As part of his 50th Anniversary Beach Boys Celebrations Series, later today [11-01-2012] Beach Boys Britain's own James Crowther will be hosting a three hour SMiLE Special on on Reading4U, running from 1-4 pm UK time,the show will trace the development and dissolution of the project in chronological order using session dates provided by the box set,there will also be the first complete playing of the album on uk radio during the third hour,Domenic Priore has written a special piece recounting the steps that led to his Look,Listen,Vibrate,SMiLE and Beautiful Dreamer tomes and of course his work with Darian and Andy Paley that led to Brian performing and releasing his solo SMiLE and now the release of the BB original sessions,as usual listeners can comment via the Reading4UFacebook Page
The latest issue of Endless Summer Quarterly features exclusive interviews with not only Mike Love (who talks about the upcoming 50th anniversary and the recent mini-reunion) but also two people who Brian produced in the early sixties, Sharon Marie and Vikki Kocher (see video below). For further details of this, and previous, issues of ESQ, and how to subscribe, go here: http://esquarterly.com/merchandise.html#spring2011.
Jez Graham just released this song co-written with Stevie called "Surrender."
Francine Reed (longtime backing vocalist for Lyle Lovett) performs the song. Jez Graham is on piano, Dave Ellington is on the organ, David Marks plays guitar and the drummer is Victor Bisetti. We would all greatly appreciate it if you could help spread the word on your various sites and message boards. Here is the link: http://cdbaby.com/cd/francinereed