I knew him very well. Unlike some celebrities Dennis was COOLER than I expected!! Every girl was in love with him even in 1977 when first we met. I am credited in the BBC documentary. I submitted a photo I took of him with Christine circa 1980. I met him in Detroit. I moved to CA and was a dear friend up until shortly before his passing. Those of us who knew him well are still not over it. Yes indeed he was a drag strip driver on the sly. Great content thus far.

Long live the memory of Dennis. xoxo The Clarences

I stayed on the Harmony for weeks at a time. Have the photos to prove it. Barbara Wilson is the best!! You are doing a good job.

This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you. This was amazing!

History of the Harmony: The Harmony was built in Japan in 1950 by the Azuma Boat Company for George T. Folster, a New Englander whose ancestors had sailed the Pacific in the days of the great whaling ships. The craft was christened Watadori (Bird of Passage), and the theme set by the original name was reflected in the carving of a bird under the bowsprit, as well as in the hand-carved designs in the cabinetwork below decks. According to her blueprints, the craft was built from materials from all over the world: the wood includes teak from Burma, mahogany from the Philippines, and camphor wood from Formosa; the sails were imported from England; and the brass fittings were made in Scotland. The Harmony, with her Marconi rigging, was not built for racing, but still she is a fleet ship nonetheless. She was the first yacht ever to make a nonstop passage under canvas from Japan. This feat was accomplished during a perilous forty-seven-day voyage, across five thousand miles of open sea, in the summer of 1952. On this voyage, she covered an average of a hundred miles a day.... her best run was 158 miles for one day. Wilson himself had sailed her to Catalina, northern California, and the Baja peninsula of Mexico. The Harmony, was repossessed in 1980 and sold for debts in 1981. Dennis Wilson died in 1983. If it's still around it's possible that her owners have no idea of her history. There was a rumor of her being up sale in 2009 but I've heard of no confirmation on whether or not this was the same 1950s built craft or not. Credit: Eric Johnson Former Radio Promotions Director Remote Engineer at CBS (1990-2002)

I’ve got the book “ Son of a beach boy “ coming in the post today! Really looking forward to reading it !

Great episode guys!

Fascinating look at an underrated talent.

Great stuff guys. Subscribed!

Adam, can you post the chords for Forever? U played it beautifully! 👍

Great episode. Re 21:20, I don't think there's any way Carl always had Brian's back creatively. He shut down the 90s stuff Brian was trying to get The Beach Boys to do because he felt it wasn't commercial enough, and then out come Stars and Stripes.

The fact never escaped me that he grew his hair longer than the Beatles in 1964. How did it escape his father, Murry's notice? He fined his boys for cussing---I figured long hair would have been a STEEPER fine!

He never legally adopted Scott.

Ida Blackburn was the female interviewer

I read a random book on Dennis called "Dumb Angel"

I remember hearing about hitting his head on a piling on the news when it happened.

RE: Little Bird. Stephen Kalinich has confirmed while the initial idea was Dennis's , Brian essentially re-wrote the whole track and made it as it is.

I thought he was punched in the throat which contributed to his voice getting really bad.

Wasn't it shallow water blackout drowning and not hitting his head

40:39 from hearsay there was also the fight with Mike Loves brother. He was punched in the throat and that completely destroyed it.