From the November 6, 1962 edition of the University of Southern California’s “Daily Trojan” newspaper: an advertisement for a Beach Boys gig at the Sunset Strip coffee house, Pandora’s Box, on November 11, 1962. John of “John & Judy” is John Maus aka John Walker of The Walker Brothers. He used to give David Marks and Carl Wilson guitar lessons at his parents house in Inglewood.
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USC Daily Trojan ad for The Beach Boys at Pandora’s Box
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009Beach Boys Historical Landmark: The Beach Boys Cafe in Hermosa Beach (former location)
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
2701 Pacific Coast Highway. Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
The “Original” Beach Boys Cafe opened in 1992. The following year it moved up to Mission Beach, California. Now it’s a Roundtable Pizza.
Beach Boys Historical Landmark: Hite Morgan’s Home Studio
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
2511 Mayberry Street. Los Angeles, CA 90026 (Please don’t disturb the residents!!!)
On September 15, 1961, The Pendletones – brothers Brian, Carl, & Dennis Wilson, their cousin Mike Love and their friend Al Jardine recorded three demos – Surfin’, Luau, & Lavender, in a recording studio set up in the living room of this house which was owned by music publishers Hite and Dorinda Morgan. The recordings can be heard on the CD called The Beach Boys: Lost & Found.
Also, in Brian Wilson’s autobiography, Wouldn’t It Be Nice: My Own Story he states that when he was ten years old he went to the Morgan’s house with a group of boys that were auditioning for Art Laboe’s Original Sound label. They didn’t pass the audition.