Brian Wilson and his band play the Beach Boys song “Surfin’ USA” live in concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California on September 13, 2019. The song was originally released as a single in March 1963 and later that month as the title track of the Beach Boys “Surfin’ U.S.A.” album. Brian Wilson set his lyrics to the Sweet Little Sixteen tune written by Chuck Berry. Brian Wilson’s band consists of Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin, Matt Jardine, Gary Griffin, Billy Hinsche, Jim Laspesa, Mike D’Amico, Rob Bonfiglio, Probyn Gregory, Paul Mertens, Bob Lizik, and Darian Sahanaja.
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Something Great From ’68 Tour Dates (with The Zombies)
Aug. 31 – Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Sept. 1 – Indio, CA @ Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
Sept. 6 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
Sept. 7 – Pala, CA @ Pala Casino
Sept. 8 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Arlington Theatre
Sept. 12 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
Sept. 13 – Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theater
Sept. 14 – Murphys, CA @ Ironstone Amphitheatre – CANCELLED
Sept. 16 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
Sept. 17 – Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Sept. 19 – Sandy, UT @ Sandy City Amphitheater
Sept. 20 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theater
Sept. 22 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
Sept. 23 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
Sept. 24 – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre
Sept. 26 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
Sept. 27 – Waterbury, CT @ Palace Theatre
Sept. 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theatre
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Surfin’ USA lyrics:
If everybody had an ocean
Across the U.S.A.
Then everybody’d be surfin’
Like Californi-a
You’d see them wearing their baggies
Huarachi sandals too
A bushy bushy blond hairdo
Surfin’ U.S.A.
You’d catch ’em surfin’ at Del Mar
(Inside, outside, USA)
Ventura County line
(Inside, outside, USA)
Santa Cruz and Trestles
(Inside, outside, USA)
Australia’s Narrabeen
(Inside, outside, USA)
All over Manhattan
(Inside, outside, USA)
And down Doheny Way
(Inside, outside)
Everybody’s gone surfin’
Surfin’ U.S.A.
We’ll all be planning that route
We’re gonna take real soon
We’re waxing down our surfboards
We can’t wait for June
We’ll all be gone for the summer
We’re on surfari to stay
Tell the teacher we’re surfin’
Surfin’ U.S.A.
Haggerties and Swamis
(Inside, outside, USA)
Pacific Palisades
(Inside, outside, USA)
San Onofre and Sunset
(Inside, outside, USA)
Redondo Beach LA
(Inside, outside, USA)
All over La Jolla
(Inside, outside, USA)
At Wa’imea Bay
(Inside, outside)
Everybody’s gone surfin’
Surfin’ U.S.A.
Everybody’s gone surfin’
Surfin’ U.S.A.
Everybody’s gone surfin’
Surfin’ U.S.A.
Written by Chuck Berry (melody) and Brian Wilson (lyrics)
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Brian Wilson official bio:
Legendary songwriter Brian Wilson began his career as a teenaged founding member of The Beach Boys, who signed with Capitol Records in July 1962 and released their first album, Surfin’ Safari, that same year. The band’s initial surf-rock focus was soon broadened to include other themes. Wilson’s innovative vocal and instrumental arrangements for major hits including “I Get Around,” “California Girls,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “God Only Knows,” and the No. 1 smash “Good Vibrations” established The Beach Boys as America’s preeminent band of the 1960s.
In 2015, Wilson released his latest solo album No Pier Pressure (Capitol) and was the subject of the critically-acclaimed, award-winning biopic Love & Mercy (Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate). Directed by Bill Pohlad and starring John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti, Love & Mercy presents an unconventional portrait of the music legend. Set against the era-defining catalog of the music, the film intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the iconic performer whose success came at an extraordinary personal cost. The culmination of these projects produced Wilson’s first Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song (Motion Picture) for “One Kind Of Love,” which was featured in the film.
Brian Wilson is a Kennedy Center Honors recipient, a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, and a U.K. Music Hall of Fame inductee. As a member of The Beach Boys, Wilson was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and honored with The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.
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