From The Onion's A.V. Club:
Even though he was in one of the most successful bands of its time, Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson never really got a break. Just as he began to find his own voice as a songwriter in the early '70s, his troubled genius brother Brian Wilson returned to retake the spotlight. On the road, The Beach Boys became largely a nostalgia attraction, playing to the good-times, great-oldies crowd while ignoring their newer material. Dennis' solo album, 1977's Pacific Ocean Blue, sold respectably, but didn't let him escape that shadow. Even after his 1983 drowning death, he was unlucky. Pacific Ocean Blue began to earn a reputation as a lost classic, but—apart from a quickly retired 1991 CD issue—legal issues kept it out of print.Read the rest here.
Just as an aside, Dennis was 39 when he drowned. My age now! I remember being in high school and learning of his death, thinking, "Well, he was pretty old anyway."
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2 comments:
Ha ha. He was pretty old. Thanks for this. I've been wanting it for awhile. I actually ran across a vinyl copy of it, but it was too pricey. You must watch Two Lane Blacktop.
Thanks man! Been coveting this!
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