Jack Rieley

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Jack Rieley is an American record producer.[1] He was the manager and song-writer[2][3] of the pop music group the Beach Boys during the early 1970s, and is credited with guiding them back to acclaim.[4] He also worked with Kool and the Gang.[1] He was described by New Statesman as "a radio DJ turned career mentor."[5] The Beach Boys met Rieley, while promoting their album Sunflower, and hired him as their manager.[6]

Although there are many books and articles about the Beach Boys, Rieley always declined to be interviewed, until November 2007 when Rieley was interviewed by Flasher.com in relation to the documentary Dennis Wilson Forever.[7]

[edit] Music contributions

He wrote lyrics to several of the Beach Boys songs[8] including "Long Promised Road", "Feel Flows", "Sail On Sailor", and "Funky Pretty". He sang lead vocal on "A Day in the Life of a Tree". He also narrated the bonus disc for the Holland album: "Mt. Vernon" and "Fairway (a Fairy Tale)". He also wrote and performed an album called Western Justice.[9]

According to Mark Holbcom, Rieley convinced the band to move their families and studio to Amsterdam for eight months in 1972 to record their album Holland, costing Warner and the Beach Boys a small fortune to produce. Rieley lost his job as a manager of the group after their return to the US.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Washington Post, Jan 17 1993, online edition [1] (needs signup)
  2. ^ OVERSEAS: USA: Looking for a New England; The open spaces of Vermont attract Americans and foreign buyers alike: The Independent, May 25 2005, discusses "the Beach Boys' former manager and song-writer Jack Rieley"
  3. ^ Bacon, Tony; Badman, Keith. The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band on Stage and in the Studio. San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books, p.6. ISBN 0-87930-818-4. 
  4. ^ Jack Rieley Breaks Silence on Beach Boys in Flasher.com Interview: Interview, PRNewswire, Nov 2, 2007.
  5. ^ New Statesman - Washed-up. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
  6. ^ a b Mark Holcomb. The Beach Boys (Rock & Roll Hall of Famers) (Chapter: The Rieley Factor). New York: Rosen Publishing Group, pp.77-81. ISBN 0-8239-3643-0. 
  7. ^ [Jack Rieley on Dennis Wilson]. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
  8. ^ Carlin, Peter. Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Emmaus, Pa: Rodale Books, p.182. ISBN 1-59486-320-2. 
  9. ^ (1997) Understanding rock: essays in musical analysis. Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Oxford University Press, p.52. ISBN 0-19-510005-0. 

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