Daryl Dragon

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Daryl Frank Dragon (born 27 August 1942, Los Angeles, California) is a keyboardist, known as Captain in the successful 1970s pop musical duo Captain & Tennille, with his wife, Toni Tennille.

He was also a keyboard player with The Beach Boys in the early 1970s, and got his nickname of "The Captain" from the group's lead singer Mike Love. He perpetuated this nickname and image by wearing a nautical captain's hat.

Dragon also made significant contributions with captivating keyboarding and scoring on the Beach Boy's twenty-third official album, their 1972 release Carl and the Passions - "So Tough". Dragon's orchestrations on the tracks "Make It Good" and "Cuddle Up" translated the melodic ideas that Dennis Wilson was looking for.

Daryl Dragon is the son of conductor, composer, and arranger, Carmen Dragon.

Daryl Dragon is the older brother of Dennis Dragon, a member of the 1960s pop combo The Dragons (which included Doug Dragon) and the 1980s surf band, the Surf Punks. Daryl contributed vibes and melodica in the song "Wind n' Sea" by the band Farm, a group put together by brothers Dennis and Doug for the soundtrack to The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun, a surf film directed by George Greenough. Daryl also did session work with Dennis for the Go for It soundtrack.

[edit] Charles Wright and the Wright Sounds

Charles Wright was born in 1940 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, before moving to Los Angeles in the early 1950s, playing guitar and singing in several doo-wop groups including the Turks, the Twilighters, the Shields and the Gallahads. He also briefly worked as an A&R for Del-Fi Records. In 1962, he formed his own band Charles Wright & the Wright Sounds which included future Watts Band member, John Raynford, along with Daryl Dragon, aka "Captain" of Captain & Tennille.

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