January was a big month for Beach Boys fanatics like myself. It was announced that drummer Dennis Wilson’s brilliant and long out-of-print solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue, would finally be reissued this May! This is a huge development, the full Gospel implications of which will be explored at a later date. For now, enjoy this clip of Dennis singing with the Boys in 1970 (no Full House comments, please!):
And by way of introduction to the genius of Brian Wilson, here he is at his peak:
Catch a wave!
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Is that Ian Anderson rocking the flute? No, of course not. It’s Ian Anderson ‘lite’.