Alan Charles Jardine (born September 3, 1942) is an American musician who co-founded The Beach Boys. He is best known as the band's rhythm guitarist, background vocalist, and for occasionally singing lead vocals on singles such as "Help Me, Rhonda" (1965), "Then I Kissed Her" (1965), "Cottonfields" (1970), and a cover of the Del-Vikings’ "Come Go with Me" (1981).
Following the death of fellow band member Carl Wilson in 1998, Jardine left the touring Beach Boys and has since performed as a solo artist, rejoining the band only for their 2012 50th anniversary tour. Since 2013, Jardine has toured alongside fellow Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson and his band; Jardine has also made solo appearances, increasing the amount of these especially since 2018. He has released one solo studio album, A Postcard from California (2010).
YouTube channel history[]
The channel uploaded its first video on March 1, 2009 (despite the join date), with Al Jardine and his band performing "Christmas Day" and "Little Saint Nick" (both of them were originally from The Beach Boys' Christmas Album).[1]
A year later, to promote for his then-new album A Postcard from California, the channel uploaded videos of the tracks "Help Me Rhonda" and "Tidepool Interlude".[2][3]
Trivia[]
- He has two sons, Matt (who tours with his father and Brian Wilson) and Adam (who was mentioned in the previously unreleased song "(I Saw Santa) Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree").
- Al has written a children's book based around the folk song Sloop John B (which The Beach Boys has famously covered for their album Pet Sounds).[4]
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