- Jack Rieley
Jack Rieley is an American
record producer ."Washington Post ", Jan 17 1993, online edition [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-928144.html?refid=gg_x_02] (needs signup)] He was the manager and song-writer [ [http://news.google.com/archivesearch/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=6-0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.highbeam.com%2Fdoc%2F1G1-132734676.html%3Frefid%3Dgg_x_02&ei=CUZ4R9r9Kauw6QHDtsTUBQ&usg=AFQjCNFRdAsayozivYsGG802y87K-7ZjIg 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"] cite book |author=Bacon, Tony; Badman, Keith |title=The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band on Stage and in the Studio |publisher=Backbeat Books |location=San Francisco, CA |year= |pages=p.6|isbn=0-87930-818-4 |oclc= |doi=] of the pop music group theBeach Boys during the early 1970s, and is credited with guiding them back to acclaim. [ [http://www.mywire.com/pubs/PRNewswire/2007/11/02/4862655?extID=10051 Jack Rieley Breaks Silence on Beach Boys in Flasher.com Interview] : Interview, PRNewswire, Nov 2, 2007.] He also worked withKool and the Gang . He was described by "New Statesman " as "a radio DJ turned career mentor."cite web |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200008210026 |title=New Statesman - Washed-up |accessdate=2007-12-30 |format= |work=] The Beach Boys met Rieley, while promoting their album "Sunflower", and hired him as their manager.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".cite web |url=http://www.flasher.com/view_profile.php?profile_id=435 |title= [Jack Rieley on Dennis Wilson] |accessdate=2007-12-30 |format= |work=]Music contributions
He wrote lyrics to several of the Beach Boys songscite book |author=Carlin, Peter |title=Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson |publisher=Rodale Books |location=Emmaus, Pa |year= |pages= p.182|isbn=1-59486-320-2 |oclc= |doi=] 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".cite book |author= |title=Understanding rock: essays in musical analysis |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford [Oxfordshire] |year=1997 |pages=p.52 |isbn=0-19-510005-0 |oclc= |doi=]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 quit his job as manager of the group after their return to the US.cite book |author=Mark Holcomb |title=The Beach Boys (Rock & Roll Hall of Famers) (Chapter: The Rieley Factor)|publisher=Rosen Publishing Group |location=New York |year= |pages=pp.77-81 |isbn=0-8239-3643-0 |oclc= |doi=]
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