Were all just dying to get back to work, and I thought Id take the reins.
(Longtime multi-instrumentalistProbyn Gregoryhas already committed to Weird Al Yankovics summer tour.
Theres a lot of material to draw from that people havent heard before, Jardine says.
Al Jardine is reuniting members of Brian Wilson’s band for a proposed summer tour.Jesse Grant/Getty Images/Disney
And were going to have some fun.
I dont want to put that kind of pressure on him.
Im a little nervous about it, Jardine admits.
Its going to take a lot of vocal rehearsal.
We might even do Good Time.
Brian and I wrote that one together in a couple of minutes.
Its one of my favorite tunes we ever did together.
(Wilsons salute toThe Tonight Showhost is an oddity of the Beach Boys catalog.
Sample lyrics: He sits behind his microphone/Johny Carson/He speaks in such a manly tone.
Jardine has written a new chorus and verse to stretch it out into a proper song.
I hope that doesnt offend fans, he says.
But it really is hilarious.
At one point, I literally wanted to call this the Ding Dang Tour.
It has several different kinds of music on it, he says.
I have a testimonial to my favorite songwriters of the Fifties, Leiber and Stoller, called Highway 101.
I also have a song with Neil Young that I like a lot called My Plane Leaves Tomorrow.
We recorded it together when I did my [2010 solo album]Postcard From California.
I thought, Well, that didnt fit the theme for that album very well.
But it resonates now with the political unrest over in the Middle East.
Its about a service person who goes overseas and has to serve his country.
I know that its Mikes ambition to be doing this at 102.
My son Matt and [Mikes son] Christian Love both have great voices, he says.
It would be on a different level than now.
But it would still be doable because the music is the star of the show.
