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1969
[unless noted otherwise, all sessions were held at Brian's home studio]
January	9 - session: Forever/San Miguel
	13 - session: San Miguel (remake) [Sunset]
	16 - Memorial Arena, Victoria BC, Canada [w/Tommy James & The Shondells and Joe Hicks]
	17 - Colisuem, Seattle WA [w/Tommy James & The Shondells and Joe Hicks]
	18 - Agrodome, Vancouver BC, Canada [w/Tommy James & The Shondells, Winter's Green and Joe Hicks]
	19 - Eastern Montana College, Billings MT* [w/Joe Hicks]
	22 - session: San Miguel [Valentine - 2 sessions]
	24 - session: San Miguel [Sunset]
	27 - session: San Miguel [Sunset]
	29 - session: San Miguel [Capitol]
February	7 - Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio TX* [all Texas shows w/The Bob Seger System, Joe Hicks and Rene & Rene]
	8 - Music Hall, Houston TX* [2 shows]
	9 - State Fair Music Hall, Dallas TX*
	9 - Will Rogers Auditorium, Ft. Worth TX*
	10 - *20/20* album released
	10 - Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi TX* [1]
	11 - Municipal Auditorium, Austin TX
	12 - Heart O' Texas Coliseum, Waco TX
	13 - session: Got To Know The Woman (track) [Sunset]
	14 - session: Got To Know The Woman (bvs) [Sunset]
	19 - Kraft Music Hall NBC TV show, Burbank CA
	21 - session: Deidrie
	24 - session: What Can The Matter Be ?/Celebrate The News [Sunset]
	25 - session: Celebrate The News [Sunset]
	28 - The Joey Bishop TV Show, Los Angeles CA*
March	3 - I Can Hear Music/All I Want To Do single released
	3 - session: Celebrate The News [Sunset]
	5 - session: Loop De Loop [Western]
	6 - session: Loop De Loop [Western]
	8 - session: Loop De Loop
	11 - session: Loop De Loop [Sunset]
	12 - session: Forever (basic track) [Gold Star]
	14 - session: Forever [Gold Star]
	17 - session: Forever [Gold Star]
	19 - session: All I Wanna Do (track) [Gold Star]
	21 - session: Deidrie (track) [Gold Star]
	24 - Tonight You Belong To Me/Goodnight My Love Honeys single released
	29 - Boss City KHT TV show, Los Angeles CA*
	31 - single session: Break Away [ID Sound]
April	2 - Mike Douglas TV Show, Philadelphia PA
	2 - single session: Break Away
	3 - Alan B. Shepherd Civic Center, Virginia Beach VA* [2 shows w/The Classics IV]
	4 - All Children’s Hospital, Tampa FL*
	4 - Curtis-Hixon Hall, Tampa FL [w/Tommy Roe, Classics IV & Joe Hicks]
	5 - Convention Hall, Miami Beach FL* [w/The Classics IV, The New Colony 6, Tommy Roe & Joe Hicks]
	7 - Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Beach FL [w/Joe Hicks, Shadows Of Knight and Crazy Elephant]
	8 - Orange County Juvenile Detention Home, Orlando FL# [2]
	8 - Municipal Auditorium, Orlando FL [w/Joe Hicks, Tommy Roe and New Colony 6]
	9 - St Vincents Hospital, Jacksonville FL*
	9 - Hope Haven Children's Hospital, Jacksonville FL*
	9 - Duval Medical Center, Jacksonville FL*
	9 - Civic Auditorium, Jacksonville FL* [2 shows - w/The Classics IV, Tommy Roe, Joe Hicks & New Colony 6]
	10 - Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta GA* [w/The Classics IV, Tommy Roe, Joe Hicks & New Colony 6]
	10 - single session: Break Away vocals [ID Sound]
	11 - Mid South Coliseum, Memphis TN [cancelled]*
	11 - Field House, Sikeston MO* [w/The Yellow Payges, Joe Hicks, New Colony 6 and The Serfs]
	12 - Municipal Auditorium, Nashville TN* [w/Tommy Roe, The Yellow Payges, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Serfs and Joe Hicks]
	13 - McAlester High School, McAlester OK*
	13 - Hissom Home for Retarded Children, Sand Springs OK#
	13 - Decency Rally, Tulsa Pavilion OK* [w/The Spurious]
	13 - State Penitentiary, McAlester OK [w/Joe Hicks][2]
	18 - Hawthorne High Prom, Beverley Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles CA [w/Joe Hicks]
	23 - single session: Break Away [Gold Star]
May	2 - University of Oklahoma, Norman OK* [w/Joe Hicks][3]
	3 - Eppeley Care Center, Omaha NE* (benefit)
	3 - Music Hall, Omaha NE* [2 shows - w/The Spiral Staircase and Joe Hicks]
	4 - Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, St. Louis MO* (benefit)
	4 - Kiel Opera House, St. Louis MO* [w/The Crazy Elephant, Spiral Staircase and Joe Hicks]
