gives me chills just how beautiful it is - a voice sent from heaven, even on a such poppy prod he makes you emotional, unreal

gone too soon, what a humble guy he was ...

Cabin essence is amazing. All versions I have heard are epic.

you ever heard this version of surfs up?

Thank you for sharing

you guys ever heard of this lost one hit wonder?

In 1975, Henry Gross was touring the country and had a long strings of dates with the rock band, The Beach Boys. He became particularly friendly with founding band member, Carl Wilson. They had much in common, and during a break from touring, Gross was invited to visit Wilson at his home in Los Angeles to talk music, guitars, and cars.

As Wilson prepared lunch, his two Siberian Huskies reached the counter and got to the lunch first. While admiring the military perfection of the raid executed by the dogs, he told Wilson about his Irish Setter at home, a dog named Shannon who “came” with the woman he would eventually marry. The dog, Gross told Wilson, was an “uncannily human dog whose ability to manipulate her human counterparts cannot be understated.” Wilson became a bit emotional as he shared that he, too, had had an Irish Setter named Shannon that had been recently hit and killed by a car.

When Gross was back home in New York City weeks later, his thoughts drifted to The Beach Boys, and to Carl. With his own Irish Setter, Shannon, by his side, he imagined the indescribable sadness of losing such a beloved partner, and within minutes, Gross had written “Shannon.” He later said, “The song seemed to write itself taking no more than ten minutes and with almost no cross outs on the paper. I made a tape of it on my giant Sony cassette recorder and sent it off to Carl.” Gross took exceptional care in the recording studio to get harmonies that would serve as an homage to the Beach Boys’ sound.

song went to number 5 in the us and was a number 1 in canada thats on @Womanpuncher69 and @Elric

you ever saw this? what kind of timeline is it where summer in paradise is the song to save the world

they really pushed for that

i think im gonna have to agree on the thought that the bbs kept playing old hits in late sixties was a mistake - the sixties more than other decades was constantly moving, the music was the soundtrack of what was going on, california girls was amazing for when it was made but in 1968 we were in a different landscape already everything was so fast and creative every year felt like a new decade and, i don’t think keep playing surfin usa and what not when janis joplin was rocking should’ve been a thing, they should have played 1968 songs

THEYYY REAAALLLYYY TRIED

does jardine have a f***ing ponytail??

this looks like a bad SNL skit

LMFAO elric had the same reaction

poor al his hairline is a natural disaster and he thought rocking a ponytail would help it sheeesh

this had to be the darkest most depressing timeline

carl is nowhere to be seen on stage and his voice is at the forefront

it is imagine being a stan in that era

oh for don’t worry baby? that’s al jardines son doing the lead there actually, matt jardine - he’s the guy rocking the congas

mike and bruce are singing about the environment and protecting it but not even 2 years ago they played at a hunting rally

damn the cat can sing

oh yeah man he’s amazing im so relieved jeff foskett got out of brians band and joined mike love because i don’t like his falsetto, matt came to replace him

jeff:

matt:

so much more genuine as authentic idk - jeff always came off to me as .. robotic

unfortunately by now jeff is all over the bbs lore it’s him doing all the falsetto on that’s why god made the radio, the 2004 smile etc etc etc ... wish matt was there all along, he only came back in the spotlight after jeff left smh

usually not into family legacy coming in the band but matt is amazing and super wholesome im so happy when i got to see brian he was there he got a standing ovation

“idk who knows me but i hope they like my music” says the man praised as one of the great american genuises for decades

the most beautiful wholesome innocent and humble soul there is 💖🌺

he's got pipes on him, that rehearsal video is silky smooth