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10 nov 2009 Atroxi
http://twitpic.com/photos/atroxi

BRIAN WILSON @ THE EGG, 11/10/09

ALBANY – Brian Wilson – arguably the single most important architect of the American pop music sound of the past 50 years – lumbered out onto the stage of The Egg on Tuesday night, settled in behind his keyboard and his incredible 10-piece and launched into … “The Monster Mash”? Really. “The Monster Mash”?

If you need any more proof that Wilson still lives in his own little world, there it was: A week and a half after Halloween, he’s opening with “The Monster Mash.”

As the mastermind behind the Beach Boys’ heavenly harmonies and soaring melodies back in the ’60s, Wilson was a bona fide pioneer, an innovator whose pervasive influence continues to resonate throughout the world of pop music today.
It is not an exaggeration to say that any contemporary pop musician who denies Wilson’s influence is either ignorant or lying.

(review) November 11, 2009 GREG HAYMES
http://blog.timesunion.com/reviews/brian-wilson-the-egg-111009/1549/

VISUAL ARTIST AND FORMER RECORD PRODUCER DAVID ANDERLE TO EXHIBIT LOS ANGELES-THEMED PAINTINGS

David Anderle

During his lengthy and successful career in the West Coast contemporary music scene of the 1960s through the end of the 1990s, David Anderle continually pursued his passion for painting.
“Though I always thought I would quit and paint, and in fact took a number of jobs just to make money to keep painting,” he says, “I started producing and fell in love with working with musicians.”

November 14, 2009 - December 5, 2009
http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=61335

+ BILLY SHIRE FINE ARTS (museum)
http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2009/10/19/publish/2348909036.html

+ visit David Anderle MySpace page (& see more art)
http://www.myspace.com/davidanderlebltn

CATcerto: Nora The Piano Cat

2009

Idea & written by: Mindaugas Piecaitis



youtube.com/watch?v=zeoT66v4EHg&fmt=18

Thoughts Of You versus All I Think About Is You

1977 (published 2008)
Piano Variations On Thoughts Of You

Written by: Dennis Wilson, Jim Dutch


youtube.com/watch?v=MI3_F8Ll0Lg&fmt=18

+ Thoughts of you - Dennis Wilson 1977 (cd version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7aqULVOrlQ

+ Harry Nilsson - All I Think About Is You (also from 1977!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q0S5Wtzxtw&fmt=18 (vinyl)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK0l3MYsyF0&fmt=18 (digi)

MANHATTAN TRANSFER: THE CHICK COREA SONGBOOK

Significant as it is that the Manhattan Transfer has been around for 40 years, it is far more remarkable that those four decades have been marked by near-continuous artistic expansion and advancement.
The Four Freshmen and the Hi-Los can statistically claim greater longevity, but the Manhattan Transfer must rightfully be credited as the most enduringly creative vocal group in jazz history.

December(?) 2009, Christopher Loudon
http://jazztimes.com/articles/25275-the-chick-corea-songbook-the-manhattan-transfer

brian wilson band (great live selections)

2009 (latest tour, before 4 nov)

The Little Girl I Once Knew / Catch A Wave / All Summer Long / Add Some Music / Shut Down / Do You Wanna Dance / Sloop John B. / Wouldn't It Be Nice

youtube.com/watch?v=wprK0YDg8hs&fmt=18

Brian Wilson God Only Knows Live in Pittsburgh

recorded 2009, 6 nov

1966 Written by: Brian Wilson, Tony Asher



youtube.com/watch?v=-BFOYIj2cO8&fmt=18

IT'S BACK TO THE BEACH WITH WILSON

In the pantheon of great American composers, a few names immediately come to mind.
Irving Berlin. Cole Porter. George Gershwin.

But Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson?
Gershwin’s estate certainly believes Wilson belongs on that list. Last month, the composer’s family enlisted the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer to complete some of Gershwin’s unfinished compositions, song fragments left scattered about after Gershwin’s death in 1937.

