12/31/69 RELEASED ON CD, 2 LP 180 GRAM VINYL, HIGH RESOLUTION SACD AND DIGITAL FORMATS By Harvey Kubernik c 2016 Experience Hendrix L.L.C. and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, have just released Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First...
By Harvey Kubernik c 2016 There have been many books about Motown and many Motown books. With the September publication of Motown The Sound of Young America, by Adam White with Barney Ales, including a marvelous foreword by Andrew Loog Oldham, we finally now have the...
Harvey Kubernik on Mike Love’s new autobiography By Harvey Kubernik c 2016 The Beach Boys are arguably the most popular American rock band of all time, with thirteen Gold Albums, fifty-five Top 100 singles, and four #1 hits, spanning more than five decades. The...
The music played on The Rockin Surfer Show is a cultural collision of Rockabilly, Surf, and the grey areas of R & B and Country. It’s all the different types of music and sounds that emerged after WWII and evolved into Rock and Roll as we know it today. We featured special themed shows including Valentine’s, Christmas, Beach Party and more. Currently, we are airing re-broadcast seasonally, with a new broadcast series in the works!
As an active record producer, David’s studio collaborations include co-productions with Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and productions for The Ramones, Blondie, The Go Go’s, & The Ventures, to name a few. Many of Kessel’s recordings as a musician and producer, were done at the famous Gold Star Studios in Hollywood.
David Kessel’s guitar work, electric and acoustic, can be found on Phil Spector productions and albums by John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Cher, Darlene Love, Dion, The Paley Brothers, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, The Ramones, and Celine Dion. David Kessel and his brother Dan, are the only 2nd generation members of The Wrecking Crew.