 he visited Pynchon in his one-room apartment in Manhattan Beach, California, while on assignment to do an article on Bob Dylan for The Saturday Evening Post, to wit....

2008 Dec 18 Gravity's Rainbow Alpha Guide
http://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Pynchon_and_Brian_Wilson

+ http://pynchonwiki.com/

+ update 2009-08 http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php?PHPSESSID=0b3db25eb386fb326da0d3b6046a0441&topic=7668.0

+ update 2009-08
http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2009/pl_print_1708

2009/04/01

COPYRIGHT WRONGS AND ROYALTY RIP-OFFS

Governments can and must help artists to get a fair deal, the legendary lyricist and composer Van Dyke Parks tells Carl Rowlands

2009 Mar 31 - Carl Rowlands
http://www.tribunemagazine.co.uk/2009/03/31/copyright-wrongs-and-royalty-rip-offs/

BBLOGS ALPHABETICALLY

This bloglist is under construction, sites with an * will be researched for more links!

aeijtzsche.blogspot.com/ = Aeijtzsche pronounced "H"

aumbop.web-log.nl/ = Aumbop (archive)

bbfun.blog117.fc2.com/ = Celebrate The News 3 (Japanese)

beachboysboots.blogspot.com/ = The Beach Boys boots

beachboysnews.blogspot.com/ = Beach Boys News

beatpatrol.wordpress.com/category/music/the-beach-boys/page/1/
= The Beat Patrol

blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/10/im_a_genius_too.html
= WFMU's Beware Of The Blog

bootlegz.blogspot.com/ = Beach Boys Bootlegs

crystalsphere1.blogspot.com/ = Through a Vast Crystal Sphere

doyoulikeworms.blogspot.com/ = Yes, I Do Like Worms

dutchbeachboys.blogspot.com/ = the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean blog

freemusic07.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Beach%20Boys
= Freemusic07

givemesomeboots.blogspot.com/ = I Hate Shoes, Give Me Some Boots!

letsmakeitboys.blogspot.com/ = Let's Make It Boys

linear-zap-music.blogspot.com/
= Linear Zap's Blog - The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, and more!

olsenbloom.blogspot.com/ = On Songs And Songwriting

peteramescarlin.com/blog/ = CATCH A WAVE

smileysmile.net/uncanny/ = Uncanny

surfermoon.com/blogs/ = Cabin Essence Blog

thejananddeanblog.blogspot.com/ = the Jan & Dean blog

theradiantradish.blogspot.com/ = The Radiant Radish

triffidsbeach.blogspot.com/ = triffids on the beach

uncanny1.blogspot.com/ = Uncanny1 (archive)

unett.blogspot.com/ = Unbending Never Ending Tablets of Time

warnakeysbeachboysblog.blogspot.com/ = Warnakey's Beach Boys Blog

ALBUM & PROMO BLOGS
beachboyswarmth.blogspot.com/
pacificoceanblue.net/news_pob.html
petsounds40.blogspot.com/
petsounds.com/
recordingsunflower.blogspot.com/
thatluckyoldsun.net/

VARIOUS OTHER ARTISTS
fusion45.com/
spaceagepop.com/
weirdomusic.com/links.htm

GUITARS, HOTROD & SURF CULTURE
boppeslag.blogspot.com/ = Boppeslag
dumbangelmag.blogspot.com/ = Dumb Angel
endlssummer.blogspot.com/ = Endless Summer (2007 Oct)
fatcitycigarlounge.blogspot.com/ = Fat City Cigar Lounge
hodadheaven.blogspot.com/ = Hadad Heaven
reydetablistas.blogspot.com/search/label/Dick%20Dale King Of The Surf
trustarvibrations.blogspot.com/ = Trustar Vibrations

SURF SITES, POSTERS, MOVIES, SURF CULTURE
briansdriveintheater.com/beach.html
dumbangelmagazine.com/about.htm
dumbangelmagazine.com/links/beatnik_surf.htm
dumbangelmagazine.com/links/pop_surf_culture.htm
lastwave.com/
legendarysurfers.com/surf/legends/lsc212.html
reverbcentral.com/
thesurfnetwork.com/
surfclassics.com/


GIRL GROUPS, WALL OF SOUND
mamaguitar.jp/ *

VOCAL GROUPS
spaceagepop.com/lpvocals.htm

RELATED
frankholmes.com/ = Frank Holmes (SMiLE images)
pipeline-operaglass.moonfruit.com/# * (Beach Boys cd reviews)