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Post by lonelysummer on Mar 5, 2022 3:50:44 GMT
If they're gonna do S&S2, just go all over the map - a little country, a little rap, a little punk - hey, Mike did Rockaway Beach!
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Post by B.E. on Mar 5, 2022 22:02:21 GMT
So, the LOCASH collaboration...Mike was wearing a Wild Honey shirt while recording, that's probably the best thing about it. And the falsetto/high background parts sound good. Not sure Mike or Bruce's voices are even identifiable, though. That probably has to do with the vocal processing (but who knows how many other people are mixed in and what the balances are). Oh, and I HATE modern/bro country. I have no desire to listen to this again.
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Mar 25, 2022 18:47:04 GMT
There's a video on Facebook (don't think it can be linked here) from the cruise with Jeff Foskett talking with Stamos on stage. He said he hasn't sung in three years, but said he would sing a few notes for the crowd. I have to say, he didn't sound good the whole time whether talking or singing, but I hope he is doing ok. Made me a little sad to watch.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 25, 2022 18:48:51 GMT
There's a video on Facebook (don't think it can be linked here) from the cruise with Jeff Foskett talking with Stamos on stage. He said he hasn't sung in three years, but said he would sing a few notes for the crowd. I have to say, he didn't sound good the whole time whether talking or singing, but I hope he is doing ok. Made me a little sad to watch. I'm just glad he's alive and really am happy he can play, and attend things like that event. He has had an amazing career already, and I'd love for him to be able to do more of it. But he had such a serious health issue, it's fantastic that he is still with us.
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Post by Emdeeh on Mar 25, 2022 19:11:08 GMT
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Mar 25, 2022 19:18:36 GMT
I'd say you're correct. Just assumed the cruise due to the timing.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 26, 2022 1:04:11 GMT
There's a video on Facebook (don't think it can be linked here) from the cruise with Jeff Foskett talking with Stamos on stage. He said he hasn't sung in three years, but said he would sing a few notes for the crowd. I have to say, he didn't sound good the whole time whether talking or singing, but I hope he is doing ok. Made me a little sad to watch. Do you have a name/link to the Facebook page? Also, I'm unable to pull up the Houston Chronicle page. Can anybody post that? Thank you.
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Mar 29, 2022 12:36:45 GMT
Still Cruisin' performed on the cruise:
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Mar 29, 2022 12:38:23 GMT
There's a video on Facebook (don't think it can be linked here) from the cruise with Jeff Foskett talking with Stamos on stage. He said he hasn't sung in three years, but said he would sing a few notes for the crowd. I have to say, he didn't sound good the whole time whether talking or singing, but I hope he is doing ok. Made me a little sad to watch. Do you have a name/link to the Facebook page? Also, I'm unable to pull up the Houston Chronicle page. Can anybody post that? Thank you. LIFESTYLE John Stamos helps best friend and Beach Boys member Jeffrey Foskett raise $8.3 million for MD Anderson John Stamos needs no introduction — you’ll likely hear him coming long before you see him. “John, John!” echoed through the Four Seasons Houston lobby on Wednesday as the actor made his way to the hotel’s second level. He wore a black T-shirt that read “Love like Jesus, hug like Bob Saget,” white Prada sneakers and yellow-tinted glasses. The first thing Stamos does is reach for his best friend Jeffrey Foskett, the musician best-known for performing with the Beach Boys. The second thing he does is reach for his guitar, a red Gibson with “Saget” spelled out in block letters. Stamos has already lost one friend this year; Saget, his long-time “Full House” co-star passed away in January. He’s landed in Houston to ensure he doesn’t lose another. In 2019, Foskett was diagnosed with anaplastic thyroid cancer, a rare malignancy. His prognosis at a California hospital was grim: three to six months life expectancy. Three years and a second opinion at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center later, Foskett is alive and well and reunited with Stamos. Tonight, the twosome will share the stage at Toyota Center for an A-list, invite-only concert starring Foskett’s all-star industry pals. The lineup includes the Beach Boys, Todd Rundgren, Christopher Cross, the Commodores and Generation Radio. In celebration of MD Anderson Cancer Center’s 80th anniversary, the evening co-chaired by Foskett and his wife Diana and Suzie and Don Sinclair has already raised more than $8.3 million. “The thing I wanted to do more than anything is to raise awareness that MD Anderson exists. Outside of Houston and Texas, MD Anderson is not that well-known,” Foskett explains. “Everyone knows of St. Jude’s because they have TV commercials all the time nationally. I want to raise awareness that this incredibly talented staff is available and it’s the number one rated cancer center in the world. Without the money you can’t have the research, so I do understand the importance of both.” He first met an 18-year old Stamos in the early 1980s — back then, the raven-haired heartthrob played Blackie Parrish on the hit soap “General Hospital” and was a true Beach Boys die-hard. “I call it heart music,” Stamos says. “You don’t have to think about it. It just bypasses the brain and just goes straight to the heart. That’s why so many young kids continue to be turned on by the Beach Boys music.” Mutual friends introduced them, and Foskett invited his celebrity fan to a show at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. After the baseball game, tractors wheeled out the band and all their gear onto center field. At some point during their performance women in the crowd spotted Stamos and went wild. A crew member asked if that happens a lot and Foskett nodded. “He said, ‘Well get him onstage!” Foskett recalls. “Our last two songs I brought John up and announced him as Blackie from ‘General Hospital’ and the place went nuts.” The rest is history. Their friendship and occasional gig-sharing has spanned four decades. Once, they even shared a condo together in the Sherman Oaks area of the San Fernando Valley. “Other than my wife and my child, my happiest moments have been with him,” Stamos admits. Foskett first began touring with the Beach Boys in 1981 when Carl Wilson briefly left the band. By 2014 he became a permanent member. That lasted for five years. “All of 2018 I was having trouble hitting notes. God has given me a beautiful, beautiful voice and I was having trouble hitting those notes,” he says. “I went to a specialist in California who told me I had acid reflux. I started taking vocal lessons for the first time in my life and stopped eating after 4 p.m. so nothing would be in my stomach when we sang. I was having to give away songs to members of the band because I couldn’t sing.” At one point, Stamos whips out his iPhone to play the Beach Boys’ “Don’t Worry Baby” and Foskett’s eyes fill with tears. “It’s hands down the most beautiful voice I’ve ever heard,” Stamos says softly. “It’s ethereal, his voice. It makes you cry just hearing it.” An ultrasound of Foskett’s thyroid and neck revealed a cluster of lumps. His final performance as a Beach Boy was Feb. 3, 2019; his first operation followed on Feb. 21. “The surgeon woke me up and said in the recovery room, ‘I’m very sorry to tell you this, but I accidentally severed your right laryngeal nerve,” which paralyzed my right vocal cord so I was not able to sing any longer,” he recalls. “That one statement dramatically changed my life.” With no available cure, he was referred to palliative care to make him more comfortable. But instead Foskett Googled his form of rare cancer and much to his surprise, two names he’d never heard of kept popping up: Maria E. Cabanillas and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. “My wife and I made our chief surgeon refer us in the hospital, and by the time we reached our car in the parking lot, they’d already called my wife back and asked ‘How quickly can he be here?’,” he says. That exchange took place on a Thursday. By Sunday, Foskett was in Houston. “It typically takes two weeks to go through all of the tests to get onto a clinical trial, and it’s very grueling. They tell you the worst case scenario because they want to make sure you’re OK with it.” Foskett says he wasn’t scared off, though Stamos remembers that time a little differently. The actor remembers the exact day with vivid precision, Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. “I’m in line at In-N-Out Burger waiting to order. Jeff said he was fine, not his regular thing, and tells me he has cancer,” Stamos says. “I hung up, Googled it and I was crying so hard I couldn’t drive home. My wife drove home.” Stamos lost both of his parents to cancer. “When I was diagnosed, all of my friends in the business were very sweet,” Foskett says. “They all asked if there was anything they could ever do and I told them, ‘Not right now, but there’s going to come a time’.” For MD Anderson’s 80th anniversary celebration, he phoned-in favors. His talented friends are giving their services away for free. They’ve all volunteered for a small stipend: flights and hotel rooms. Which is how Stamos wound up at the Four Seasons holding a red guitar. Foskett says his old friend is an even better drummer. “Losing Jeff,” Stamos says. “Would’ve been like losing melody, or harmony. It’s unimaginable.” amber.elliott@chron.com
