BEACH BOYS, DEFINITIVE COLLECTION. SIGNATURE LICKS. CD TABLATURE
A Step-by-Step Breakdown of Their Guitar Styles and Techniques
Series: Signature Licks Guitar
Softcover with CD - TAB
Artist: The Beach Boys
Arranger: Wolf Marshall
Explore the classic guitar work of the pioneers of California pop-rock with this outstanding book/CD pack. Includes transcriptions, lessons, and in-depth analysis of a dozen of The Beach Boys' finest songs: Be True to Your School - California Girls - Dance, Dance, Dance - Don't Worry Baby - 409 - Fun, Fun, Fun - Good Vibrations - Help Me Rhonda - I Get Around - Kokomo - Shut Down - Surfin' U.S.A. 64 pages.
INTRODUCTION
The Beach Boys are the most successful and significant American band of the
rock music era. Founded and masterminded by leader-songwriter-producer Brian Wilson,
the group created a unique and unmistakable sound in a period awash with unique and
unmistakable sounds. The Beach Boys band was born during the early 1960s in the quiet
and unassuming middle-class community of Hawthorne, about five miles inland from
Manhattan Beach, just southwest of Los Angeles. The quintet rode in on relentless waves
of hit singles and albums from 1962-1966. Therein they introduced and personified the
mythic California youth culture and lifestyle with guitar-driven story songs about surfing,
girls, hot rods, girls, motorcycles, girls, sports, girls, cruising, girls, school, girls and, well. ..
girls. During these momentum-gathering years, millions of young and not-so-young music
fans were moved and captivated by the group's sound, delivery, and the depth of understanding
in Brian's thoughtful lyrics.
By 1966, the Beach Boys' approach and poetics had evolved and progressed to
the point where they affected the new and uncategorizable styles brewing in the incipient
age of rock. Tracks like "Good Vibrations," a career-defining single culled from the Pet
Sounds sessions, presaged "art rock" and set impressive new standards for recorded
sound, rock orchestration, instrumental arranging, and vocal performance. These elements
became important influences on the global music scene, influencing megalithic
artists like the Beatles as they crafted their future classic, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts
Club Band. The rest is history. Ever since, the Beach Boys have remained an institution in
rock's hierarchy.
This guitar Signature Licks volume presents a dozen must-know classics from the
Beach Boys' multi-faceted catalog. Here are catchy rock 'n' roll songs from their early "surfband"
beginnings alongside memorable pop masterpieces and later groundbreaking progressive
numbers. Each is a vital piece of the Beach Boys legacy. Each is an invaluable
part of Americana's music landscape. And each now beckons you to join them on a sUrfin'
safari to a land of good vibrations and beyond. Enjoy. -Wolf Marshall
THE RECORDING
Wolf Marshall: guitars, Fender Bass VI, synthesizers
Mike Sandberg: drums, percussion
Michael Della Gala: bass
Ted Vaughn: additional piano and organ on "Good Vibrations"
Recorded at Pacifica Studios and Marshall Arts Studios Produced by Wolf Marshall
Be True To Your School
California Girls
Dance, Dance, Dance
Don't Worry Baby
409
Fun, Fun, Fun
Good Vibrations
Help Me Rhonda
I Get Around
Kokomo
Shut Down
Surfin' U.S.A.
Italiano
English
