Alan Jardine
Alan Charles "Al" Jardine (born September 3, 1942 in Lima , Ohio , USA ) is an American musician and founding member of the Beach Boys .
biography
Beach boys
The family of Al Jardine moved a few years after his birth Hawthorne ( California ). There he met Brian Wilson . Wilson and Jardine played together on the defense of the Hawthorne High School football team. Wilson broke his leg while training.
Jardine was an avid folk music fan and formed The Islanders with some friends . In 1961, Brian Wilson asked him if he would like to join the group that Wilson had founded with his brothers Dennis and Carl and his cousin Mike Love . Jardine joined the group hoping they would play folk too, but they had a surf rock band in mind.
That same year the band - now called The Beach Boys - released their first single Surfin ' . Alan Jardine played and sang on it. He left the band soon after, because he wanted to become a dentist. He began studying in Michigan and was replaced by David Lee Marks . Meanwhile, the Beach Boys had some hits and achieved national notoriety. During the tour in 1963, Brian Wilson developed health problems, which is why he asked his friend Alan Jardine to replace him on the tour. By this time Jardine had already given up his studies and returned to California, where he gratefully accepted the opportunity to join the Beach Boys again. Jardine already contributed his harmony vocals on the album Surfer Girl , but is not yet mentioned on the album cover. The album also features the track South Bay Surfers , written by Brian Wilson and Alan Jardine. Just a few weeks later, David Lee Marks left the band and Jardine officially became a member again.
On the Beach Boys Christmas album he can be heard for the first time as the lead singer on the song Christmas Day . He repeated this a year later on Help Me, Rhonda .
When Brian Wilson finally declared in 1965 that he no longer wanted to go on tour, Jardine moved more and more into the foreground. He shared the vocal passages with Carl Wilson that Brian Wilson sang in the studio. In addition, the falsetto voice that Jardine sang sounded similar to that of Brian Wilson, so that it was often confused with studio albums.
On the 1968 album Friends , Alan Jardine co-wrote numerous songs. On the next album, 20/20 , he made his first appearance as a producer . The song Cottonfields , produced by Jardine, reached number one in the charts in five countries and became a hit in many other European countries.
In the 1970s Jardine wrote a lot of new material, including two of the three parts of the California saga trilogy from 1973. In 1978 he produced the MIU album for the first time, a complete album for the Beach Boys. His greatest success as a composer was with Lady Lynda , an homage to his wife. The piece came to number 6 on the UK singles chart. He also wrote the title song for the film Almost Summer in 1978 with Mike Love and Brian Wilson , which was interpreted by the band Celebration and made it to number 28 on the US charts. The single Come Go with Me , which was produced by Jardine, also reached a list in the top 20 in 1982. In the late 1970s / early 1980s, he was working on a concept album about California, but no song was released by the Beach Boys. From the 1980s onwards, Jardine took over the lead vocals on songs, but moved back into the background in terms of composition. Such was Iceland Girl from the album Still Cruisin ' the only piece on a Beach Boys album that was written by Jardine.
Since the late 1970s, Jardine took care of the Beach Boys' financial affairs and also chaired Brother Records . In the 1990s, Jardine was suspended from the band by Mike Love while recording Summer in Paradise because he had expressed criticism of the project.
After Carl Wilson's death in 1998, Alan Jardine (depending on the source) left the band or was fired. Jardine's last studio recording for the Beach Boys dates back to 1998, when he completed and recorded the song Loop de Loop, Flying in an Airplane in the studio. This song was added to the soundtrack of the documentary Endless Harmony . It was written and partially recorded as early as 1969.
After the Beach Boys
After his career with the Beach Boys ended, he founded the Beach Boys Family & Friends group . This group included his two sons Matt - who had toured with the band for around 15 years - and Adam, Brian Wilson's daughters Carny and Wendy Wilson ( Wilson Phillips ) and Owen Elliott as singers . Most of the instrumentalists were long-time Beach Boys tour and studio musicians , including Billy Hinsche , Bobby Figueroa and Ed Carter, who had supported the Beach Boys on their tours and in the studio since the 1970s.
Mike Love, who was touring with Bruce Johnston and David Lee Marks under the name The Beach Boys at the time , sued Alan Jardine and got him to change the name of his band because he confused the fans. An appeal was rejected by the United States Supreme Court in 2003 .
