Al Jardine on seeing footage of his longtime Beach Boys bandmate Mike Love performing seated: “I’m speechless.” Love has not disclosed a diagnosis.
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Al Jardine on seeing footage of his longtime Beach Boys bandmate Mike Love performing seated: “I’m speechless.” Love has not disclosed a diagnosis.
Jardine’s surprise Cerritos show brought old bandmates back onstage, on the same night a frail Mike Love performed 2,000 miles away in what may have been his final concert.
The Beach Boys played their first public show since July at Cincinnati’s PNC Pavilion, with Mike Love performing from a chair as bandmates covered his usual lead vocals.
The band scrapped four scheduled shows one day before the run was set to begin, with venues citing circumstances beyond their control.
Brian Wilson’s insistence on rewriting the opening line of a new song led to a rare creative clash with lyricist Tony Asher during the Pet Sounds sessions in early 1966.
Six decades after its release, the album that reset pop music’s ambitions remains as much a burden as a benchmark.
A social media cover version leads to a real-world vacancy, as the Beach Boys’ latest chapter is written through digital discovery and analog tradition.
