Updated 12/30/98
Al Jardine recently did an interview with Jim
Freek for BAMM Magazine
A transcript of the interview can be read here.
Al In BAMM
Updated 12/27/98
This weeks Billboard Online has this to say
about the late Carl Wilson in a
section titled "Passings"
Beach Boys guitarist Carl Wilson,
in Los Angeles. Along with his older
brothers Brian and Dennis, and cousin
Mike Love, Carl was a founding
member of the Beach Boys in 1961 and became the
group's "anchor." He
recorded his first lead vocal in 1965, and
his singing became increasingly
prominent the following year. He took the lead
on "God Only Knows," a key
track on "Pet Sounds," and shared lead vocals with
Mike Love on the No. 1
hit "Good Vibrations."
Also in this weeksBillboard Online, in a year end poll of the
magazine'swriters and editors of the
top albums of 1998, International
Editor in Chief Adam White
chose Brian Wilson's Imagination as the
number 1 album of theyear and Paul Sexton, London
Contributing Editor
picked it as his
number 5 choice.
Updated 12/26/98
Brian is on the cover of Decemberissue of 20th Century
Guitar Magazine. It
features two very good articles on Brian including
an interview with him. It's
available at Barnes and Noble and
other fine book and magazine stores.
Also check
out the latest sound files added to the "Sounds" page.
Updated 12/22/98
The Beach Boys: The Lost Concertwill be shown on
the AMCcable channel
on January 2 ,1999. It's a 30
minute program featuring nine songs that
supposedly was originally shown
on a closed circuit broadcast in movie
theaters in 1964. AMC will follow it with
a showing ofGirls On The Beach
and then at 4:00AM on Sunday Jan 3
(late night Sat/early Sun)they will
repeat the concert.
thanks to Alice Amore
A Brian Wilson Home Video, IMAGINATION, is
scheduled to be released
on January 15th as a companion to the album
and PBS special of the same
name. Apparently this will include more footage
than was seen in either of
the previously shown versions, since it has a running
time of 60 minutes and
the PBS version ran approximately 44 minutes and
the VH1 version ran 23
minutes.
Year/Program Street
Title Running Time Catalog No. Date Price
Brian Wilson 1999/ 60 mins. VHS/ 3-38508 1/15/99 $19.98
"Imagination"
thanks to TAD
Updated 12/21/98
Al Jardine's Beach Boys Family And Friends will be featured
on the Tuesday
December 22 edition of Entertainment Tonight Check
your local listings for
time and channel. They also made an appearance at a charity
benefit on Dec
18. Here is the set list .
I Can Hear Music (Carnie)
Do It Again (Matt)
Darlin' (Carnie)
Come Go With Me (Al)
I Get Around (Matt)
Girl Don't Tell Me (Adam)
Surfer Girl (Group/Al)
Don't Worry Baby (Wendy & Matt)
Monday Monday (Al)
In My Room (Group)
God Only Knows (Carnie & Wendy, Matt & Al)
Sloop John B (Al)
Wouldn't It Be Nice (Matt)
Good Vibrations (Matt)
Help Me Rhonda (Al)
Little Saint Nick (Al)
thanks to Eric Anniversario
Updated 12/17/98
You can find an article on Brian plus
a picture of him onstage with the
Wondermints at Rollingstone Network
Updated 12/16/98
This is the latest concert schedule for the upcoming
Brian Wilson tour. Note the date and venue
change for Milwaukee.
