GIGS76

1976
[unless noted otherwise, all sessions were at Brother: Brian definitely appeared at the concerts noted +]
[unless stated otherwise all releases are on Brother-Reprise]
January	30 - May 15 - *15 Big Ones* sessions: in addition to the titles noted below, also possibly recorded were Gold Rush/Lisa/Secret Love/ 10,000 Years Ago
	30 - *15 Big Ones* session: Palisades Park [Western]
	31 - *15 Big Ones* session: Blueberry Hill
March	first week - *Pacific Ocean Blue* sessions: River Song [vocal]/Pacific Ocean Blue/Rainbows [vocals]
	9 - *15 Big Ones* session: Sea Cruise
	10 - *15 Big Ones* session: On Broadway
	11 - *15 Big Ones* session: In The Still Of The Night
	15 - *15 Big Ones* session: Mony, Mony
	16 - *15 Big Ones* session: Rock And Roll Music/Just Once In My Life
	17 - *15 Big Ones* session: A Casual Look/Chapel Of Love
	18 - *15 Big Ones* session: TM Song
	19 - *15 Big Ones* session: Talk To Me
	25 - *15 Big Ones* session: A Casual Look/Chapel Of Love/Palisades Park/Blueberry Hill/Sea Cruise (probably a vocal session)
	28 - Cousteau Society Benefit, Lakeland FL* [w/Tom Paxton, Hickory Wind and others: MC'd by Mike, no other BB involvement]
	30 - *15 Big Ones* session: Had To Phone Ya
	?? - *15 Big Ones* session: Come Go With Me
April	13 - *15 Big Ones* session: Running Bear
	14 - *15 Big Ones* session: Running Bear/Shake, Rattle & Roll
	15 - *15 Big Ones* session: Peggy Sue
	16 - *15 Big Ones* session: Michael Rowed The Boat Ashore
	21 - Dennis Wilson session: 2,000 Years Ago/String Thing 2/Long String Song/Hawaiian Dream (=Farewell My Friend)/Friday Night (intro)
	27 - *15 Big Ones* session: Let's Dance/That Same Song/Don't Fight The Sea
	28 - *15 Big Ones* session: That Same Song/Don't Fight The Sea
	29 - *15 Big Ones* session: Michael Rowed The Boat Ashore
	?? - *15 Big Ones* session: Everyone's In Love With You
May	? - *Pacific Ocean Blue* session: Farewell My Friend [vocals - after the 7th]
	8 - *15 Big Ones* session: Short Skirts/Everyone's In Love With You
	?? - *15 Big Ones* session: Back Home (before 18th)
	15 - UCSB, Santa Barbara CA [1]
	18 - *15 Big Ones* session: master assembled
	24 - Rock And Roll Music/TM Song single released
April-May	?? - *15 Big Ones* session: Peggy Sue
summer	?? - session: Clangin'
June	16 - The Search for Something Else NBC TV show [Mike only]
	20 - filming for the It's OK ! TV special: Brian's birthday party and possibly the 'failure to surf' sequence.
