The Beach Boys will explore the fertile era that yielded Sunflower and Surf’s Up in a new series of featurettes tied to the release of Feel Flows – The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessionsbox set. The first in the series of three videos premiered Thursday, with “Feel Flows Chapter 1: …
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Hal Blaine, the venerated drummer whoplayed on the Beach Boys‘ Pet Sounds and “Good Vibrations,” the Ronettes‘ “Be My Baby” and Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” as a member of the Wrecking Crew, a group of elite Los Angeles session players, died Monday at age 90. The musician’s family confirmed …
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When you think of the classic incarnation of the Beach Boys, it’s easy to recall Dennis Wilson holding down the drum kit. In fact, the man supplying the beats for many of their enduring mid-1960s recordings was Hal Blaine, the legendary Los Angeles-based session drummer and member of the Wrecking …
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