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| Blondie Chaplin with Brian Wilson |
Just before I pack away my Brian Wilson memories and take them up to my cerebral attic, I thought I'd just briefly mention a personal favourite of mine (tho' not, interestingly, one of Wilson's). Taken from their 1973 album, Holland, it's a Van Dyke Parks collaboration whose lead vocal was sung by neither Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson or indeed Mike Love. Blondie Chaplin, for it is he, was both a time served Beach Boy and a Rolling Stone (and how many people can say that?). Maybe when the dust (or should I say sand?) has settled I'll write a few words about one of rock and roll's unsung heroes. Until then, here is one of the band's most luxuriant, plaintive cries...
The Beach Boys - Sail On, Sailor (1973)
And Blondie's Beach Boys and earlier Rockets colleague Rikki Fataar was in the Rutles. What a pair.
ReplyDeleteIndeed he was. With the African connection, is it a story you've already told, Ernesto?
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