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Why the Beach Boys matter /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smucker, Tom, 1946- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [2018]
Series:Music matters.
Subjects:
Beach Boys.
Rock musicians > United States > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Harmony and discord
  • Cars and guitars
  • Suburbs and surf
  • Studio and stage
  • Fathers, shrinks, and gurus
  • Girlfriends, wives and mothers
  • When did the early sixties end?
  • Jan and Dean
  • Innocence and the second-best pop album ever
  • Hip and white
  • The best unreleased pop album ever
  • The Beatles
  • Into the genres
  • Dennis - Carl
  • Al, Bruce, and David
  • Mike
  • Brian Solo
  • Storytellers, historians, and fans
  • Summer's gone, the endless summer
  • Epilogue: suggestions.