02/19/99 Milwaukee WI Pabst Theater
02/20/99 Minneapolis MN State Theatre
02/24/99 New York NY Beacon Theatre
02/25/99 New York NY Beacon Theatre
02/27/99 Pittsburgh PA A.J. Palumbo Center
02/28/99 Toledo OH Stranahan Theatre
03/01/99 Cleveland OH Allen Theater
03/03/99 Washington DC DAR Constitution Hall
03/05/99 Upper Darby PA Tower Theatre
03/06/99 Boston MA Orpheum Theatre
03/07/99 Uncasville CT Mohegan Sun Casino
03/09/99 Ann Arbor MI Michigan Theater
03/10/99 Rosemont IL Rosemont Theatre
Updated 12/15/98
Add this date to Brian's upcoming tour schedule
March 1, 1999 Allen Theater Cleveland OH
Though this has not been "officially" announced,
it appears to be a good
date
Updated 12/12/98
Ticket info for Brian Wilson Tour
Ticketmastercurrently has three concerts
listed on their
website.:
Feb 27 1999 7:30PM PALUMBO CENTER
PITTSBURGH PA
Mar 9 1999 7:30PMMICHIGAN
THEATRE ANN
ARBOR MI
Mar
10 1999 8:00PM ROSEMONT THEATRE
ROSEMONT(Chicago) IL
Tickets for Rosemont have been on sale since last
week, Pittsburgh went on
sale today at 10:00am and Michigangoes on sale tomorrow
(Sunday Dec.13 )
at 12:00PM . A report in the
St Paul Pioneer Press on 12/4 said tickets
would also be on sale today for the Feb, 20 1999
Minneapolis concert , but
there is no mention of this at Ticketmaster as
of 12:00PM today.It is quite
possible that tickets for this concert are not
being sold through Ticketmaster
or that the date for ticket sales was incorrectly reported.
Also , check out the new RA files added to
the "sounds"
page.
Updated 12/9/98
Confirmed Brian Tour Dates
Feb. 20 -- Minneapolis, MN (State Theater)
Feb. 21 -- Milwaukee, WI (Eagles Ballroom)
Feb. 24 -- New York, NY (Beacon Theater)
Feb. 25 -- New York, NY (Beacon Theater)
Feb. 27 -- Pittsburgh, PA (Palumbo Theater)
Feb. 28 -- Toledo, OH (Stranahan Theater)
March 3 -- Washington, DC (Constitution Hall)
March 4 -- Philadelphia, PA (Tower Theater)
March 6 -- Boston, MA (Orpheum Theater)
March 7 -- Uncasville, CT (Mohegan Sun Resort)
March 9 -- Ann Arbor, MI (Michigan Theater)
March 10 -- Chicago, IL (Rosemont Theater)
thanks to MDH
Updated 12/8/98
The Brian Wilson "Imagination" special will
be running in Canada on the
Much More Music station on Wed Dec.
9 at 10PM EST- Thurs. Dec 10
-1AM EST and at
2PM EST on Thurs. the 10th.
Updated 12/4/98
As reported here on November 21, Brian will be
appearing in Minneapolis
Feb 20th, according to a report in the St.
Paul Pioneer Press Today, tickets
go on sale Dec 12th. Brian was originally scheduled
to appear in Tampa FL
on this date . No word on when or if he will appear
in Tampa at a later date
Thanks to Jim Kivel for the report
Brian performed at the
National Academy Of Songwriters Dinneron
Wednesday, where he also received
a lifetime achievement award. with
daughters Wendy and Carnie ,
along with Jeff Foskett, he sang In My
Room, Lay Down Burden
and Do It Again. Foskett's appearance is
noteworthy in that he might be the
frontrunner to replace Christopher
Cross who withdrew
from Brian's upcoming tour a few weeks ago.
Thanks to Scott Bauman who attended the event
Updated 12/3/98
The fan organisation Beach Boys
Britain has organised a Carl Wilson
Tribute with all profits going to cancer charities.
Click for full details
Finally got confirmation
that Brian does indeed have a
concert scheduled for March
10, 1999 in Chicago at the
Rosemont Theater. Ticketmaster has
information posted.
