With each other?

Sorry for the late heads-up on this one. I just heard about it myself. The "final" broadcasts are today.

http://xmradio.com/onxm/series/artist-confidential.xmc

Brian Wilson
Monday 7/23 at 6PM ET
The Loft - XM 50
From his earliest Beach Boys compositions to his latest material, Brian Wilson brings an 11 piece acoustic band to play almost a full hour of his best music in front of a live studio audience. Tune in to hear why this is among the most memorable of XM's Artist Confidential performances.

Encores:
7/25 at 1PM ET - 60s - XM 6
7/28 at 3PM ET - The Loft - XM 50
7/28 at 5PM ET - 60s - XM 6

The show was very enjoyable. BW was in good voice AND in good spirits. He mentioned no longer feeling nervous about performing in front of an audience. It's so inspiring to see such a troubled soul finally find peace.

While the info I posted earlier indicated that he would be playing "almost a full hour of his best music," the entire show ran 40 minutes with approximately 10-minutes worth of interviews interspersed with the musical performances. Those 30 minutes of music were extremely enjoyable!

The songs performed were: "Surfer Girl," "Wendy," "Please Let Me Wonder," "Heroes and Villains," "Vega-Tables," "Add Some Music To Your Day," "Hawaii," "California Girls" and "And Your Dream Come True."

I would think Bret Michaels would be there to learn how to hit a high note.

Y'all ever seen this? An actual television performance of "Guess I'm Dumb":

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5OXKRIyaxQ[/youtube]

And believe it or not, another television performance of "Guess I'm Dumb" has now been unearthed:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rump6NPqbg[/youtube]

Brian, Dennis, and Carl signed "Holland" LP seen on ebay. I wonder how much it will fetch:

couldn't find the listing after doing a search.
Do you know what the winning bid was ?

No, I should have checked. May try later today. Wouldn't it be great to have this framed on the wall!

I couldn't find it, either. Maybe the BB message boards will have some news.

No luck. Judging by the various "buy it now" prices for signed BB memorabilia, I don't think it exceeded $1,000, though I do think that the three brothers' signatures on the same item are rarer than the four Beatles' signatures on one item.

I got to meet Brian Wilson after one of his shows during his triumphant six-night residency at Royal Festival Hall in London this week, where he premiered his amazing new suite of music, "That Lucky Old Sun". I've met famous people before, but let me tell you, meeting my hero Brian Wilson was a dream come true and it was the biggest, most electric moment of my life! I approached him like a completely awestruck music geek, but Brian was very friendly and spoke to me first, saying "Hello, how are you?" and shook my hand. As I got out my ticket for him to sign I was so nervous I was shaking: "I hope it will fit on this." Brian signed my ticket and said "Have a good sleep tonight." I thanked him and said to him, "I think you are the best songwriter ever." Brian then asked me incredulously, "Better than Bacharach?" I answered "Yes." Brian then said, "What about Paul McCartney?" I replied, "Oh, you're better than Bacharach and McCartney, you're the greatest!" Now people around us were laughing and Brian laughed and said, "Better than McCartney? No way!"

That's a magical story, Googa. I'm so glad that Brian lived up to your expectations.

I hope Brian records "That Lucky Old Sun". It got a rapturous standing ovation!

What a great story. Thanks for adding to my bright Sunday morning.

Cool!
How did you get to be fortunate enough to meet him?


Jeff

Two Beach Boys fan acquaintances of mine with the right connections put in a good word for me. They kept it a secret from me until after the show, so that I was able to concentrate on the show. Imagine my surprise!

Wow. What an incredible story.

Congratulations!

Thanks!

GoogaMooga,
That's really super nice to read.

That's great that you got to meet Brian.