November 8, 2009, JOSEPH HUDAK
http://www.timesleader.com/features/It_rsquo_s_back_to_the_beach_with_Wilson_11-08-2009.html

PRAY FOR SURF: BOOKS BY PETER KREEFT

http://www.peterkreeft.com/books.htm

81 SONGS THAT INSPIRED THE BEATLES EARLY YEARS

Disc 1
Big Joe Turner - Shake Rattle & Roll
Duane Eddy - Cannonball
Larry Williams - Short Fat Fannie
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop
Little Richard - Rip It Up
Hank Williams - Take These Chains
Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On
Lonnie Donegan - Digging My Potatoes
Guy Mitchell - Knee Deep In The Blues
Buddy Holly - Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
Fred Astaire - Crazy Feet
Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
Chuck Berry - Maybelline
Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Little Richard - Kansas City
Leadbelly - Take This Hammer
Elvis Presley - That S All Right Mama
Cliff Richard - Move It

Disc 2
Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula
Little Richard - Lucille
Leadbelly - Midnight Special
Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen
Ray Charles - Hallelujah, I Love Her So
Elvis Presley - Shake Rattle & Roll
Stan Kenton - The Peanut Vendor
Bing Crosby - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Buddy Holly - That Ll Be The Day
Jerry Lee Lewis - Fools Like Me
Conway Twitty - It s Only Make Believe
Little Richard - Slippin & Slidin
Bobby Darin - Queen Of The Hop
Elvis Presley - (You Re So Square) Baby I Don't Care
Chuck Berry - Schooldays
Tex Ritter - Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
Louis Armstrong - When The Saints Go Marching In (Third Man Theme)

Disc 3
Guy Mitchell - Singing The Blues
Jimmie Davis - You Are My Sunshine
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger Rag
Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential
Screamin Jay Hawkins - Little Demon
Elvis Presley - Don T Be Cruel
Carl Perkins - Your True Love
Little Richard - Jenny Jenny
Hank Williams - Low Down Blues
Duane Eddy - Ramrod
Lonnie Donnegan - Rock Island Line
Carl Perkins - Right String, Wrong Yo Yo
Chuck Berry - Rock & Roll Music
Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away
Perry Como - Catch A Falling Star
Elvis Presley - I Got Stung
Louis Armstrong - St Louis Blues
Little Richard - Send Me Some Lovin
Rev Gary Davis - Cocaine Blues
Chuck Berry - You Can T Catch Me
George Formby - Leaning On A Lamp Post

Disc 4
Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk Part 1 & 2
Gene Vincent - Lotta Lovin
Little Richard - Miss Ann
Elvis Presley - True Love
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
Howlin Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
Chuck Berry - Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Carl Perkins - Gone Gone Gone
Elvis Presley - My Baby Left Me
Carl Perkins - Sure To Fall (In Love With You)
Lonnie Donnegan - Midnight Special
Buddy Holly - Maybe Baby
Louis Armstrong - Mack The Knife
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
Big Joe Turner - Honey Hush
Judy Garland & Johnny Mercer - Friendship
Elvis Presley - Milk Cow Blues
Duke Ellington - Tiger Rag
Chuck Berry - Thirty Days
Tommy Dorsey - Tea For Two
Nbc Symphony Orchestra - Adagio For Strings

2009
http://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Day-Originals/dp/B002QXINGM

+ John Lennon's Jukebox (incl. 41 songs)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/lennon/index.html

REVIEW: GOING SOLO, WILSON STILL HAS GOOD VIBRATIONS

QUOTE:

Loving the house acoustics, Foskett veered off the set list to lead the group into a stunning a cappella of "Their Hearts Were Full of Spring."

November 7, 2009 Scott Mervis
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011623-388.stm

+ http://beachboysnews.blogspot.com/2009/12/their-hearts-were-full-of-spring.html

Dennis Wilson - Holy Man. Feat. Taylor Hawkins

1979? (published 2007 with vocals by Taylor Hawkins)

Written by: Dennis Wilson, Gregg Jakobsen, Taylor Hawkins


youtube.com/watch?v=SNF73YSMpAI&fmt=18

CHILD IS THE FATHER OF THE MAN

Brian Wilson threw away his candybar and ate the wrapper.

