Author/radio show host takes a look at Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys

The Beach in The Beach Boys is Hermosa Beach

by Kevin Cody Mike Purpus wasn’t happy when surf shop owner Gene Cidello handed him the new Beach Boys album, “Surfer Girl,” in September 1963. The now iconic album cover showed the band from Hawthorne High barefoot in the surfline, wearing matching blue Pendletons and khaki pants. Under their arms was an unwaxed 9-foot surfboard with a one-inch redwood stringer bordered by blue panels that matched their Pendletons.  The 15-year-old Purpus had w…

Author/radio show host takes a look at Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys

TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – Every day, Dr. Alex McFarland connects with a nationwide radio audience. McFarland also had a connection with a giant of 20th-century American music. McFarland grew up as a fan of the Beach Boys, and when he became a Christian in his early 20s, he began praying for his boyhood idols. “I began to pray I would get to meet the Beach Boys. I said, ‘Lord, if I ever get backstage, I want to talk to Brian about Christ,” Dr. McFar…