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He is a guitarist who was born in Kingston,
Jamaica and raised in
Southern
California. He started piano lessons when he was
three years old. He taught himself
guitar by the age of twelve and formed his first band with his brother and
John Stamos. He backed Jan and Dean and Mike
Love's
Endless Summer Beach Band. When he was 27 he teamed up with
Peter Criss and Ace Frehley of Kiss, fronting the band Criss. Carl
Wilson, after having been stricken with cancer, asked him to
front for The Beach
Boys
. He continued to perform with them
after Carl's death and stayed until he retired from the band in
2001. He released a solo album
called In a Perfect World... His current band, Day After Rain was
invited to sing on The Wayne Brady Show.
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bardowell
- www.beachboysband.net/MEMPAGES/ab_pages/AB_BIO_1.htm
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