New Wave of Popularity for The Beach Boys
Charles Bermant, Globe and Mail, The, 25 July 1985
JONES BEACH, NY. The Beach Boys are taking advantage of this seaside theatre, an idyllic setting for one of their concerts, by beating the audience into blissful surf-music submission. Between songs, a guy in red shorts asks a dancing, young girl if Brian Wilson is on stage.
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