A diehard surfer ... Beach and Hawthorne and Inglewood, the places I grew up in. That's all." Shortly after they recorded their first track the band changed their name to The Beach Boys.

Villages-News.com's Tony Violanti was at the Beach Boys' concert in The Villages and there were plenty of good vibrations.

There's nothing surf about Dennis Wilson or the other Beach Boys any more; somehow, they've turned straight. All the bleach is gone from their hair, and they wear surfer clothes--tight white levis ...