To Mark David's 74th Birthday
Aug 22, 2022 2:37:24 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Aug 22, 2022 2:37:24 GMT -5
Some of this is clearly old news -- or may have been revised since this was posted some 15 years ago on the long-defunct Capitol BB MB -- but I thought it might be cool to repost these remarks made there by Carrie M, as it's David's birthday today:
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"Oct 5th 1963 was David's last concert, but not necessarily his last day in the band. The story told by Ron Swallow in the Lost Beach Boy where he witnessed the final showdown between Murry and Jo Ann happened sometime between the 5th and the 19th when Al appears on guitar for the first time at the Hollywood Bowl.
"That COULD have happened after the session on the 18th for all we know...the last minute nature of the switch would explain Al's rather poor performance that day and his lack of a Fender guitar. Or the 'Little Saint Nick’/'Drive-In' session date could have been fudged by a week to account for David's real departure...like the questionable 9/3/63 marathon session that produced how many songs coincidentally (cough) the business day after the backdated 8/30 departure.
"Have a close listen to LSN...sounds an awful lot like David to my ears. Besides, David has always steadfastly claimed FFF was the 1st song released he didn't play on because it hurt him so much to hear it on the radio after having rehearsed the song but didn't record it -- much like he felt when he heard Surfin'."
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"David has said that Carl was actually a very good drummer -- more technical than Dennis. And while on the on the subject of Dennis going up front to sing, David was the first one to go back to play drums while Dennis sang. During 1962 and 1963 David played drums (live) on Surfer Girl and Silly Boy."
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"The girl on the back of the LP cover is Nik Venet's girlfriend -- not Andrea Carlo. Through the years people have made the incorrect assumption the girl in the photo is the girl on County Fair. However, the LP photo session was totally staged...it wasn't taken during an actual recording session."
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"You [jk] are correct about David and Surfin Safari (all tracks but Surfin') and Surfin USA (all tracks). David played on every track on Surfer Girl (Al played bass and sang on 4 tracks while David played guitar) and every song (uncredited in some cases) on Little Deuce Coupe except for A Young Man is Gone.
"In addition to the obvious album cuts, David also played on the filmed versions of the songs like One Man's Challenge version of Surfin' Safari, several Jan & Dean tracks, a couple of Gary Usher's and on several BB songs that ended up being held over for SD vol II (In the Parking Lot -- he believes) and the box set/Hawthorne/bonus tracks on the CD reissues such as Baker's Man, Punchline etc."
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"Oct 5th 1963 was David's last concert, but not necessarily his last day in the band. The story told by Ron Swallow in the Lost Beach Boy where he witnessed the final showdown between Murry and Jo Ann happened sometime between the 5th and the 19th when Al appears on guitar for the first time at the Hollywood Bowl.
"That COULD have happened after the session on the 18th for all we know...the last minute nature of the switch would explain Al's rather poor performance that day and his lack of a Fender guitar. Or the 'Little Saint Nick’/'Drive-In' session date could have been fudged by a week to account for David's real departure...like the questionable 9/3/63 marathon session that produced how many songs coincidentally (cough) the business day after the backdated 8/30 departure.
"Have a close listen to LSN...sounds an awful lot like David to my ears. Besides, David has always steadfastly claimed FFF was the 1st song released he didn't play on because it hurt him so much to hear it on the radio after having rehearsed the song but didn't record it -- much like he felt when he heard Surfin'."
* * *
"David has said that Carl was actually a very good drummer -- more technical than Dennis. And while on the on the subject of Dennis going up front to sing, David was the first one to go back to play drums while Dennis sang. During 1962 and 1963 David played drums (live) on Surfer Girl and Silly Boy."
* * *
"The girl on the back of the LP cover is Nik Venet's girlfriend -- not Andrea Carlo. Through the years people have made the incorrect assumption the girl in the photo is the girl on County Fair. However, the LP photo session was totally staged...it wasn't taken during an actual recording session."
* * *
"You [jk] are correct about David and Surfin Safari (all tracks but Surfin') and Surfin USA (all tracks). David played on every track on Surfer Girl (Al played bass and sang on 4 tracks while David played guitar) and every song (uncredited in some cases) on Little Deuce Coupe except for A Young Man is Gone.
"In addition to the obvious album cuts, David also played on the filmed versions of the songs like One Man's Challenge version of Surfin' Safari, several Jan & Dean tracks, a couple of Gary Usher's and on several BB songs that ended up being held over for SD vol II (In the Parking Lot -- he believes) and the box set/Hawthorne/bonus tracks on the CD reissues such as Baker's Man, Punchline etc."