PBS STATIONS ADDED
Please check back often as more stations are being
added
all day long
Long Island, NY WLIV Channel 21 Sat. Dec.,12 10:30PM (time approx)
Minneapolis/St.Paul KTCA Channel 2 Dec. 12 at 10:00PM
Syracuse ,NY WCNY Dec. 8 at 10:30 PM, Dec. 10 at 7 PM
Connecticut Public Television Dec. 12 7:00PM
St Louis, MO KETC Channel 9 Dec 5 10:30PM
Colorado Springs, CO Channel
23 Dec. 2, 8:30PM, Dec. 3 12:30AM
Provo, UTKBYU-TV Channel 11 Dec. 8 at 9:30 pm
Dayton, Ohio Channel 14 and 16 Dec. 3, 10:00PM
Denver,CO KRMA Channel 6 -- Tuesday, Dec. 1, 9:30 PM.
Fort Myers/Naples FLWCGU Channel
3 and 30 Dec. 5 10:30PM (60
minutes)
San Francisco, CA KQED Channel 9 Dec. 2 10:00PM
Chicago, ILWTTW Channel 11 Dec. 7 10:15PM
Los Angeles, CA KCET Dec 10 9:30PM , Dec 11 2:30AM
Updated 11/29/98
Imagination Special On PBS Affiliates
Although there is a national date for PBS affiliates
to show the Imagination
special, some have chosen to
show it on different dates and some have
chosen not to show it at all. Disclaimer: These times
and dates were accurate
as of 11/29/98. This site is not responsible
for any last minute changes in
scheduling.
Here are some PBS affiliates that ARE showing it and when.
Georgia GPTV-Georgia Public Television -
MONDAY NOV 30 10PM No
Channels available (60 Minutes)
New JerseyNJN Public Television -SATURDAY DEC.5 -6:30PMChannels
23
and 52 -(60minutes) Covers all of New Jersey
and also is seen in parts of
Philadelphia and New York
Detroit, Michigan Detroit Public Television
WTVS - MONDAY DEC. 7
-9:30pm and
1:30am (early Tues Dec8) Channel 56 (60minutes)
Philadelphia, Pa. WHYY PBS - WED DEC.9
-12:30AM (late Tues/early
Wed) Channel 12 (30 minutes)
Plattsburgh, New York WCFE PBS - WED.DEC 2 -8:00PM
Channel 57(65 minutes) Upstate New York and into Canada
Alabama Public Television Dec 9 8:00PM 60 minutes
Indianapolis IN WFYI TV 20 Dec 1, 10:00PM Dec.2
7:00PM , Dec 7, 8:30
PM 60 Minutes
Wichita, KansasKTPS
Channel 8 Dec 8, 10:00PM 60 Minutes
East Lansing, MI WKAR Channel 23 Dec
5, 9PM Dec 8, 11:30PM 60
Minutes
Boston MA,
WGBH TV Channel 2 Dec 2 9:00PM (60 minutes)
Nashville,
TN WDCN Channel 8 Dec. 6, 9:30PM (60 Minutes)
Reno, NVKNBP Channel 5 Dec 12 8:25PM (Blocked
out for 3hours and 5
minutes)
New Hampshire Public Television
Dec 9 10:30PM (Blocked for 2 hours)
Cleveland, OHWVIZChannel 25
Dec 5 10:30PM Dec 7, 2:00AM (late
Dec6/early Dec7)
Providence RI WSBE -TV Channel 36 Dec 11 10:30PM
South CarolinaSCETVChannel
35 Sat Dec 5 10:30PM(60 Minutes)
Amarillo TX KACV Thurs Dec 3 9:50PM
Vermont Public Televison VPTSun Dec
6 9:30PM ,Sat Dec 12 7:00PM
Norfolk VA
WRHO TV Channel 15 Sat, December 5, 10:00 p.m.
Pullman, WAKWSU-TV/10 Dec 8 10:30PM
West Virginia
Public TV WVPTV Dec 4, 9:00PM Dec 5, 1:00am
Madison WI WPTV Thurs. Dec 10, 11:00PM
Milwaukee WI MPTV Channel 10 Sat Dec 5, 10:00PM
Updated 11/23/98
Read the transcript from Bruce Johnston's AOL
chat from November 23
CHAT TRANSCRIPT
Updated 11/21/98
Christopher Crosswill not be a part of Brian's
on again off again on again
concert tour scheduled to begin this February,
at least as of today. Here are
a few dates that seem to be close to being set,including
some changes from
the original schedule posted earlier on this site..