	25 - Floral Fiesta Dream Girl pageant, San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo CA† [Dennis was a judge, footage used in the TV special]
	26 - "*15 Big Ones* session: It's OK" [2]
July	2 - Oakland Coliseum, Oakland CA+ [w/America, Elvin Bishop and John Sebastian] [3]
	3 - Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim CA+[w/America, Santana and Gerard] [4]
	5 - *15 Big Ones* album released
	5 - *Beached* session: Streets of Love/Moonbeams [5]
	7 - *Pacific Ocean Blue* session: River Song [strings]/Rainbows/Thoughts of You
	9 - *Beached* session: Everyone Knows My Name/Precious Love [5]
	10 - *Pacific Ocean Blue* session: River Song [vocals & choir]
	12 - Pine Knob, Clarkston MI * [w/Billy Joel]
	13 - AM Detroit: Dennis Wholey TV Show [Mike only]
	13 - Pine Knob, Clarkston MI * [w/Billy Joel]
	14 - Pine Knob, Clarkston MI * [w/Billy Joel]
	16 - Chicago Stadium, Chicago IL* [w/Billy Joel]
	17 - Chicago Stadium, Chicago IL* [w/Billy Joel]
	18 - Mile High Stadium, Denver CO* [w/Fleetwood Mac, Santana and Gerard]
	21 - Edmonton Coliseum, Edmonton ALB, Canada* (2 shows)
	23 - Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City MO [w/The Doobie Brothers, Jeff Beck, Firefall and The Ozark Mountain Daredevils]
	24 - Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee WI [w/Firefall, Gerard and The Doobie Brothers]
	25 - Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines IA [w/The Doobie Brothers, Jeff Beck, Firefall and Gerard]
	29 - Avalon Ballroom, Santa Catalina Island CA [6]
August	1 - session: Ruby Baby/Hey Little Tomboy
	5 - The Beach Boys NBC TV Special
	6 - Channel 5 TV show "Twin Cities Today" [Mike only]
	6 - Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington MN* [wRags, Tower of Power and Boz Scaggs]
	7 - University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls IA* [2 shows]
	8 - Keil Auditorium, St. Louis MO
	9 - Glen Oak Park Ampitheater, Peoria IL* [w/The Watermelon Rhythm Band]
	10 - University Of Dayton, Dayton OH* [w/Heart]
	11 - Mike Douglas Show taping
	11 - Spectrum, Philadelphia PA* [w/Heart]
	12 - Spectrum, Philadelphia PA* [w/Heart]
	13 - Coliseum, Hampton Roads VA* [w The Cate Brothers]
	14 - Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh PA [w/Peter Frampton and Gary Wright]
	15 - Ohio State University, Columbus OH*
	18 - session: Ruby Baby
	19 - *Pacific Ocean Blue* session: Honey I Do (=You And I)
	20 - *Pacific Ocean Blue* session: School Girl
	21 - session: Marilyn Rovell/Sherry She Needs Me (vocals)
	24 - Multi-Coloured Swap Shop BBC1 TV show taping [Mike only][7]
	26 - Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs NY [w/The Cate Brothers]
	27 - Civic Center, Providence RI*
	28 - Roosevelt Stadium. Jersey City NJ [w/The Richie Furay Band]
	29 - Civic Center, Hartford CT* [w/The Cate Brothers]
	30 - it's OK/Had To Phone ya single released
	30 - Capital Center, Largo MD+ [w/Artful Dodger] [8]
	31 - Capital Center, Largo MD+ [w/Artful Dodger]
fall	?? - Brian Wilson session: That Special Feeling
	?? - Brian Wilson session: Hey There Moma
	?? - session: We Gotta Groove
	?? - Brian Wilson session: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
	?? - Brian Wilson session: Lazy Lizzie
September	to spring 1977 - *Pacific Ocean Blue* sessions: in addition to the titles released on the album, other songs recorded were Flowers Come In The Spring/I Didn't Mean To Make You Worry/School Girl/Taking Off/Time For Bed/Tug Of Love (Feel The Pull)
	1 - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale NJ [w/The Cate Brothers]
	2 - Memorial Arena, Buffalo NY* [w/The Cate Brothers and Jeff Beck with Jan Hammer]
	3 - Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto ON, Canada* [w/The Garfield Band]
	4 - Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto ON, Canada* [w/The Garfield Band - two shows]
	5 - Civic Centre, Ottawa ON*
	6 - The Forum, Montreal PQ, Canada*
	9 - *Pacific Ocean Blue* session: Dreamer [bass & horns]
	13 - Mike Douglas Show, Philadelphia PA [9]
	16 - Brigham Young U., Provo UT* [cancelled][10]
	17 - Rock Music Awards CBS TV show, Los Angeles CA [11]
	18 - Dome Stadium, Seattle WA [cancelled - rescheduled for December]*
	19 - PNE Coliseum, Vancouver BC, Canada [cancelled - rescheduled for December]*
	20 - PNE Coliseum, Vancouver BC, Canada [cancelled - rescheduled for December]*
	21 - Colisuem, Portland OR [cancelled]*
	23 - *Pacific Ocean Blue* session: Only With You
	24 - Coliseum, San Diego CA [cancelled]*
	25 - Hughes Stadium, Sacramento CA [cancelled]*
	26 - Santa Barbara Stadium, Santa Barbara CA [cancelled]*
	late - *Pacific Ocean Blue* sessions: You And I [vocals]/Pacific Ocean Blue [vocals]
October	to mid-November - *Brian Loves You/'New Album'* sessions: in addition to the titles noted below, the following tracks were also recorded during this time; Let's Put Our Hearts Together/Airplane/I'll Bet He's Nice/The Night Was So Young/My Diane/Hey Little Tomboy. A compilation tape of rough mixes for *Love You* was assembled on November 16th. For further details on these two album projects, go here.
