Bruce Johnston

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.6 • 908 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Bruce Johnston is a musician, singer, and songwriter, widely recognized for his influential role in the Beach Boys. Johnston began his musical career in high school, collaborating early-on with musicians including Eddie Cochran and Phil Spector. Joining the Beach Boys in 1965, Johnston was involved as a vocalist and keyboardist, and he continued to make occasional appearances on the Beach Boys albums from the mid-1970s until re-joining the band in 1978. With the group, Johnston co-produced several key albums, including L.A. (Light Album), and the follow-up LP, Keepin' the Summer Alive. Known for his harmony and production skills, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the group’s founding members. ------ Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team: Vivo Barefoot http://vivobarefoot.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA25' ------ LMNT Electrolytes https://drinklmnt.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Athletic Nicotine https://www.athleticnicotine.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Squarespace https://squarespace.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Sign up to receive Tetragrammaton Transmissions https://www.tetragrammaton.com/join-newsletter

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0:00.0	Tetragrammaton
0:02.0	Tetragrammaton
0:07.0	I was 21 or 22 when I got my second gold record when you were born in 63.
0:32.6	Yeah, the second. What was the first? Did you ever hear, Roth, if you go back historically, there's
0:39.4	probably no history, but it really is. I was in a band. Phil Specter joined the band, and Sandy Nelson
0:46.4	was a guy a couple years ahead of me in high school and out, and he knew I could play, and so I
0:51.9	would kind of be in his band.
0:55.2	You played piano.
1:00.8	I, along with a guy named Richie Podler, Richard Pollard, who eventually produced Crew Dog Night.
1:02.4	There was a cozy coal record called Topsy that was the top ten in the like 50, 59.
1:09.3	And so Sandy, whose name was Sam Nelson,
1:12.3	he just got the idea convinced this disc jockey.
1:14.8	Do you know who Art LeBoe was?
1:16.2	Mm-hmm.
1:16.7	Okay, convinced Art Leboe,
1:18.1	who had original sound records,
1:19.9	he had had a hit with press snaps
1:21.8	doing Bongo Rock,
1:23.6	Mike Dacey, and guitar.
1:25.5	And so Sam, Sandy Nelson, talked Art LeBow into a single, one-off, just not even an album.
1:32.8	So we made this, we wrote this song, kind of in the studio, called Teen Beat, and it went to number
1:38.6	four.
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