However, since nothing has
officially been announced, please
consider them tentative and subject to
more change.
February 20 Minneapolis, MN TBA
February 22 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theatre
February 24 & 25 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
March 6 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
Updated 11/20/98
Brian's historic and controversial appearance
on Saturday Night Live will
apparently finally
be getting a repeat showing this week, Saturday
night/Sunday morning,following the broadcast
of the regular showing of
SNL. Brian performed Back Home, Good Vibrations and introduced
Love Is
A Woman on this show.(thanks to Matthew
Moore) Check you local listings since many
stations choose to run the old show at different times
Brian To Receive Award
From Billboard Magazine 11/20/98
Brian
Wilson, Johnny Cash,and Jeff Barry are to receive lifetime
achievement honors from the National Academy of
Songwriters at a benefit
dinner to
be held Dec. 2 at L.A.'s Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Performers will include Wilson
and his daughters Wendy and Carnie.
Updated 11/17/98
TV listings for the coming week show 'The Beach
Boys" as being scheduled
to appear on the Regis and Kathy Lee show
this Monday, November 23.
They are in Hollywood this weekend taping shows
for the coming week. It is
presumed this is Al Jardines "Friends
and Family" version of the Beach
Boys. Check your local listings for time and station.
Updated 11/14/98
A brand new website has opened , dedicated
to Mike Love and the Mike
Love Fan Club at : http://www.mikelovefanclub.com/
Bruce Johnston will be doing a live
chat on AOL on Monday Nov. 23 at
9:00PM according to a report from BBFC president Alice.
It appears that there may be some PBS affiliates
that do not intend to show
the Brian Wilson Imagination
special during their pledge drive. It is
important that we call our local PBS stations and
let them know we want to
see the show as soon as possible since programming
schedules for December
are just about ready to go. You can find phone numbers
and e-mail addesses
of most PBS affiliates at this link - PBS Stations
Updated 11/08/98
Don't forget this Tuesday, Nov.10 is
the night for Front Row Center III
featuring Brian and Deana Carter on TNN at 10:00PM
Eastern time. As of
now there is no scheduled repeat showing
so make sure you don't miss it.
The next wave of releases
from the Sea Of Tunes collection has been
"announced". Coming soon are the following:
Unsurpassed Masters Volumes 13 and 14 -Two
four disc sets called "The
Alternate Pet Sounds" Volumes 1 and 2
Beach Boys LIVE
Box (1965-68)Three CD set featuring the entire
Michigan concert.
Thanks to "Mike"
Some sad news to report. Singer Warren Wiebe,
a man billed as the best
singer never to have a recording contract by Quincy
Jones, passed away on
Sunday October 25. Why am I mentioning this
here? Well, the only tie to
Brian or the Beach Boys is that Warren is the only
person to have recorded
the song "Is There A Chance"
, written by Brian and David Foster,
whichcan be found on Fosters "River Of Love" cd.Warren
had a wonderful
voice and managed to succeed as a singer in spite
of his personal handicap.
WILSON PERFORMANCES TO
BE TELEVISED
From Billboard 11/4/98
A joint concert special/documentary about
Brian Wilson will be broadcast
Dec. 9 on educational TV channel PBS. "Brian
Wilson: Imagination" will
chronicle the Beach Boy's May
1998 performance in St. Charles, Ill.;
included will be live renditions of
such classics as "California Girls" and
"Don't Worry Baby" as well as
newer tunes "Your Imagination" and
"South American." Interspersed throughout
the program will be brief
interviews with other musicians, among them Elvis
Costello, the Barenaked
Ladies, and Jimmy Buffett, all of whom will
discuss Wilson's influence on
rock'n'roll.
