BRIAN WILSON, MIKE LOVE, AL JARDINE, BRUCE JOHNSTON, DAVID MARKS AND BBI DOING SOUND CHECK AT THE SANTA BARBARA BOWL, MEMORIAL DAY 2012.

Mike Love

                                                                                                                         

Brian Wilson

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

BB1'S PHOTOS OF THE BEACH BOYS SOUND CHECK AT THE SANTA BARBARA BOWL

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.

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES OF THE BEACH BOYS WITH MY COUSIN, BB1.

The Beach Boy jet lands at the Santa Barbara Airport May 28th and their ready "DO IT AGAIN" for their 50th Anniversary reunion tour.

Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston and Mike Love
make their way towards BB1's Rolls Royce.

After successfully arranging the Beach Boys luggage in the trunk of the car, BB1 tells Bruce Johnston to make sure he gets the 409 on his shirt and Al Jardine in the picture.  After viewing the photo,  all BB1 can say is, "stick with sound Bro."   

Bruce Johnston wants to check out the drivers seat where BB1's father Noel A. Williams sat for 20 years.

BB1 with David Marks, getting ready for sound check at the Bowl, where BB1 once managed and booked them 40 years ago.

BEACH BOYS, INTRODUCTION AND "DO IT AGAIN."

Stay tuned tomorrow for more exclusive pictures taken behind the scenes with BB1 and The Beach Boys......... 

MEET BB1 AND THE BEACH BOYS IN SANTA BARBARA.

HERE IS WHY CHUCK WILLIAMS IS BB1.
  

Al Jardine thanked him for getting him back in the band after a long hiatus. (More on that story tomorrow.)

Mike Love thanked him for everything he's done to help make the 50 year reunion possible and told him to drop the aka from now on and just go as BB1..... "because that's who you are".....The Beach Boys Number one fan for over 40 years.

Bruce Johnston asked BB1 about the set for the Bowl that day and BB1 said joking around, "Hey Bruce, maybe we should skip Disney Girls, what do you think?"  Bruce thought about it, then agreed the song was more for LA... not Santa Barbara and dropped his own song from the list.

Brian Wilson was sitting at the piano and BB1 noticed his left hand vibrating a little so asked if that was the hand he used to write Surfer Girl and In My Room!"  Brian looked at him, shook his head, Yes and said, "I like your face." 

 ....More to come, stay tuned tomorrow.

BEACH BOYS AT THE SANTA BARBARA BOWL MEMORIAL DAY.

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.)

THAT'S WHY GOD MADE THE RADIO - THE BEACH BOYS.

                                              published by Dom TV 

by Dominicfoneil

 will be posting pictures of my cousin, 

Chuck Williams, BB1 and his day with Brian Wilson,

 Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and 

David Marks, Memorial Day 2012, at the 

Santa Barbara Bowl.  

It will be worth the wait.

MIKE LOVE - CHUCK WILLIAMS "BB1" - THE BEACH BOYS CONCERT AT THE SANTA BARBARA BOWL 5-28-12

First view of the Beach Boys Concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl with BB1.

Mike Love asks Chuck Williams BB1 a couple of questions from the stage, at the Santa Barbara Bowl Monday, Memorial Day, during their 50 Year Reunion Tour.  Chuck had picked Mike Love, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston up in his 1975 Rolls Royce with the license plate, BB1.....then parked the car right in front of the Bowl during the concert.  Mike Love makes reference to it at the beginning of the concert. (click on youtube icon to enlarge picture so you can read the ticker tape of Mike Love talking to BB1.)

More stories and pictures to come so stay tuned....

The Beach Boys new album That's Why God Made The Radio.  The Beach Boys are singing, Isn't it Time, off the album in the video with BB1.

Tribute to the Beach Boys with Al Jardine and Chuck Williams BB1 at the very end,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV3f0yklwGc    

A portion of the profits from The Maybelline Story goes to INSTRUMENTS 4 AFRICA

Tama Walley

A portion of the profits from my book INSTRUMENTS 4 AFRICA.....Instruments4africa founded by my friends, Paul Chandler and his wife Tama Walley.  Paul is an artist, educator and producer living and teaching in Mali since 2003.  

Paul Chandler and Bono in Mali.

Paul has produced events and organized projects in Mali for National Geographic, NY Times, Carnegie Hall, USAID, Johns Hopkins/Bloomberg School of Public Health, US Department of State, and BONO’s non-profit organization DATA.  He is a certified teacher of music and language arts at the American International School of Bamako.  Tama Walley is currently studying child development for her Masters in Social Work.  She is a certified yoga teacher & bodyworker and her background is in volunteer management.
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MEMORIAL DAY MEMORIES FROM THE MAYBELLINE FAMILY..

Today I honor the men in my family who served in the Armed Forces and fought in WW1 and WW11.

