Beach Boy Dennis Wilson picked up two women hitchhiking in 1968 and that led to the entire Manson family moving into his house, including the patriarch of the family, Charles Manson. And it wasn’t always fun, fun fun. Especially when Dennis Wilson found a bullet that the family left in his bed as a warning sign after he threw them out of his house.
Below are six links to articles about The Beach Boys/Charles Manson connection and one to a video about how Charles Manson’s music made it into the world of mainstream music. Then of course there’s the MBIP Coming Attractions for next week.
Inside The Manson Family’s Wild Summer At Beach Boy Drummer Dennis Wilson’s House - This article tells about how Dennis Wilson got involved with the Manson Family and introduced them to The Beach Boys.
Dennis Wilson and Charles Manson Had a Brief and Bizarre Friendship - Another article that details Dennis Wilson’s involvement with Charles Manson and his hand-picked family.
Beach Boy’s Mike Love recalls meeting Charles Manson through bandmate Dennis Wilson for the 1st time - Mike Love, who sang lead on many of The Beach Boys songs talks about meeting Charles Manson in this article.
Charles Manson’s surreal summer with The Beach Boys: Group sex, dumpster diving and rock ’n’ roll - In this article it’s revealed how Dennis Wilson took a vow of silence about his time with the Manson Family.
Charles Manson’s links to The Beach Boys, Guns ’N Roses and the Beatles - Manson had links to other big-time groups including The Beatles and Guns ‘N’ Roses.
Infamous story of The Beach Boys and Murderous Maniac: Charles Manson - More facts and stories about the relationship of Dennis Wilson and Charles Manson.
Charles Manson: His Musical Career & How The Beach Boys Stole His Song - Here’s a video detailing the facts about Manson’s musical career and the song he wrote that The Beach Boys recorded.
Monday: This week’s Saturday Night Take-Out is from a place I’ve never been to: Rick’s Crispy Chicken in Mossville, Illinois.
Tuesday: For this week’s Social Distancing Sunday, I’m visiting the Peoria Riverfront Museum and I’m going to check out the show featuring local artist, Ken Hoffman.
Wednesday: I think I’m going to feature the Green Door store on Farmington Road for our local shopping feature of the week.
Thursday: For this week’s Thursday Minute Marty Meal I’m going to think up some kind of spaghetti dish to use up the rest of the spaghetti I bought for last week’s meal.
Friday: We’ll continue to eat the menu at Arby’s. We’re done with the roast beef menu, so hopefully it’ll be better than last Friday!
Saturday: There will be yet another sandwich of Peoria spotlighted next week. Stay tuned to see which one it is!
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