(04-06-2022, 06:59 PM)Jags Wrote:

(04-06-2022, 06:45 PM)mikesez Wrote: Some of those I'm not familiar with, but those that I've listened to, I like.  Of course as a Jax native I've listened to lots of Skynyrd, it was always on the radio.
Boston and Kansas are similar.  Along with Styx they brought falsetto and harmony back into rock.  They got those ideas from the Beach Boys.  The Beach Boys were great singers but poor guitarists.  They relied on studio musicians instead.  These later bands had the instrumental and singing chops to bring it all together.

I’m a beach boy fan.  Say, didn’t that Charlie Manson guy try to be a member? Or have ties?

Charles Manson was briefly friends with Dennis Wilson.  All three Wilsons were big into smoking pot and partying in mansions up and down the West Coast, so it's not surprising they met up.
There are rumors that Manson sang and played guitar with them, but as far as I know, no recordings survived.  
Manson recorded some songs under his own name briefly before he went on the murderous rampage.  Guns N Roses covered one of them.

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