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DandelionPowderman
I saw this show two years ago.
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tatters
Jeff Beck's comments on his 2013 tour with Brian are worth revisiting. It was immediately after this tour that Jeff Foskett relinquished his role as Brian's bandleader, saying "I can't do this anymore."
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tatters
Jeff Beck's comments on his 2013 tour with Brian are worth revisiting. It was immediately after this tour that Jeff Foskett relinquished his role as Brian's bandleader, saying "I can't do this anymore."
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I’ve seen Brian many times over the years, starting in the 70’s with the horrid “Brian is back” tour with The Beach Boys. I saw his last show with Carl in the band in about 95 in Chicago, and then his comeback tour and many of his tours since.
He’s been more engaged - or less - on different tours. The standout tours were the comeback tour, the first Pet Sounds tour, the Smile tour, and one after that.
The Jeff Beck tour was pretty bad, though Jeff’s playing was great.
At first, Jeff Foskett covered the high parts with him when they were the lead parts of the song. For the past ten years or so, Brian has stopped trying the high parts, and more songs have been turned over to others.
In addition to his voice, his health, especially his back, has clearly deteriorated a lot the past decade. He has trouble moving.
The last time his singing, and his engagement in the concert, were at a high quality, was for the reunion tour in 2013. He was (unexpectedly) great at that concert. His closing with his then-new song, “Summer’s Gone,” was goosebump-inducing.
His concerts since then have showed a lot of deterioration. I saw an early show in the Pet Sounds tour, and while the band, Al, and Blondie were great, as was Matt Jardine, Brian didn’t sing very w ll or show much interest.
Go to see a good show of a great album. Just have realistic expectations about Brian.
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Wry Cooter
Lastly I'll say the most amazing and moving of these great shows was seeing the redemption of Smile at Carnegie Hall. Grown men were weeping (me). I encourage folks to find the "Beautiful Dreamer" video that includes the saga and the full opening night live performance in London. Just fantastic.
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Wry Cooter
Lastly I'll say the most amazing and moving of these great shows was seeing the redemption of Smile at Carnegie Hall. Grown men were weeping (me). I encourage folks to find the "Beautiful Dreamer" video that includes the saga and the full opening night live performance in London. Just fantastic.
I was reading your post and about to quote it by saying something, and then got to this and that was exactly what I wanted to say. My father and I adored the Beach Boys and Brian and him doing Smile at Carnegie Hall was my very first rock concert and it holds an extremely special place in my heart. I was 12 and surprisingly have such vivid memories of that show. I can confirm, many were weeping, my father and I included, but especially my father because he spent years trying to create that record Brian could never finish so to see it finally done and presented to him by Brian was more than words to him and many Beach Boys fans. A very special moment and an incredible show. I was lucky to be like 7th row, 2 rows in front of Van Dyke Parks! There was truly nothing like that.
Between that and his vastly underrated live album Live At The Roxy Theatre (which I personally think is the best live recording of Beach Boys songs) Brian gets a lifetime pass for me. As you say, its amazing we have him still here at all. The man has lived several troubled lives and in theory shouldn't still be in one piece walking around, so he is zombie-esque but thank god he's still with us.
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roller99
I interviewed Brian a year ago: https://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2017/12/brian-wilson-take-3/