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David Marks

David Lee Marks (born August 22, 1948) is an American guitarist who was an early member of the Beach Boys. While growing up in Hawthorne, California, Marks was a neighborhood friend of the original band members and was a frequent participant at their family get-togethers. Following his departure from the group, Marks fronted the Marksmen and performed and recorded as a session musician. Marks joined the Beach Boys in February 1962, replacing Al Jardine on rhythm guitar, and performed on the band's first four albums, Surfin' Safari (1962), Surfin' U.S.A. (1963), Surfer Girl (1963), and Little Deuce Coupe (1963). Because he did not appear on the 1961 single "Surfin'", the first performance by the band that became "the Beach Boys", most historians discount him as a true founding member of the group. In August 1963, he left the band due to personal problems with manager Murry Wilson. Afterward, Marks worked with acts including Casey Kasem's Band Without a Name, the Moon, Delaney & Bonnie, Colours, and Warren Zevon, and studied jazz and classical guitar at the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory. From 1997 to 1999, Marks returned to the Beach Boys for their live performances. In 2007, he released an autobiography, entitled The Lost Beach Boy. He briefly reunited with the group for their fiftieth-anniversary tour and the 2012 album That's Why God Made the Radio. At age seven, David Lee Marks moved into a house across the street from the family home of the three Wilson brothers, Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, later the founding members of The Beach Boys. Describing the neighborhood, Marks noted, "It was run down. There were no sidewalks. The houses were older and the Wilsons lived in a pretty small, modest two-bedroom home. The boys all shared a bedroom. When they got older, Brian started sleeping in the den more and more, which was a converted garage they had turned into a music room. They had a Hammond B-3 organ, an upright piano, and a little hi-fi in there." As the 1950s progressed, Marks sang and played music with the Wilson family at their Sunday night singalongs. Inspired by a 1958 performance by guitarist John Maus (later of the 1960s Walker Brothers), Marks asked his parents to buy him a guitar, which they did on Christmas Eve, 1958. He began taking lessons from Maus, who had been a student of Ritchie Valens. In 1959, Marks and Brian Wilson's youngest brother Carl began to develop their own style of playing electric guitars. Brian realized that the combination of Carl and Marks playing brought a rock guitar sound to his original compositions, and the two teenagers participated in Brian's first songwriting efforts that led to the band's 1963 hit single "Surfer Girl". Marks was not on the Beach Boys first recording, "Surfin'" for Candix Records on October 16, 1961; that roster included Al Jardine, a high school classmate of Brian Wilson's, who had been singing and playing stand-up bass with the Wilson brothers and their cousin Mike Love. Over the next couple of months, Brian experimented with different combinations of musicians, including his mother Audree Wilson, but was not able to interest a major label. ... Source: Article "David Marks" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Born:
Aug 22, 1944 In Hawthorne, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
14
First Appeared:
In the series Champs-Elysées 1982-01-16
Latest Project:
Movie The Beach Boys 2024-05-21
Known For
Poster of The Beach Boys
Poster of Sound of the Surf
Poster of Decker
Poster of Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969
Filmography
Movie The Beach Boys Self 2024-05-21
Movie A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys Self 2023-04-09
Movie Sound of the Surf Self 2022-10-10
Movie The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds Self 2017-04-07
Movie The Beach Boys: A Long Promised Road - Volume 1 & 2 - 1962-1971 Self 2016-05-13
Movie Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1969-1982 Self 2014-01-01
Series Decker Self 2014-07-17
Movie The Beach Boys: Doin' It Again Self 2012-08-28
Movie The Beach Boys - Live in Concert 50th Anniversary Self 2012-11-19
Movie Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969 Self 2010-11-01
Movie Classic Albums: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds Self - The Beach Boys 2010-11-19
Series Legends Self - Founding Member, Beach Boys 2006-11-17
Series Classic Albums Self - The Beach Boys 1997-04-14
Series Champs-Elysées Self - The Beach Boys 1982-01-16