From: rlburger@nospam_wisc.edu   
      
   I accidently saw Blondie Chapin in the early 80's, he was playing and   
   singing with a slightly hokie Byrds reunion tour in the early 1980's.   
      
   They were playing at a tiny club.    Nostalgia for the Byrds had not   
   quite hit yet, they were playing bars and college clubs.     It turns   
   out that "Blondie" is a black guy from South Africa -  man, it was   
   surprising seeing this version of "the Byrds".  I suppose he was an   
   equally odd vision on stage with "the Beach Boys" for the unsuspecting   
   fan.   
      
   Anyway, this version of the Byrds was pretty ragged, a couple of the   
   guys were marginal singers who looked a little out of it.   
      
   Gene Clark was the star of the show, came out in the second set and   
   blew everyone away with his beautiful voice.   
      
   But the other revelation  was Blondie Chapin.    Man, what a singer   
   and guitarist!   He sang a solo acoustic version of the old Blind   
   Faith song "Can't Find My Way Home" that is still seered in my brain.   
   I think you could put that guy on stage with any rock band in the   
   world and he would stand-out as the master musician.   
      
      
      
   On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:08:50 -0500, Pintar@webtv.net (Elmer Pintar)   
   wrote:   
      
   >Blondie Chapin was the lead singer.  He was added to help give the Beach   
   >Boys a progressive rock sound, and more soulful sound.  Brian wrote it,   
   >but is not on it.  Carl can be heard in the background vocals.   
   >   
   >Elmer Pintar   
      
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