It was 45 years ago today (August 22nd, 1977) that Beach Boys co-founder Dennis Wilson released his solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue. The set, which was the first solo collection to be released by one of the group's original members, peaked at Number 96 on the Billboard 200 albums chart during its 12-week-run. The album has gone on to become a cult classic and influenced a whole new generation of record makers, and tapped into many of the same emotions as his older brother Brian Wilson did with 1966's Pet Sounds albeit in a completely different genre, voice, and musical palette. Back in June 2008 the deluxe reissue of Pacific Ocean Blue and its unreleased 1978 follow-up, Bambu which was issued to unanimous critical acclaim earned the nod for "Best Reissue" from Rolling Stone, Mojo, and Uncut magazines. In 2016, "You And I" from Pacific Ocean Blue was featured in an episode of Sarah Jessica Parker's HBO drama Divorce. Most recently, on Jeff Beck an
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Saturday (December 4th) marks what would've been the 77th birthday of Beach Boys co-founder and drummer Dennis Wilson. For most of his life, Dennis was overshadowed by his older brother Brian, who wrote most of the group's hits, and by his younger brother Carl, who sang lead on songs such as "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations." As a youngster, Dennis was considered the least musical of the Wilson brothers, but it was his idea for Brian and cousin Mike Love to first write about surfing which resulted in their 1961 debut single "Surfin'." It was the Wilson's mother Audree who urged the group to include Dennis, who was then forced to play drums because, according to legend, he couldn't play anything else. Dennis' good looks and powerful live drumming provided the group with a much-needed boost in the wake of the "British Invasion." Brian Wilson often used direct instances from Dennis' life as the foundation for
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