	1 - Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis TN [cancelled]*
	2 - session: Ruby Baby
	2 - Arkansas State Fair, Little Rock AR [cancelled]*
	3 - Oklahoma State Fair, Tulsa OK [cancelled]*
	5 - Convention Center Arena, Dallas TX [cancelled]*
	6 - HofHeinz Pavilion, Houston TX [cancelled]*
	7 - Fort Worth, TX [cancelled]*
	8 - Civic Auditorium, San Antonio TX [cancelled]*
	13 - *Love You* session: Honkin' Down The Highway/I Wanna Pick You Up
	21 - *Love You* session: Mona
	26 - *Love You* session: Solar System
	27 - *Love You* session: Let Us Go On This Way/Hey There Moma
	28 - *Love You* session: Love Is A Woman
November	2 - *Love You* session: Roller Skating Child
	8 - Everyone's In Love With You/Susie Cincinnati single released
	10 - *Love You* session: Mona/Johnny Carson
	13 - Multi-Coloured Swap Shop BBC1 TV show aired
	15 - *Beach Boys '69 (Live In London)* album released (Capitol) [112
	22 - Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati OH*+ [123
	24 - Pete Fornatale show WNEW FM, New York NY [14]
	24 - Madison Square Garden, New York NY+[15]
	25 - Madison Square Garden, New York NY+
	26 - Madison Square Garden, New York NY
	27 - Saturday Night Live NBC TV show* [14]
	27 - Boston Gardens, Boston MA*
	29 - Civic Center, Springfield MA [cancelled]
December	8 - Mike Douglas Show, Philadelphia PA [14] (taped 23rd November)
	15 - Oakland Stadium, Oakland CA+
	17 - Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle WA*+
	18 - Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle WA*+
	19 - Spokane Coliseum, Spokane WA*+
	21 - PNE Coliseum, Vancouver BC, Canada
	23 - Memorial Coliseum, Portland OR* [w/Charles Lloyd]+
	27 - San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA+
	31 - LA Forum, Los Angeles CA+[16]
unknown	?? - Dennis Wilson session: Life Symphony
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1	This was a Papa Doo Run Run gig where Mike joined them for most of the show. The support was The Reverie Rhythym Rockers, Jeff Foskett's first band. Jeff was at UCSB at the time.
2	The date ascribed to this session in Badman's book is utterly impossible as the album had been mastered over a month earlier.
3	Brian's first appearence with the band since April 1973.
4	Brian's first full show since November 1970: filmed for the TV special.
5	Ricci Martin album produced by Carl.
6	The 'gig' was in fact Bruce Johnston's wedding party.
7	Mike made a flying visit to Europe August 18th-26th to promote the NBC TV special, visiting The Netherlands, France, West Germany and England.
8	Brian's first show outside California since March 1970.
9	Mike & Alan only.
10	According to a press report at the time, the cancellations were due to assorted illnesses. In a later interview, Mike stated that he had hepatitis.
11	The Wilson brothers only.
12	Originally released in the UK in May 1970 as *Live In London*.
13	Prior to this show, an advert was placed in a Cincinatti paper trying to find "Susie Cincinatti", and it worked when cab driver Joellyn Lambert replied. Alan flew in a day early to meet her, join her for dinner and invite her to the show. When the song was played she came out on stage.
14	Brian only.
15	Brian played the first two nights but missed the third due to rehearsals for Saturday Night Live.
16	The official 15th anniversary concert.
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