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I’ll share a few photos from today’s idol challenge category.
September 17 — With fans ©Joel Muhvic
Signing autographs when Pacific Ocean Blue came out. Likely this photo is from Ed Roach, but I’m not sure.
Dennis with Al, Brian, and Carl (Mike is behind Al, facing away from the camera) ©Michael Ochs
ETA: Scrolling back through these, something I love about this photo is DW’s footwear compared to the rest of the guys. So Dennis.
This commercial from the Sixties:
I share it because today is the anniversary of my father’s birth. My parents were both good dancers, and one time I caught him testing out the “Teaberry Shuffle.” Or at least I thought that’s what I saw. He seemed skeptical.
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September 16 — Dancing ©Domenic Priore
And I leave you with Dennis getting the lead on an early tune.
ETA: The videos/gifs I posted disappeared (likely due to copyrights), so I’ll put a YouTube video on here that contains some of the gifs I like. It’ll probably disappear, too, one day. Sorry.
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It would make me happy to put every gif I can find here. Unfortunately, one that might have been my favorite disappeared from Al Gore’s Internet, no doubt because of copyright infringement. This one is, well… Words fail me.
September 15 — Favorite gif ©Ed Roach
Ed and Dennis were shooting promotional film for his first solo album Pacific Ocean Blue, I believe. Note the movie title on the clapboard (it’s also what he’s saying). 🙂 What you don’t see is Dennis throwing the clapboard off to the side at the end (unless I’m making that up–I’ve seen A LOT of stuff preparing for these thirty days). When the photographer and the talent are best friends, there will be shenanigans. [end of original post]
[edits to original post] Okay, what the heck, one more of young Dennis in the recording studio.
ETA: Coming back long after the fact to add this YouTube video, because within it is the clip that is my favorite but is no longer available as a gif, but also, this shows Dennis throwing away the clapboard which I’d mentioned was missing in the gif I posted. The song playing is Dennis’s “Holy Man,” which later had words written and vocals added by the fantastic Taylor Hawkins.
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Back in business with the return of the Internet to Houndstooth Hall. I’m not complaining that losing electricity for ten hours, losing cable for twenty-one hours, and having scattered leaf and small limb debris is what Hurricane Nicholas delivered. Trust me, no one knows better than I do how it can be worse.
Favorite movie? There’s only one ****, but that’s one more than most drummers appear in as an actor.
September 14 — Favorite movie ©Universal Pictures
The Car who starred in 1971’s Two Lane Blacktop was a 1955 Chevy Sedan, and in honor of Tiny Tuesday, I modified what I could find at Walgreen’s, a tiny 1957 Chevy Bel Air. To give it a rough paint job similar to The Car’s, I blended charcoal, periwinkle, hunter green, sky blue, hippo grey, and ocean reef blue paints. Not an exact match, but just open the door to your imagination, and you can see The Driver and The Mechanic (aka, my Muse) putting in the miles before their next race.
ETA: **** How did I forget the beach movies?!? Dennis appears with the band in both of these, and I think there may have been another.
Film opening includes the Beach Boys with Annette.
Beach Boys appear at end of credits. At the very end of the song, Dennis has lines.
Another from Girls on the Beach
Third BB song from Girls on the Beach.
Yep, another rainy day Monday. This is not the same weather we’ll be getting later when Tropical Storm Nicholas promises to dump significant water on us. We’re watching the property to make sure everything’s draining, so when the heavier rains come, they have a quicker path to the bayou. Instead of the bayou finding a quick path back to us. If that seems likely, we start moving things upward from floor level inside the house.
How can I improve my Monday mood? Simple.
September 13 — Singing ©Chris Walter, 1979
If you ever saw him or the band perform, if there were no drumsticks in his hands, or his hands weren’t busy on a keyboard, and a mic was in front of him, the hand against the ear is one of the most familiar sights of your memories. The hair length and color might change. The beard might come and go. The clothes changed over the decades. But the hand on the ear: That was forever.
“The Beach Boys are not a superstar group. The music is the superstar of the group.” –Dennis Wilson
He lived with celebrities from the time he was seventeen–his brothers and their band. But here are other recognizable people from his life.
September 12 — With other celebs
Al, Dennis, Mike, Carl, and Brian with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1967 ©Linda Eastman
Carl, Bruce, Princess Margaret, and Dennis at the Royal Albert Hall, 1970 (still looking for copyright attribution)
Then-girlfriend/fiancee Christine McVie and Dennis at the keyboards. ©Ed Roach
This one is just fun for me. The Grateful Dead and the Beach Boys jamming together at the Fillmore East in 1971. I don’t know who shot the photo (Ed Roach was there, but not sure if this is his photo); it’s SO SO Seventies. Dennis is one of the front men here. He was busier composing and singing for the band in that period, as was Carl, because Brian was less involved, plus injuries to Dennis’s hand/arm kept him off drums for a while.
Dennis with Paul McCartney, shot probably snagged from video of Brian Wilson’s birthday party in 1976, although Linda McCartney was shooting with her camera.
Below is a video of the band performing “Good Vibrations” live at two separate concerts, with Dennis hammering away at drums in both. I relish seeing Dennis and Carl working together this way, and I’m always happy when Brian is on stage, too. Interspersed with the concert footage is tape from Brian’s birthday party showing Dennis with then-wife Karen talking to Paul.
ETA 2022: This video is no longer available on YouTube.
There’s another photo similar to this one, but the entire story framing it makes me too sad to post it. This is on his boat Harmony with his third wife and a friend.
September 11 — Sleeping ©Ed Roach
September 10 — With pets ©Flip Magazine, 1966
He had dogs and horses.
©Rave Magazine, 1966
From the classic Pet Sounds album photo shoot.
September 9 — Eating ©Capitol Archives
Two GOATS–one my muse, the other who looks like Lush from my favorite rescue, Squirrelwood Sanctuary. If you ever have some extra funds for an animal rescue group, they are terrific. Or if you just want to see the fun and challenge of rescuing animals, you can follow them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
ETA: Found another!
September 9 — Eating ©Capitol Archives
Me wearing my Squirrelwood Luscious OG mask.
I’ll revisit this again in a few days, but here’s some of the cast of the movie Two Lane Blacktop for today’s challenge. The movie, whether loved or hated by viewers, is a cult classic. Lynne and I saw it when it came out in 1971, a night that would change everything for me for always. Enough said.
September 8 — In a car Dennis Wilson as The Mechanic, James Taylor as The Driver ©Universal Pictures
With Laurie Bird as The Girl ©Universal Pictures
And the big star, The Car: 1955 Chevy sedan ©Barrett-Jackson