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47. How Carl Wilson got into guitar, etc.

David Marks lived across the street from the Wilson clan in Hawthorne. At the age of 12, Marks began taking rock & roll guitar lessons from local musician John Maus, who later went on to greater glory as one of the Walker Brothers. Carl heard Marks playing and got bitten by the rock & roll bug, and on Marks' recommendation Carl was also tutored by Maus. So Carl and David became guitar jamming buddies and developed their own cohesive sound before the Beach Boys even existed. During this time, Brian was into the Four Freshmen sound and their intricate vocal harmonies. Dennis had not even expressed a musical interest, until he suggested that Brian write a song about surfing, which turned out to be "Surfin", a regional top 40 hit. Marks was not even on that record (Al Jardine was but he quit the group shortly thereafter). Brian eventually had the good sense to incorporate Carl & David's more aggressive rock & roll element with his own pop-oriented songwriting. Finally Brian honed his bass skills and Dennis learned drums, and the Beach Boys sound was born. Manager Murray insisted that Carl be the lead player, but they both traded leads onstage and by all accounts were a top notch performing band during this time. With his brief time in the band, David Marks tends to get overlooked but his musical influence in developing the BB's sound is on par with the others (an he's a damn fine guitarist going all the way back).