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Post by Emdeeh on Apr 2, 2022 22:23:35 GMT
New tour dates for Mike & Bruce:
Aug. 20 -- Solomons, MD -- PNC Waterside Pavilion at Calvert Marine Museum (with The Temptations and The Four Tops) Aug. 21 -- Lancaster, PA -- American Music Theatre (two shows, 2 and 7 p.m)
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 11, 2022 12:17:14 GMT
I saw The Beach Boys last night at The Hershey Theatre in Hershey, PA. Tickets - purchased over two years ago due to the pandemic - were $75.00. The band came on at 7:30 PM and played until around 10:00 PM with a 20-minute intermission. The sound was OK to good. While the venue was mostly full, I did see some empty seats. It was not sold out. It was definitely an older crowd. The band was:
Mike Love
Bruce Johnston Christian Love
Scott Totten John Cowsill Brian "Ike" Eichenberger (guitar, Brian's part) Tim Bonhomme (keyboards) Keith Hubacher (bass) Randy Leago (saxophone, flute)
Positives:
- Before the band comes on, they start the show with a long video of the group. There are some nice snippets that I've never seen. - While I'm posting some YouTube videos that don't show Mike as being overly strong, he WAS strong. He sang almost every song in the "faster" first part of the show, and he carried the show. He sang on key (in the original keys), wasn't overly nasal, and appeared into it. I was very impressed. To me, he sounded as strong or stronger than 2012. - They played all the hits. It's hard to think of one song/hit that they didn't include (and no "Rock And Roll Music" ). - Scott Totten "rocked up" the arrangements. They have three guitars and they were very prominent. Scott himself played some great lead guitar. - "Wendy" was good but I don't think Bruce sounds quite right with his lead vocal (Mike's part). - "It's OK" was a highlight but I don't like the way they re-arranged it. It sound too cut-up. - The two ballads - "Surfer Girl" and "In My Room" were well-performed. - "Still Cruisin'", a surprise addition, rocked! It was one of the better songs of the evening though I don't think the audience knew it. - "I'm So Young"...Yes! - Christian Love sang "Sail On Sailor" and "Good Vibrations" very well. - Bruce did a nice "Disney Girls". He still sounds the same. - "Do You Wanna Dance" really rocked. - I like Ike (a little political trivia/humor). Brian Eichenberger does well with the high parts. He's very strong and hits the notes effortlessly, but he never really sings in falsetto. I think he could. i wish he would. - There is a continuous stream of photos and video clips playing on a large screen behind the band. I might've watched that as much as the band. There are some rare photos and video clips, and as a diehard, I appreciated them. Other than Mike, who was very prominent, I think Dennis was featured the most and I'm not sure why. During "Sail On Sailor", Dennis was featured almost exclusively in rare video and photos. I was fixated on Brian in those video clips. He was so great, so charismatic, but it just seemed a little awkward seeing him and Dennis and Carl featured so much during the live performance of the songs by a band that they were no longer in.
Negatives:
- I suppose it's not overly important but the guys don't move around very much. The bassist and sax player appeared into it and they walked around the stage a bit, but there wasn't a lot of body language. I guess there never really was, but when you have those video clips playing in the background with a young Brian and Dennis - and Mike - rocking out in 1964, then look the current band, well...Mike doesn't move around nearly as much as he used to (I know, I know, he's 81 years old). Bruce seemed a little spry. He tried a few times to get the audience to stand. They could've used a Blondie! - Right in the middle of some classic Beach Boys' surfin' and fun songs, they threw in "Rockaway Beach". Now, I love The Ramones and I knew that song was coming, but it wasn't necessary, not with so many other songs in the BB catalogue. It was well-performed but I got the impression the audience was perplexed by its inclusion. - Mike went into a long - and I mean long - speech about his 1968 trip to India, and the Maharishi, and The Beatles, and especially George Harrison. Then, he/they performed "Pisces Brothers" and "Here Comes The Sun". While those songs were well-performed, and I have to admit well-received (I mean, he/they got applause), I thought it brought the show to a halt. And, again, with so many other BB songs they could be performing, I found myself sighing. Somebody produced a very nice video of the overall trip to India featuring a lot of Mike and a lot of Beatles, and it was screened during the performance of those two songs. I just don't think those two songs are necessary and I would've preferred that they were not performed. - "Kokomo" just doesn't work well in concert. They play it down the home stretch, and it doesn't hold up well next to the other rockers.
