MZ 405 Exam 3

Maharishi Yogi

Beach Boys meet him at UNICEF benefit; Mike becomes obsessed with transcendental meditation

self-financed tour through the Midwest and Southeast

MLK murdered; many remaining concerts are cancelled or very small crowds

Dennis gives ride to 2 hitchhikers

Ella Jo Bailey and Patricia Kerwinkle

Charles Manson

guru of the two hitchhikers Dennis picks up; he invites Manson and “Family” over

Carrie Wilson

first child of Brian and Marilyn; Brian afraid he is gonna fuck it up, and won’t have anything to do with her

tour with Maharishi

cancelled after 7 performances; loss of $250,000; fans uninterested in lectures from Maharishi

“Little Bird”

Dennis’s first released composition; written with Stephen Kalinich

Terry Melcher

Beach Boys introduce Manson to him after deciding not to promote him

“Do It Again”

Beach Boys last top 20 hit for 8 years

“Never Learn Not To Love”

written as “Cease to Exist” by Charles Manson

20/20 (album)

last album for Capitol Records

“I Can Hear Music”

produced by Carl

Fred Vail

comes back to work for the Beach Boys

Steve Love

Mike’s brother; hired as road manager to assist Nick Grillo

The Flame

group discovered by Mike and Carl from South Africa; Ricky Fataar and Blondie Chaplin

Czechoslovakia

Beach Boys play 3 shows here

Deutsche Grammophon

Nick Grillo arranges deal with them, but after Brian’s press conference announcing close to bankruptcy they change their minds

Spahn’s Ranch and Manson

Terry Melcher and Gregg Jakobson visit to film documentary, but Manson too volatile; Manson wants revenge

Reggie Dunbar

pen name for Murry Wilson

The Radiant Radish

health food store opened by Brian and partners; closes by July 1970

Sharon Tate

brutally murdered; orchestrated by Manson; former home of Terry Melcher

Reprise of Warner Bros

Beach Boys sign with them; deal aided by Van Dyke Parks

Filmways offers to buy Sea of Tunes catalog

group to retain 50% of publishing; Murry Wilson turns around and sells entire catalof to Irving Almo Music (Brian absolutely devastated)

first version of Sunflower

rejected

“Add Some Music to Your Day”

first release on Reprise

Add Some Music (as album)

rejected

Sunflower (accepted version)

first album for Warner Bros; least successful album

“Forever”

co-songwriting credits given to Gregg Jakobson; probably as thank you for letting Dennis stay in his basement apartment

Two-Lane Blacktop

Dennis, as the mechanic, stars in this with James Taylor

DJ Jack Rieley

interviews Brian, Mike, and Bruce and gives them 6 page memo of what they should be doing; becomes in charge of public relations

Big Sur Folk Festival in Monterey

Beach Boys kill it and earn respect from Rolling Stone

“Lady"

single released by Dennis and Rumbo in the UK

Rumbo

Daryl Dragon, keyboardist in Captain and Tennille

Beach Boys play popular venues in 1971

Carnegie Hall, Grateful Dead & Fillmore East, May Day anti-war demonstration in DC, closing of Fillmore East, Central Park (ABC-TV), Carnegie Hall part 2

Dennis puts hand through glass window; unable to play drums

replaced by Ricky Fataar or Mike Kowlaski

Surf’s Up

originally to be called Landlocked; Van Dyke Parks suggests they include “Surf’s Up”

“A Day in the Life of a Tree”

sung by Jack Rieley; Van Dyke Parks sings backing vocal

Nick Grillo is fired

a land deal goes bust; Jack Rieley becomes manager

Spring

Brian producing for Marilyn Wilson and Diane Rovell

Feb 1972 - press conference

announces permanent addition of Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar

Bruce Johnston suddenly leaves

openly dislikes and distrusts Rieley

“I Write the Songs”

Bruce becomes successful songwriter, and this earns 1977 Grammy

Carl and the Passions - “So Tough”

twinned with Pet Sounds album when released

Holland

good reception here makes them decide to record; make Stevie Moffat build and send a whole studio over piece-by-piece

“Sail On Sailor”

sung by Blondie Chaplin

“California Saga: Big Sur”

first time Mike has written both words and music

Mount Vernon and Fairway (Fairytale)

made by Brian during Holland sessions

Jack Rieley decides to stay in Holland and manage group from there

marks start of creative dead end - over next 3 years record very little

Murry Wilson dies

Brian then spends almost 2.25 years in bed; becoming increasingly dependent on cocaine

Jack Rieley fired

Steve Love becomes manager; Blondie Chaplin quits

Endless Summer

“Best of” package released by Capitol that goes to double platinum

Nov 1974

Ricky Fataar quits

Spirit of America

another “best of” package from Capitol