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BB1 on stage with the Beach Boys
Last Memorial Day I posted several pictures of BB1 with the Beach Boys, at the Santa Barbara Bowl, while they were on their 50 year Anniversary World Tour, (Click on Post.) The tour is over, but Mike Love and Bruce Johnston are still delivering their "Good Vibrations," as their old friend, (Chuck Williams,) BB1, pops up on stage for a quick song.
The Beach Boys on tour 2013June 6 — Santa Ynez, CA (Chumash Casino Resort)
MIKE LOVE and BRUCE JOHNSTON are on tour with their backup band, which includes Randell Kirsch, John Cowsill, Tim Bonhomme, Christian Love, and Scott Totten.
My cousin, Jim Williams, also a long time Beach Boy fan, joined in at the Chumash Casino Resort concert and hung out back stage with his brother BB1 and the Boys.
I hear from BB1, that Mike Love has a lot of exciting top secret plans in the mix, and as soon as I get clearance from my cousin, I will post them right here on the Maybelline Book Blog.
Al Jardine, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston on Keyboard
Mike Love and Al Jardine
David Marks Mike Love, Al Jardine
Sound check out perfect and the show starts at 6:00 pm. My thanks to cousin Chuck Williams, for these spectacular pictures of The Beach Boys on their 50th Anniversary Tour. I look forward to the next adventure with BB1 and REEEEEL CONVERTIBLES having Fun, Fun, Fun. Check him out at the very end of this tribute to the Beach Boys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV3f0yklwGc
CHECK IN TOMORROW FOR THE FINAL DAY OF SEEING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH BB1 AND THE BEACH BOYS AT THE SANTA BARBARA BOWL, ON MEMORIAL DAY 2012, DURING THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION TOUR.
Picture taken by James Noel Williams, BB1's brother.
Here's The Beach Boys roaring into their car-set playing Shut Down, a song I've often heard playing while cruising with BB1.
More pictures from BB1, on the way. Hold tight and stay tuned for some more fun, fun, fun. SIDE NOTE: BB1 and his brother Jim Williams are Tom Lyle Williams great Nephews and their grandfather, Noel James Williams was Vice President of The Maybelline Company from 1915 until his death in 1951. (Noel James and Maybelline founder/owner Tom Lyle were brothers.)
Chuck Williams aka BB1, Sharrie and Gene at The Beach Boys Spirit of America tour in 1983. The reason we didn't have to wear our backstage passes, is because when we're with Chuck, we didn't need to.
The Capitol Years,was a Beach Boys box set, only available as an import in the United States for $99.99. However, Chuck aka BB1, called his old friend, Mike Love, who arranged for him to be the first to have it.
The Spirit of America Tour came to the Orange County Fair Grounds in August of 1983 and since Gene and I lived in Laguna Beach at the time, Mike sent 3 backstage passes to Chuck... It was an intimate setting after the concert, with a catered dinner and drinks and I have to say that when Mike Love took my hand and looked at me with those intense blue eyes, I developed a little
crush on him.
Chuck and Gene each bought a Beach Boy cap at the concert and from what I remember, wore it everywhere.
Gene in his classic 1983 Spirit of America
Beach Boy cap, singing, Caroline No.
I don't know what ever happened to Gene's t-shirt, but I know Chuck still has his in pristine condition and pulls it out for special occasions.
This one too, is a classic, still hanging around and I bet if you live in Santa Barbara you might
catch Chuck wearing it while cruising in his Cobra.
I will never forget Dennis Wilson singing FOREVER, that warm California August night and tears filled my eyes, truly believing Gene felt the same way about me.
Mike Love and Bruce Johnston really getting down .
Four months after the Spirit of America concert... on December 28th, 1983, Dennis Wilson drowned while diving from a friend's boat, trying to recover items he had previously thrown overboard in fits of rage. We were shocked and heart broken to say the least. His solo project Pacific Ocean Blue was released a couple of years ago and now a movie is being made.
With the upcoming 50th Anniversary tour and album, it's appropriate to pay tribute to one of the founding members of the band. R.I.P. Dennis!
Dennis Wilson singing Forever, on the bottom, 1971. The Drummer. A new movie being made about Dennis Wilson follows the last six years of his life, leading up
to his death in 1983. I know Chuck will be at the Santa Barbara Bowl concert next week and will take pictures for me to post, so stay tuned for more fun, fun, fun stories about Chuck aka BB1 and the Beach Boys live. Check out a couple of posts I have done on Dennis Wilson and the Beach Boys, just click on links below. http://www.maybellinebook.com/search/label/Dennis%20Wilson%27s%20death http://www.maybellinebook.com/search/label/Dennis%20Wilson%20surfboard
Beach Boys, play for President, Ronald Reagan's, 100 year,Birthday Concert at Reagan Library, 2011.
All American Band, The Beach Boy's will be going on their 50 year anniversary tour, this year.
Click on Video to see the Beach Boys in concert.
Beach Boys, Bruce Johnston - (Chuck Williams, aka, BB1) - Al Jardine and Mike Love, at the Reagan 100 year Birthday with Air Force One, in the background.
Tom Lyle Williams, owner and President of the Maybelline Company, from, 1915 - 1967.