	24 - session: What Can The Matter Be [Valentine]
	5th European tour [all shows up to the 16th w/Paul Revere & The Raiders and Joe Hicks unless noted; two shows each night except +, one show]
	30 - Dome, Brighton, England
	31 - Hammersmith Odeon, London
June	1 - Der Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands+
	1 - Concertgebouw, Amsterdam+
	2 - The Raiders & The Beach Boys TV Show, NRCV TV Studio, Amsterdam
	3 - Amerikaans Theatre, Brussels, Belgium+
	4 - Beat Club, Radio Bremen TV Studio, Bremen, West Germany
	6 - Odeon, Birmingham, England
	7 - Empire Theatre, Liverpool
	8 - King Edward's Nurses Home, Leeds+ [no support] [4]
	8 - Free Trade Hall, Manchester
	9 - Odeon, Glasgow, Scotland
	13 - Jahrhunderthalle-Hööchst, Frankfurt, West Germany*
	14 - Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, East Germany+
	15 - Munich, West Germany [cancelled]
	16 - Break Away/Celebrate The News single released
	16 - Midi Premiere TV Show, Paris, France*
	16 - Olympia, Paris+
	17 - Lucerna Hall, Prague, Czechoslovakia [w/Saze, Atlantis and Blue Effect]
	18 - Lyre IV International Festival Of Popular Songs, Bratislava+ [w/The Tremeloes, John Rowles, Hana Zagrova, Josef Lauper and Their Majesties, Marta Kubisova and Valeria Cizmarova][5]
	19 - Winter Stadium, Brno+ [w/Blue Effect, Progress Organisation and Synkopy 61]
	20 - Keimolan Juhannus Juhla, Vantaa, Finland*+ [w/The Spede and Simo Show, plus car stunts]
	21 - Midsummer Festival, Parola†+ [w/Joe Hicks, Irwin Goodman, Tapani Kansa and others]
	21 - Pop festival, Antwerp, Belgium+ [w/Fleetwood Mac (headliners), Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Titch, Chicken Shack, The Nice, Procul Harum, Freedom, Yes,Pebbles, Wallace Collection, Davy Jr. & The Guess Who ?, Roland & The Blues Workshop, J.J. Band and The Tomahawk Blues Band. Colosseum were added later.][6]
	22 - Finsbury Park Astoria, London, England [w/The Rainbow People and Marmalade]
July	9 - session: Slip On Through
	14 - session: Slip On Through/I'm Going Your Way (= California Slide) [Sunset]
	18 - taping for Hy Lite and Mike Douglas shows, Philadelphia PA*
	19 - Hy Lite TV show, Philadelphia PA*
	19 - Long Island Arena, Commack NY [all July shows w/The Box Tops and The Buchanan Brothers]
	20 - Troy Armory, Troy NY* [w/Bill Deal & The Rondells and The McCoys]
	21 - Wentworth Curling Club, Hamilton ON, Canada *
	22 - Mike Douglas TV Show, Philadelphia PA*
	22 - Summer '69 Festival, Gaelic Park, New York NY [Brooklyn Bridge in for Buchanan Brothers]
	23 - Islip hospital, Long Island NY#
	24 - Steel Pier, Atlantic City NJ
	25 - Steel Pier, Atlantic City NJ
	26 - Steel Pier, Atlantic City NJ (see August 16th)
	27 - Oakdale Theater, Wallingford CT [w/The Windy City]
	28 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD* [w/The Fugitive Six and Bill Myers & The Younger Americans]
	29 - Hampton Beach Casino, NH* [w/The Spectras]
	30 - Hampton Beach Casino, NH* [w/The Spectras]
	30 - The David Frost Show, New York NY
	31 - Irwin's Winnipesaukee Gardens, Laconia NH* [w/The Spectras, The Buchanan Brothers and The Box Tops]
	?? - session: All I Wanna Do
August	1 - City of New York Entertainment Truck, New York NY#
	1 - Wollman Rink Central Park, New York NY [2 shows - w/Lonnie Mack (co-headliner)]
	2 - State Fair Grounds, Harrington DE [2 shows]
	3 - Lewisburg State Prison, Lewisburg PA#
	8 - single session: Cotton Fields (45 version)
	15 - single session: Cotton Fields (45 version) [Sunset]
	16 - Steel Pier Swings TV Show, Atlantic City NJ
	19 - Happening ABCTV show, Los Angeles CA
	22 - Kalinich poetry album session: America, I Know You [Wally Heider][7]
	29 - session: Soulful Old Man Sunshine [Sunset]
September	5 - session: Soulful Old Man Sunshine [Sunset]
	5 - The Lagoon, Farmington UT* [w/Paul Revere & The Raiders]
	6 - The Lagoon, Farmington UT* [w/Paul Revere & The Raiders]
	7 - Bronco Stadium, Boise, ID* [w/Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Filmore West, Rick McClellan and The Crystal Ship Of Ontario]
	19 - Sail In TV show, Los Angeles CA*
October	early - *Add Some Music* session: Slip On Through (before the 6th)
