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The Beach Boys
1984-07-04
Washington Monument
Washington, DC
FM Broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. Intro > California Girls
02. Little Deuce Coupe
03. Come Go With Me
04. Buzz Buzz Buzz
05. Rockin' All Over The World
06. Surfer Girl
07. Back In The USSR*
08. Good Vibrations
09. Help Me Rhonda
10. Fun Fun Fun
*with Ringo Starr
On July 4, 1980, the Beach Boys played the National Mall in Washington DC, with over 500,000 people gathering on the grounds near the Washington Monument for the concert. Portions of the show were taped for an HBO special, and much of the concert was broadcast on the radio. The band returned to DC in both 1981 and 1982 for Independence Day concerts. However, in April 1983, James G. Watt, President Ronald Reagan's Secretary of the Interior, banned July 4th rock concerts on the Mall. Watt said that the "rock bands" that had performed on the Mall on Independence Day in past years had encouraged drug use and alcoholism and had attracted "the wrong element", who would mug people and families attending any similar events in the future. After learning, however, that the President and First Lady were both fans of the Beach Boys, Watt apologized and the band returned to the Washington DC for this show on July 4, 1984, 31 years ago today. This FM broadcast captures that show, which drew a crowd of over half a million fans and featured a guest appearance by Ringo Starr!! By this point you may be asking what the Beach Boys have to do with our celebration of the Grateful Dead. Well, on April 27, 1971, during the Dead’s last run at the Fillmore east, The Beach Boys joined them on stage near the end of the 2nd set. Go here to download that show and read the story of the day the psychedelic sound San Francisco sound collided with the harmonies from Los Angeles.
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