Among the sea of award shows and galas in these first months of 2014, the Society of Singers much beloved ELLA will, once again, be a most memorable evening as it has been since honoring Ella herself back in 1989.
Hosted by Actor/Singer/Musician John Stamos, the 21st ELLA will be presented to legendary singer, Mike Love, founding member of the Beach Boys. The 3rd VOICE Award will be presented by Oscar nominated Director, Morgan Neville of 20 Feet From Stardom to the dynamic Waters Family whose voices can be heard on hundreds of gold & platinum recordings for the last 50 years! And, the 1st ever, INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP AWARD, will be presented to Nigel Lythgoe, Executive Producer of American Idol & So You Think You Can Dance Executive Producer and Creator.
Performances and Appearances by:
America Beach Boys California Saga — Carnie & Wendy Wilson of Wilson Phillips, Justyn Wilson, Carl B. Wilson, Christian & Ahmba Love, and Matt & Adam Jardine! Wayne Brady Christopher Cross Micky Dolenz Lucy Lawless David Lee Roth Jessica Sanchez of American Idol Tata Vega The Blossoms Rita Wilson Nigel Lythgoe (Leadership Award Recipient) The Waters Family (Voice Award Recipient)
I love everything about Dave …. but I think he took his role in this performance a little too far. It was Mike Love’s night … but Dave was hoggin’ the spotlight too much on this song in my opinion. I don’t think Dave did this on purpose or to take anything away from Mike Love. It’s just not in his DNA to be anything but the star of the show; he just doesn’t know how to play second fiddle.
But for all I know ~ Dave performed exactly as he was told to perform.
Pretty cool that Dave was invited to do this. I don’t feel he stepped on Mike Love too much. They traded off lyrics fairly well. I’m sure they wanted Dave to be himself up there. I still have more trouble with Dave’s voice than anything. He doesn’t sound good to me. Oh well, thanks for posting the video. Cool to see!
Back in my college days, the Beach Boys were playing at the basketball arena on campus. I wasn’t a fan, so I didn’t plan on going to the show. I was in my room studying and while taking a break, I realized the concert should be in full swing. The arena was only a five minute walk from my dorm, so I thought, “What the heck … why not walk over there.”
I get to the arena and noticed some of the side doors had windows that were about one foot by one foot. I look through one of the windows and I’m really surprised to see that I actually had really good side shot view of the stage from pretty close up. I figured I’d stick around and catch some of the show for free … but before long … a few others saw me and came over to check it out. And after a little while, there were probably a half dozen or so people trying to peer through this one window.
This long haired stoner dude shows up and loudly proclaims that he just smoked a joint with Dennis Wilson. I’m thinking, “Suuuuuuure. Right in the middle of the concert, you just smoked a joint with Dennis Wilson.”
I thought I’d play along with his story though, so I pretend that I believe him and started asking questions like, “So what did you guys talk about?” “Did he have much to say?”
The stoner dude said he asked Dennis what he thought about East Lansing (this was at Michigan State University), and he said Dennis responded, “Oh … is that where we’re at?”
I asked where did you actually meet him, and he said it was outside one of the same kind of doors, but on the other side of the arena. He said he was standing there and Dennis just walked out and fired up a joint and offered to share it.
I had a little more fun asking stoner dude questions and pretending that I believed him.
The next day I was reading the student newspaper – which had a really great music section that always had comprehensive show reviews. While reading the review for the Beach Boys show, I read a blurb that said, “During the middle of the concert, someone threw a towel at Dennis Wilson, and he stomped off the stage and his whereabouts was unknown for 15 minutes.”
I could only think … “I’ll be damned … stoner dude was telling the truth after all~!!”
