When the nights were young and we were too
You’d sing those B-side songs that only you knew
We would dance to the music in our eyes
I would glance at you and try to recognize

How you knew me before I knew myself
How you’d seen me like nobody else
Now though we feel all these years
And when we smile through all of the tears

When any doubt reappears
Love still perseveres, with you-ooh, you-ooh

What makes a soulmate? Somethin’ divine?
Or just some poet tryin’ out a line?
We don’t need to be bound by cosmic rules
Cuz when you’re with me, I’m fine to play the fool
I thought love was palpitating hearts
Now I realize that’s just how it starts

Although we feel all these years
When we smile through all of the tears
When any doubt reappears
Love still perseveres

It’s been so long now, how can it be,
That a summer romance became a family tree?
Look how far we’ve come, we could never dream
What we’ve been through, and what’s still unforeseen
Growing grayer, but stronger through the years
All things might come and go, but love still perseveres

Alex Summerlin – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Fil Griggs – backing vocals
Chad Terrell – electric guitar, bass
Rick Scott – piano, organ, synth, drum programming 
Engineer – Chad Terrell
Production – Rick Scott, Chad Terrell, Alex Summerlin, WaterWoods Studio, Maumelle AR
Photography - Rick Scott

Nowhere to Go

Love Still Perseveres

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Santa's Beard (Stereo Version)

The amazing yet true history of The Beach Boys is well chronicled, and by any standard it’s one of the greatest and most musical stories ever told. From humble roots in southern California, The Beach Boys have become an enduring international sensation. Their famous harmonies and classic songs continue to travel the world bringing “Good Vibrations” everywhere.  

For more than five decades, The Beach Boys -- America’s first pop band to reach the 50-year milestone -- has recorded and performed the music that has become the world’s favorite soundtrack to summer. Founded in Hawthorne, California in 1961, The Beach Boys were originally comprised of the three teenaged Wilson brothers: Brian, Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and school friend Al Jardine. In 1962, neighbor David Marks joined the group for their first wave of hits with Capitol Records, leaving in late 1963, and in 1965, Bruce Johnston joined the band when Brian Wilson retired from touring to focus on writing and producing for the group.  

The Beach Boys signed with Capitol Records in July 1962 and released their first album, Surfin’ Safari, that same year. The album spent 37 weeks on the Billboard chart, launching the young group known for its shimmering vocal harmonies and relaxed California style into international stardom. The Wilson/Love collaboration resulted in many huge international chart hits, and the band’s initial surf-rock focus was soon broadened to include many other themes, helping to make The Beach Boys America’s preeminent band of the 1960s. 

1966’s Pet Sounds, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2016, is universally hailed as one of popular music’s most important recordings of all time. More than 100 domestic and international publications and journalists have lauded Pet Sounds as one of the greatest albums ever recorded, and it entered the GRAMMY® Hall of Fame in 1998. Pet Sounds tops MOJO magazine’s “Greatest Albums of All Time” at No. 1, while Rolling Stone ranked Pet Sounds at No. 2 in the magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”

Impressively, The Beach Boys continue to hold Billboard / Nielsen SoundScan’s record as the top-selling American band for albums and singles, and they are also the American group with the most Billboard Top 40 chart hits (36). ‘Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys’ has achieved triple-Platinum sales status and ‘The SMiLE Sessions,’ released to worldwide critical acclaim in 2011, won the year’s GRAMMY® Award for Best Historical Album and was heralded as the No. 1 Reissue of the Year by Rolling Stone.

In 2012, The Beach Boys celebrated their 50th Anniversary.  Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, and David Marks reunited for The Beach Boys’ 29th studio album, That’s Why God Made The Radio, and an international 50th Anniversary Tour, continuing one of music’s greatest stories.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and recipients of The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, The Beach Boys are a beloved American institution that remains iconic around the world.


Santa's Beard (Stereo Version)

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