Brian Wilson lopes onstage at Disney Hall and faces his audience. He’s nervous, but he’s been meditating for an hour backstage in order to get a handle on it. He doesn’t feel like he has to throw up anymore.
Anyway, he’s got his faithful crew to back him up on this, a 10-piece-plus ensemble of strings, brass, percussion, keyboards, guitars and singers who will give his long-lost Smile the loving and detailed attention it needs. He knows he’s in good company. He’ll be fine. So will we.

Bluefat Archive November 2004
http://www.bluefat.com/0905/Brian_Wilson.htm

BEACH BOYS WILL PERFORM IN BRAZIL

That is, the 2nd of december 2009, for the very first time. Check it out on twitter! Here's an article about São Paulo, where the concert will be.

São Paulo, Brazil, is one of the countries most splendid jewels.

This gem is a radiant city, alive with culture and industry.

45 miles from the Atlantic coast, Sao Paulo (which stands from St. Paul in Portuguese) is an amalgam of the various cultures that shape the face of this modern, bustling Brazilian metropolis.
2009
http://www.destination360.com/south-america/brazil/sao-paulo

BRIAN WILSON TO PLAY AT CARNEGIE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL OF HOMESTEAD

If you're looking for a probing, in-depth and insightful interview with one of pop music's true geniuses, you've come to the wrong place.

Perhaps there's an old one from Rolling Stone you can dig up.

The interview that took place on the phone with Brian Wilson Tuesday evening just before his concert in Concord, N.H., was quick and dirty, designed to sell a few more tickets at Carnegie Music Hall Library of Homestead Friday night but not reveal much about the man.

November 05, 2009 Scott Mervis
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010770-388.stm

Powerhouse

Year?/ arranged & performed by Carl Stalling

1937 Written by: Raymond Scott



youtube.com/watch?v=tEuwAh3LFvM&fmt=18

+ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott
+ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerhouse_(song)

+ don't forget to click on the audio tab, with great versions of Powerhouse, Toy Trumpet etc
http://www.raymondscottproject.com/live/

Creaky Boards - Now I'm In The City

2008

Original




http://song.ly/2dhg2

THE LIFE OF BRIAN

Interviewing Brian Wilson is a bit like talking to a child.
Wilson gives short answers, but he doesn’t duck the questions.
He sees his life and his career in simple, uncomplicated terms: He plays music because he likes to.

11.3.09 Michael Lello
http://www.theweekender.com/cover/The_life_of_Brian_11-03-2009.html

WILSON & ALROY (REVIEW THE BEACH BOYS)

QUOTE:

Important note for fawning fans: my co-author David Wilson is NOT NOT NOT Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, or any other Wilson associated with the Beach Boys.
THIS PAGE HAS NO OFFICIAL CONNECTION TO ANY OF THE BEACH BOYS.
I had hoped this would put a stop to all the Brian Wilson love letters we've been getting, but we continue to get such letters on a regular basis. Go figure...

1962-2004
http://www.warr.org/brian.html

+ Ron Sanchez buyers guide: Capitol Years
http://www.careerrecords.com/reports/beachboys/Beach_Boys1.html

+ Ron Sanchez buyers guide: Warner Brothers
http://www.careerrecords.com/reports/beachboys/Beach_Boys2.html

Heroes And Villains (soundcheck)

October 27, 2009, New Jersey

1966 Written by: Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks


youtube.com/watch?v=AO8ZqVr6__Q&fmt=18

SECOND CHILDISHNESS AND MERE OBLIVION

Necessary context: I have yet to retrieve the music from the failed heart of my external hard drive.

2 November 2009 Brad Nelson
http://desperationandnoise.com/2009/11/02/second-childishness/

DAZED AND CONFUSED BY BRIAN WILSON'S ANTICS

It was apparent from the show’s start the band would overshadow Wilson for the duration of the performance, the long performance of two and a half hours.

November 2, 2009 Nicole Yanovsky
http://www.thedaonline.com/a-e/dazed-and-confused-by-brian-wilson-s-antics-1.856121

Catherine Russell performing New Speedway Boogie

2007 live

1970 Written by: Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter



youtube.com/watch?v=ZIhvUCVNlLI&fmt=18

+ Catherine Russell- My Man's An Undertaker (Dizzy's Club- Mon 3/16/09)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-whl1juB9sE&fmt=18