There’s Brian and his Beach Boys, most obviously. Then there were Crosby, Stills, Nash and sometimes Young, those Eagles, and my own personal favorite Turtles, Byrds, Mothers of Invention and possibly even Runaways. Not to mention Lindsey Buckingham’s Big Mac.
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GARY PIG GOLD is RIDING THE WILD SURF – JAN BERRY and the Birth of West Coast Rock
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Beach BVoys, Brian Wilson, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Pig Gold, Jan and Dean, Jan Berry, Mark A. Moore, music videos, radio, Records, segarini, Surf Music, The L.A. Sound on April 24, 2017 by segariniGARY PIG GOLD on THE GENIUS Of JAN
Posted in Opinion with tags Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Car Music, DBAWIS, Deadman's Curve, Dean Torrance, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Pig Gold, Jan Berry, Movies, music, music videos, radio, Records, segarini, Surf Music, Surfing on April 6, 2015 by segarini“He knew how to produce records very well. He had a very strong spirit for recording music. He was a great producer.”
When no less an authority on making records as Brian “No Pier Pressure” Wilson spoke those words, he was paying tribute not only to a dear friend and respected contemporary, but to a man whose contributions to the creation of American West Coast music is somehow seldom ever given their rightful place alongside the achievements of, say, Phil Spector or Wilson himself.