I don't have many/any other complaints. I was fairly impressed by the show. It did sound fresh, and I give a lot of credit to Scott Totten. The arrangements were great (mostly true to the original songs), tight, and rocked. The YouTube videos don't do the band justice. This band is as good as Brian's. Health permitting - and that's certainly not a given; I know it's a huge variable - I think Mike and Bruce with this incarnation could go on for another four or five years. They are on a bit of auto-pilot, but in a good way. The setlist doesn't have to be changed, they've mastered the songs/arrangements, they spread the lead vocals among five band members, there's no "heavy lifting" by anybody other than maybe Scott and Ike (but they can handle it), and they do appear to be enjoying the audience and each other's company. It was a nice, enjoyable, and yes, fun evening of music. I'd go again.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 12, 2022 18:10:41 GMT
Thanks for the recap, Sheriff John Stone, and glad to hear you had a good time. What was your friend's reaction to the show?
Also, is this the first BBs-related show a board member has attended since COVID? I know there have been various tours and shows announced, some held and some canceled, but I can't recall whether we've had anyone attend and review one, be it the Beach Boys, Brian's band, or Al.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 12, 2022 19:13:47 GMT
Thanks for the recap, Sheriff John Stone , and glad to hear you had a good time. What was your friend's reaction to the show?
It was unanimously positive. Four of us had seen the band numerous times (I'm up to about 35 times) but we also had a friend who was seeing the band for the first time. We "educated" him over the pre-concert dinner. Midway through the concert the guy was on his feet and fist-pumping.
I mentioned above that the band was on autopilot, but in a good way. They were like a well-oiled machine, tight and obviously well-rehearsed. One timeless classic after another. Again, those YouTube videos present the songs in an entirely different way. In concert, the sound or the volume is amped up tremendously. The guitars and drums are rocking, and Mike's vocals are amplified about five times what those videos sound like. The echo or reverb makes the vocals sound stronger. It's invigorating actually.
Like almost every Beach Boys' concert I have ever attended, I was sitting there thinking two things. First, they can't lose with that music. It's that good. Music doesn't get any better than those BB/BW classics. One after another. And, second, it just makes you feel good. I know Mike has made it cliche-like, but it does give you good vibrations and it is fun, fun, fun. As an old diehard, yes, the feeling of no Dennis and no Carl and no Al and especially no Brian does creep in. I won't deny it. At times I was thinking, "Damn, why isn't Al up there instead of Christian Love?" or, "Why can't they just all get together on stage and do some reunion shows"? Those pictures and videos on that large backdrop don't help either. But, then those thoughts temporarily disappear because another great song is being performed.
I also mentioned that I don't see Mike & Bruce stopping anytime soon unless it's for health reasons. You try to get inside their heads as you watch them on stage, and they just appear to be enjoying the concert experience (and maybe the ENTIRE experience/lifestyle) so much. Mike is smiling almost constantly. He gives the impression that there's no place he'd rather be. At the end of "California Girls", Bruce sang "I wish they all could be Pennsylvania girls!" Bruce smiled and Mike kind of gave him a thumbs up. Yes, Bruce has done that 1,000 times, but he still seems to want to do it again (pun intended).
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Post by kds on Apr 12, 2022 19:19:39 GMT
Thanks for the recap, Sheriff John Stone , and glad to hear you had a good time. What was your friend's reaction to the show?
Also, is this the first BBs-related show a board member has attended since COVID? I know there have been various tours and shows announced, some held and some canceled, but I can't recall whether we've had anyone attend and review one, be it the Beach Boys, Brian's band, or Al.
Cincinnati Kid and Carllove have attended M&B shows fairly recently.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 12, 2022 19:40:27 GMT
Thanks for the recap, Sheriff John Stone , and glad to hear you had a good time. What was your friend's reaction to the show?
Also, is this the first BBs-related show a board member has attended since COVID? I know there have been various tours and shows announced, some held and some canceled, but I can't recall whether we've had anyone attend and review one, be it the Beach Boys, Brian's band, or Al.
Cincinnati Kid and Carllove have attended M&B shows fairly recently. Damnit, I knew that. Carllove's was quite recent, too. Memory...
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