The Dead Daisies have released their live cover of Grand Funk Railroad's "We're an American Band," while Mike Love has re-recorded the Beach Boys' "Do It Again."
Plenty of Beach Boys fans are disappointed with the way the band's much-ballyhooed 50th-anniversary tour, which ended with Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks "fired" from the lineup, and Mike Love continuing to perform with his own version of the group. But as it turns out, Love has been feeling pretty let down about their reunion almost since it started.
The Beach Boys' limited edition vinyl single, just released for National Record Store Day, is now available online.
All proceeds from the single will benefit the American Red Cross for Japan earthquake relief.
The single, 'Don't Fight The Sea' was previously on Al Jardine's solo album 'A Postcard From California', and features a vocal track from the late Carl Wilson. The B-side is an acapella ver
April 6th marks 46 years since the Beach Boys began recording their smash hit and signature song 'California Girls'. Brian Wilson wrote the music and used studio musicians to lay down the instrumental tracks before even calling in the rest of the band to sing their trademark harmony.
Happy 70th birthday to Mike Love of the Beach Boys (3/15). Love formed the band with his first cousins Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson in 1961. He wrote a lot of the big hits for the Boys including 'Fun, Fun, Fun', 'I Get Around', 'California Girls', and 'Help Me Rhonda'...
Al Jardine may have jumped the gun, but he told an interviewer that Capitol Records will release the Beach Boys 'Smile' album this summer. You may remember that Brian Wilson released a solo version of the album in 2004. Fans never thought that it would be released at all.
After all of the feuding between surviving members over the past 8 to 10 years, it looks as if the Beach Boys might reunite for a show this Saturday night (Feb 5th).
Al Jardine posted the info on his Facebook page that the Beach Boys will be performing at A Concert For America: A Tribute To Ronald Reagan, in honor of what would have been his 100th birthday...