First Jardine renamed the band Alan Jardine's Family & Friends . In 2001 the band released the live album Live in Las Vegas . Then they sing the most famous Beach Boys hits. After Carny and Wendy Wilson left the company, the name changed again, currently called "Al Jardine & The Endless Summer Band".
Al Jardine worked on his own studio projects. In 1998 he was working on a joint album with his two sons. Jardine worked for two years on his first solo album, which was entitled "Big South". Only one song from it - California Energy Blues - was released as a bonus on Family & Friends' album Live in Las Vegas .
Alan Jardine was awarded the Grammy for Lifetime Achievement in 2001 along with the other still living Beach Boys Mike Love, Brian Wilson and Bruce Johnston .
In 2002 Jardine released the single PT Cruiser . The piece, which was based on earlier Beach Boys songs, only sold moderately. In 2006 the piece was added to the Beach Boys compilation Songs from Here and Back .
At the end of 2006, Jardine got an offer from Brian Wilson to join his band. They started a US tour together, where they performed pet sounds together. For 2007 they were planning a joint European tour, but Al Jardine surprisingly left the band to work on his solo album. The album A Postcard from California , which is his first solo album, was released on June 28, 2010. Numerous guest stars are represented on the album, such as Neil Young , David Crosby and Alec Baldwin . The track Don't Fight the Sea contains the singing of Carl Wilson from the 1980s. Alan Jardine invited his Beach Boys colleagues Mike Love, Brian Wilson and Bruce Johnston for further recordings, which meant that all Beach Boys were featured on this track.
Litigation
Name rights disputes
After leaving the Beach Boys, Al Jardine acquired the license rights to the Beach Boys name from Brother Records and was thus able to name his new band Beach Boys Families & Friends . This caused confusion at some of the performances, as organizers and fans alike assumed that the band would be called Beach Boys, Families & Friends . In addition, Jardine did not adhere to the given concert program, whereby Brother Records wanted those who use the name "Beach Boys" in whatever form to play the most famous hits. After a year, the license agreement with Jardine was therefore no longer renewed.
Brother Records - initiated by Mike Love - applied for an injunction against Jardine not to be allowed to appear in public as a "Beach Boy". Jardine, in turn, is suing Brother Records. Since he was still a member of Brother Records, he was technically suing himself.
In 2001, Jardine, in turn, sued the remaining members of Brother Records for $ 4 million for allegedly denying him the right to use the band's name in favor of Mike Love. He was able to win this lawsuit and later testified in an interview that he was not only interested in the money, but also in the opportunity to present himself to the public as a "Beach Boy" again.
In February 2007, Mike Love, for his part, sued Jardine for $ 3 million, including two million court costs and one million for revenues generated under the name Beach Boys .
Activities outside of music
Jardine led a rather quiet life outside of the band. He bought a farm in Big Sur , Northern California in the 1970s . Alan Jardine now lives on his remote farm with his second wife, Mary Ann, and their two younger sons, Neal and Robin. There he breeds Arabian horses , works as a beekeeper and runs his Red Barn recording studio.
He moderates a local television show and is involved in politics to advocate for the environment. He repeatedly holds small political offices. His plan to become governor of California has so far failed.
In 2005 Alan Jardine joined the ranks of children's book authors by publishing the book Sloop John B. - a pirate story .
Solo discography
- Papa loves Mama (with Matt Jardine - Garth Brooks Tribute CD, 1999)
- California Energy Blues (single, download only, released on Live in Las Vegas in 2001 )
- PT Cruiser (single - 2002)
- California Recall Blues (single, download only, 2003)
- Don't Fight The Sea / Friends (A Capella) (Single, 2011)
- Albums
- Al Jardine's Families & Friends Live in Las Vegas (2001)
- A Postcard from California (2010)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.everyhit.com/
- ↑ The Beach Boys' Al Jardine ( Memento from October 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b http://www.superseventies.com/faq_beachboys.html
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/3170506.stm
- ^ Lifetime Achievement Award
- ↑ BBTIMELINE ( Memento from October 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Beach Boy Jardine Splashes Former Bandmates With $ 4 Million Suit ( Memento from October 1, 2007 on the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5931828/jardine_sues_beach_boys
- ^ Judgment ( Memento of October 2, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2025907
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jardine, Alan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jardine, Alan Charles (full name); Jardine, Al (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician and founding member of the Beach Boys |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lima (Ohio) |