Let's end this "love-fest":http://mog.com/Jonh_Ingham/blog_post/102632 on a high note.After the Fillmore East "appearance":http://mog.com/Jonh_Ingham/blog_post/103652 with The Grateful Dead the group decided the place they should record their next album was Holland. Those sessions started the last great contemporary work the group did; Brian went off the rails again and when "Kokomo" became th...
I always liked the Beach Boys as a kid, a neighborhood friend had Beach Boys Party! and I especially loved their version of "Barbara Ann" on that record and their singles always brought a smile to my ears. Later when I became more of a rock fan, I was attracted to their later, more serious albums like 20/20 and especially Surf's Up. I didn't really know then about the various Wilson family in...