	6 - *Add Some Music* session: Slip On Through
	13 - *Add Some Music* session: Walkin'/Slip On Through
	20 - *Add Some Music* session: Games Two Can Play
	28 - *Add Some Music* session: Add Some Music To Your Day (basic track)
November	3 - *Add Some Music* session: 'untitled'
	4 - *Add Some Music* session: When Girls Get Together
	6 - *Add Some Music* session: Soulful Old Man Sunshine/Our Sweet Love/'Til I Die (demo) [Sunset]
	9 - *Add Some Music* session: Soulful Old Man Sunshine vocals
	10 - *Add Some Music* session: 'untitled'
	11 - *Add Some Music* session: Raspberries, Strawberries (= At My Window) (track)
	13 - *Add Some Music* session: This Whole World (basic track)
	18 - *Add Some Music* session: Tears In The Morning (track)
	19 - Flame session: [titles unknown]
	?? - *Add Some Music* session: Where is She ?
	26 - Aragon Ballroom, Chicago IL*
	27 - Corn Palace, Mitchell SD [8]
	27 - Arena, Sioux Falls SD* [w/The Apostles]
	27 - Auditorium, Sioux City IA* [w/The Pilgrims]
	28 - Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City MO# [w/The Underground Sunshine]
	29 - Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton AB, Canada
	30 - Auditorium, Winnipeg MB, Canada* [w/The Fifth and Eddy Laham]
December	1 - University of Minnesota, Duluth MN [cancelled] [9]
	2 - University of North Dakota, Grand Forks ND [cancelled] [9]
	11 - Tähtiä Yöttömässä Yössä Finnish TV show [10]
	16 - Dennis Wholey Show [11]
	23 - Dennis Wilson session: 'Dennis' piano interlude' (= (Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again demo)
	24 - *Add Some Music* session: Susie Cincinnati/Back Home
	26 - *Add Some Music* session: Lady
	28 - Flame session: Lady/Get Your Mind Made Up
	?? - *Add Some Music* session: Carnival (= Over The Waves) [12]
	?? - *Add Some Music* session: Add Some Music To Your Day
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1	Carl announced that Dennis had been taken ill and flown home. He didn't play the remaining two dates. Who did drum for the band is a good question.
2	One of the gigs arranged as a result of Carl's draft problems.
3	Billy Hinsche subbed for Mike at this show: he'd returned to India to see the Maharishi again, and had trouble getting back in time.
4	Arranged by UK DJ Jimmy Saville, the band turned up with three acoustic guitars, a tambourine and a pair of drumsticks, thus giving one of the very first ever 'unplugged' gigs. Footage of this unique show was later shown on Top Of The Pops
5	The festival apparently ran for four days, but the band only played this day, and along with the other artists listed had their set recorded for later broadcast (apparently on Radio 1). The BB tracks were "I Get Around", "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Break Away", "Sloop John B" and "Cotton Fields".
6	The band dropped out due to the very tight travelling time from the previous show. Four other acts also dropped out due to various reasons: Dave Dee... etc, Chicken Shack, The Tremeloes and Procul Harum.
7	This was just one track for a completed album - *A World Of Peace Must Come* - that Brian produced for Steve Kalinich around this time. It's possible - but not proven - that the 'untitled' sessions on 10/28 and 11/3 were also for this project.
8	The 'legendary' Thanksgiving show where about 200 fans showed up. According to Fred Vail, some of the shows on this tour were cancelled.
9	These shows were cancelled because Mike had a court appearence on the morning of the 2nd in connection with his divorce proceedings. The gigs were tentatively rescheduled for 1970, but never happened.
10	Eight songs from the June 20th concert: "Help Me Rhonda", "I Can Hear Music", "I Get Around", "Sloop John B", "Do It Again", "Cottonfields", "Barbara Ann" and "God Only Knows".
11	Syndicated TV show, taped in Cincinnati November 25th or 26th. It's possible the band debuted "Slip On Through".
12	As more sessions are held at Brian's home studio, the documentation becomes more lax: while most of these dates are accurate, to be frank, some of those noted ?? are little more than semi-educated guesses.
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