Mike Love of the Beach Boys. Credit: Photo by Takahiro Kyono via Flickr / Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

Mike Love of the Beach Boys. Credit: Photo by Takahiro Kyono via Flickr / Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

Brian Wilson is not part of this Beach Boys show happening at Clearwater's Ruth Eckerd Hall. Founding members Mike Love and Bruce Johnston will be on hand, however, and they’ll be joined by a more-than-capable lineup (Jeffrey Foskett, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill, Keith Hubacher, Scott Totten and Christian Love) that’ll try to recreate that Surf City magic for all the nostalgia seekers.

The Beach Boys . Thurs. Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. rutheckerdhall.com.

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This article appears in Feb 28 – Mar 7, 2019.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...