My Grandfather, William Preston Williams served in the Navy during WW1.  Seen here with his family in 1917.  Right to left, Preston, Eva, Tom Lyle, Mabel, Noel J. Their parents, Susan and TJ Williams.

Maybelline Ad during WW11, promoting War Bonds.

My father, Bill Williams (W.P. Williams Jr.) in the Philippines during WW11. Detailed in my book.

                        Maybelline Ad during WW11.

My Father's first cousin, Noel A. Williams, (Chuck aka BB1's father,) joined the Navy right out of High School.

            Noel A. in his Navy uniform during WW11.

My father's first cousin - (on his mother Evelyn Boecher Williams side) - Bill Stroh.  Bill Stroh, is seen here on the right, standing with two Naval buddies on their Ship during WW11.

Bill Stroh in the middle.  I have done several posts about Bill Stroh and his 1965 Shelby 350 Mustang racing car.

Bill Stroh, during WW11. Want to know more about Bill Stroh, check him out in my archives.

                                              Patriotic Taps.

SIDE NOTE:  My cousin, Noel A. Williams son, Chuck aka BB1, is picking up Mike Love, at the Beach Boy Jet in Santa Barbara today and will take him to lunch then escort him to The Beach Boy Memorial Day Concert, at the Santa Barbara Bowl for sound check.  Pictures and stories will be posted so stay tuned.

GATSBY - LEONARDO DICAPRIO - May 10, 2013

Discover Gatsby’s greatness and compare it with Tom Lyle Williams and the Maybelline Company.

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Needless to say I'm thrilled there's another remake of The Great Gatsby.  So much of The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind it is cut from the the same 1920's, American Dream fabric.

And who better to play the part of Gatsby than 
DiCaprio.....Big Summer Blockbuster, 2013..... That's marketing!!!

The cars, the fashion and the lifestyle is right out of The Maybelline Story, as well. The only difference is Gatsby is fiction and The Maybelline Story is the real thing.

Check out this great trailer for Gatsby and some posts (below) I did on the Great Gatsby and the Gatsby lifestyle

http://www.maybellinebook.com/2012/01/great-gatsby-and-maybelline-story.html

http://www.maybellinebook.com/search/label/Great%20Gatsby

http://www.maybellinebook.com/search/label/The%20Great%20Gatsby

Gatsby, 2013, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Elizabeth Debicki, and Amitabh Bachchan.

ROBIN GIBB - WHITNEY HUSTON - DONNA SUMMER.

We lost three Super-Star Recording Artist's this year.  Whitney Huston, Donna Summer and Robin Gibb from the Bee Gees.  They gave us some of the greatest and most memorable songs of all time.

The Bee Gees will be best remembered for their contribution to the soundtrack of 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, which turned disco music into a worldwide phenomenon and placed the distinctive look of the era's hairstyles and outfits into pop culture legend. (The Telegraph, Thursday 24 May 2012)

Robin Gibb, 1949 - 2012 passed away on 
Sunday 20 May, 2012. 

By LUCHINA FISHER (@luchina)

May 18, 2012 Donna Summer may be best remembered as the Queen of Disco, but she became an enduring artist whose legacy extends to some of today's biggest pop stars. 

WhitneyHouston  August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012. Most-awarded female act of all-time.

I loved them all, but my favorite was The Bee Gees and Stayin' Alive.  So many wonderful romantic memories go along with the songs sung by these remarkably talented recording artists.  The world has lost some of the best of the best and they will surely be missed.....  
R.I.P. dear ones.

                    Stayin' Alive, The Bee Gees, 1977.

She Works Hard for the Money, Donna Summer.

Stay tuned tomorrow for my kick off to another 
Rock n Roll Summer 2012.

ROCKIN & ROLLIN OLD SCHOOL..

With Summer here, I'm reminded of how music has always been a big part of my life...The Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, Eagles...you name it... 

Music is the soundtrack for our memories and remains an American tradition today and always.

Here is my ex-husband Gene Dorney singing with his band, The Rounders in 1999, at a little bar in South Orange County called Mugs Away.  The Rounders were there from the beginning of our marriage in 1973 and played together for over 35 years.

Gene's best friend since childhood, Rick Corradini and Gene, kicking it at Muggs Away in 1999.

My last dance with The Rounders at Mugs Away, 1999.

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Seven year's later, 2006, Gene and the Rounder's were still together and Rocking at Mugs Away.

Gene has been an Orange County Attorney for over 40 years and still plays in The Gene Dorney Band, in Newport Beach today.

Some of my most fun memories were dancing to The Rounders, in the 1970's, 80's, 90's.

Gene in the green t-shirt with The Rounders, before they split up last year and he formed The Gene Dorney Band.

Living in Southern California all my life has been an Endless Summer with music, cars, the beach and trying to stay forever young.  I hope you are enjoying The Maybelline Docu-Blog.... tell your friends to check in and of course be sure to buy my book.....The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It...you will love seeing the world through my Maybelline eyes.