In other Wilson news, a concert with
the pop legend and country artist
Deana Carter will air Nov. 10 at 10:00pm
Eastern Time, on The Nashville
Network. During the special, which will be part
of the channel's "Front Row
Center" series, the pair will perform hits
for their solo albums, as well as
duet on Carter tracks "We Danced Anyway" and "Strawberry
Wine" and
Wilson tunes "In My Room" and
"Lay Down Burden." As of now, no
repeat has been scheduled, so don't miss it!
There is a site for polical candidate Barbara
Boxer that features musical
performances by supporters, one being none other
than Brian Wilson. It is
in Real Audio with video , you can
(almost) see and here Brian perform
California Girls alone at a piano, apparently in
one of his homes. Here is the
link to the site.
Concert Link
Lauri Klobas of Break Away has resigned her
position with Brian Wilson
Productions , effective immediately. I want to
thank her for all of the help
she gave in support of this site. She provided
a direct link to Brian for all of
us fans. Good luck, Lauri.
As reported here earlier, Brian will be touring
, starting on
Feb,19 of next year. Here
is the tentative schedule as
reported by Break Away with Brian Wilson
Friday, February 19 Miami Pompano Beach Theater
Saturday, February 20 Tampa/Clearwater TBD
Monday, February 22 Ann Arbor Michigan Theater
Tuesday, Februay 23 Cleveland Palace Theatre
Wednesday, February 24 New YorkBeacon Theatre
Thursday, February 25 New York Beacon Theatre
Saturday, February 27 Wallingford Oakdale
Monday, March 1Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton Place Theatre
Wednesday, March 3 Washington DC Constitution Hall
Thursday, March 4 PhiladelphiaTower Theatre
Saturday, March 6 Boston Orpheum Theatre
Sunday, March 7 Ucasville Mohegan Sun Resort
Tuesday, March 9 Minneapolis State Theatre
Wednesday, March 10 Chicago House of Blues
Saturday March 13 San Francisco Fillmore
Sunday March 14 Los Angeles Wiltern
Monday March 15 Los Angeles Wiltern
Wednesday March 17 San Diego Spreckles
Brianis featured on the cover of the latest
edition of EQ Magazine, Issue
Ten. It is available at most major bookstores.
According to Break Away with Brian Wilson,
"South American"will be released to radio in Europe
in early November. At
the current time, this is scheduled to be
only a radio release... the promo
disk will contain three tracks,"South American,"
a vocals-only version of the
same and "Lay Down Burden."
No word if a US release will follow.
Brian appeared at Farm Aid on October
3, 1998 . He was joined onstage
by Joe Thomas, Christopher Cross, Matt Jardine
and Paul Shaeffer.Here is
the set list.
California Girls
Surfin USA
Lay Down Burden
Don't Worry Baby
South American
Do It Again
In My Room
Warmth Of The Sun - Willie Nelson lead vocal
Do It Again - (exit from stage)
Farm Aid Reviews From The Chicago
Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times
Click here!
A portion of Brian's performance is available
in Real Audio and Video at
http://members.xoom.com/xray123/brifarm.zip
An article on Brian in Cleveland Scene is available online at
http://www.clevescene.com/981001/cs_1001.htm
. Though this was just
published in Cleveland Scene , it is actually an
old article that had appeared
several months ago in at least one
west coast newpaper, but it is still an
interesting read.
Brian is featured in the latest issue of
Musicianmagazine, available now at
newstands everywhere.
www.cdconnection.com has the
long out of print Brian Wilson-88 solo
album listed on
their website as available and in stock as an import.
LATEST CHART ACTIVITY
UPDATED 10/19/98
Your Imagination has now dropped off all national
radio and airplay charts
after a long run of more than three months.
Many thanks to all of you who
believed in it and supported it.
"Imagination", the album ,is
now#73on the *Internet
Albums Chart(11/2/98) Down from 71 20 weeks on
the chart
You can vote
on these charts(*) at the links below.
NEITHER
IMAGINATION NOR ENDLESS HARMONY ARE
CURRENTLY ON THE BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMS
CHART11/3/98)
Play this great album for your non believer friends, buy
it as
a gift for family and friends.This is as
good as any album
out there today!