{"id":10555,"date":"2012-04-30T08:01:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T16:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=10555"},"modified":"2012-04-30T08:02:29","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T16:02:29","slug":"if-its-foggy-then-you-must-be-covered-in-beach-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-04\/if-its-foggy-then-you-must-be-covered-in-beach-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"If It’s Foggy, Then You Must Be Covered in Beach Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s the day after Sunday (we won’t say the word), and we’re enveloped in the evil fog.\u00a0 So summer has officially arrived.\u00a0 And with summer comes thoughts of The Beach Boys<\/strong>.\u00a0 Which reminds us:\u00a0 the reunited Beach Boys are coming to the Santa Barbara Bowl<\/strong> <\/a>on May 28th<\/strong> (Memorial\/Anniversary Day), and will include Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston<\/strong>, David Marks and a host of backers. What better way to spend Memorial Day?<\/p>\n

Before we get ’round to listening to the real deal (last year’s Smile Box Set<\/strong> is highly recommended), in time of need we keep returning to two covers of the Boys’ God Only Knows<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 The first (featuring Canada’s talented Joe Grass<\/strong> on pedal steel) matches the morning’s mood.\u00a0 The second is by the phenomenal (and phenomenally horribly named) Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.<\/strong> and never fails to lift.\u00a0 We’ve written about the preternaturally-talented DEJJ before<\/strong><\/a> and love their Grizzly-Bear-As-Applied-to-Beach-Boys-and-Vocals-Beyond effect on this cover in particular.<\/p>\n

Joe Grass<\/strong>:<\/p>\n