Beach Boys News: 2010/10

2010/10/12

R.I.P. SOLOMON BURKE, 1940-2010

'The King of Rock And Soul'
Solomon Burke was a minor star if measured solely by chart success, he had five top forty hits in the early 1960s for Atlantic and largely fell into obscurity thereafter, bouncing from label to label throughout the '70s, '80s and '90s.

He also had one of the stranger resumes among those inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was a preacher, an undertaker, a businessman and host of a gospel radio show on top of being the undisputed King of Rock and Soul for nearly five decades. He held the record for most rejections before induction, too.
-> 2010-10-11

+ American Soul Legend Solomon Burke Dies in the Netherlands at 70

2010/10/09

BEACH BOYS MOVIE SHOOT IN TORONTO?

Dennis, David, Carl, Mike and Brian

Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the team behind the Toronto-shot movie version of Hairspray, have joined actor John Stamos in getting the ball rolling on an as yet-untitled project that will use the music of the Beach Boys.

The film isn’t expected to follow in the footsteps of biopics focusing on musicians, like Ray or Walk the Line, instead it will be more in the vein of the stage-musical-turned-movie Mamma Mia! which utilized the music of ABBA to tell a fictional story.

2010-10-07 examiner.com/movies-in-toronto/
beach-boys-movie-to-shoot-toronto

2010/10/07

THE BEACH BOYS' AL JARDINE HOLDS A COMING-OUT PARTY FOR HIS NEW SOLO ALBUM 'A POSTCARD FROM CALIFORNIA' AT HENRY MILLER LIBRARY

Al Jardine of the Beach Boys will be doing something Friday night for the first time since moving to Big Sur more than 30 years ago.

He'll play his first concert with his own band in what is practically his own backyard, the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur.

2010-10-07 Al Jardine's new cd live party!

2010/10/06

STILL BEAUTIFUL AND HARMONIOUS

[The Beach Boys w/ On the Hunt, The Blue Dogs @ Mount Pleasant Hospital. Sun., Oct. 10]

Charleston musician David Stewart developed a deep love for the Beach Boys in elementary school.

2010-10-05
Blue Dogs make the case for California pop legends the Beach Boys

+ The Blue Dogs Biography

2010/10/05

'ADZ'MAY BE STEVENS BEST YET

Sufjan Stevens has a new cd!

Frenetic waves of cascading glitch electronics abruptly end as soon as they seem to start. Swirling psychedelic soundscapes envelope the listener with warmth and somewhere, just outside of the mix, one can hear the familiar comfort and vulnerability of every Sufjan Stevens’ song of the past decade.