“America's Band” — the Beach Boys — will be honored on February 8th with the taping of CBS' A Grammy Salute To The Beach Boys. Tickets are available for the event, which will happening in Los Angeles at the Dolby Theatre.
Although details remain scarce, during a chat with Consequence Sound last month, Weezer leader Rivers Cuomo spoke about the band's involvement in the upcoming TV event: “We’re in the midst of figuring out which Beach Boys songs we want to cover, and oh my God, it’s incredibly fun. It feels so good to play and sing these songs. And I’m reminded of how much I used them as a model when I was first starting out writing songs for Weezer.”
We asked Beach Boys frontman Mike Love if he attributes the group's legendary harmonies to him and his cousins — Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson — all sharing a bloodline: “Well, that, that is responsible for the vocal blend, except Alan Jardine is a great singer. He's able to blend and sing with the best of them. And that was always the search for that fourth part; 'cause Brian was obsessed with four-part harmony, y'know, vis-a-vis the Four Freshman. But the Beach Boys have been distinguished by their incredible harmonies and that's due in large part to Brian's obsession or penchant for structuring, y'know, great chord progressions and great harmonies and he's a master at that.”
