The Beach Boys jam with America

The Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston revealed that he and bandmate Mike Love took part in an all-star jam session last weekend. Johnston told the fan website Beach Boys Britain (b5.boards2go.com) that, "I went to a house warming party at (actor) John Stamos' and we had a brilliant unplugged music afternoon. The band consisted of all our great back-up guys along with Mike & me -- plus two guys from the Knack, two (of the) Cowsills, (and) Dewey (Bunnell) and Gerry (Beckley) from America. It was fun and sounded great -- lots of 'hits' were sung. A few of the guests were taking videos."

Also taking part in the jam session were three former members of the Beach Boys touring group, keyboardist Mike Meros, and guitarists Adrian Baker and Jeff Foskett. All three had performed for years with the group, and interestingly, all had been fired separately by Love. Foskett has been part of Brian Wilson's band since 1999.

Stamos, a die-hard Beach Boys fan, has been sitting in on drums with the band at various points over the past 15 years. In return, the group appeared numerous times on his ABC-TV sitcom, Full House.

In 1992, Stamos sang lead on the Beach Boys' remake of co-founder Dennis Wilson's song "Forever" on their Summer In Paradise album. In 2000 he served as executive producer on the mini-series The Beach Boys: An American Family.

The Beach Boys kick off their Spring tour on April 22nd in West Point, New York, at Eisenhower Hall.
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