The Beach Boys - 1980-07-04 - Washington, DC (SBD)

The Beach Boys
1980-07-04
National Mall
Washington, DC
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. California Girls
02. Sloop John B
03. Darlin
04. School Days
05. In My Room
06. Good Timin'
07. God Only Knows
08. Do It Again
09. Little Deuce Coupe
10. Catch a Wave
11. Hawaii
12. 4th Of July Song
13. Santa Ana Winds
14. Some of Your Love
15. Keepin' The Summer Aliv
16. Lady Lynda
17. Cotton Fields
18. Heroes And Villains (incomplete)
19. I Write The Songs
20. Surfer Girl
21. Help Me Rhonda
22. Be True to Your School
23. Wouldn't It Be Nice
24. Rock 'n Roll Music
25. I Get Around
26. Surfin' USA
27. Good Vibrations
28. Barbara Ann
29. Fun Fun Fun

The Beach Boys - 1980-07-04 - Washington, DC (SBD)

Beach Boys 1980 - Back To Back - #1: As promised yesterday, here's the 2nd half of our Back to Back set featuring the Beach Boys in 1980.  This one is a soundboard recording from 44 years ago today that captures their July 4, 1980 concert at the Nationa Mall in Washington, DC. Over 500,000 people gathered on the grounds near the Washington Monument for the show.  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 on July 4, 1984 for a show that again drew 500,000 fans!