{"id":70646,"date":"2026-08-17T16:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/al-jardine-sang-the-beach-boys-back-home-for-first-time-in-49-years\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:45:33","slug":"al-jardine-sang-the-beach-boys-back-home-for-first-time-in-49-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/al-jardine-sang-the-beach-boys-back-home-for-first-time-in-49-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Jardine Sang the Beach Boys&#8217; &#8216;Back Home&#8217; for First Time in 49 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/al-jardine\/\" id=\"auto-tag_al-jardine\" data-tag=\"al-jardine\">Al Jardine<\/a> has spent the vast majority of his long life in California, and as a founding member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/beach-boys\/\" id=\"auto-tag_beach-boys\" data-tag=\"beach-boys\">Beach Boys<\/a>, he embodies the state like very few others. But he was actually born in the small town of Lima, Ohio, and lived there during his early childhood years. When Jardine returned to the state of his birth on Aug. 15 for an intimate show with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/al-jardine-beach-boys-interview-brian-wilson-tour-1235402933\/\">Pet Sounds Band<\/a> at the Robins Theater in Warren, Ohio, he began the encore by telling the crowd they were about do something they\u2019d never done before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI think I did it with the Beach Boys back in 1973,\u201d he said. \u201cAfter about 50 years of not performing it, we had one little rehearsal today. It\u2019s all about coming back to Ohio.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Al Jardine &amp; The Pet Sounds Band (Beach Boys) live in Warren, Ohio (8\/15\/26)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Vys-A9P5ok?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe true die-hards in the audience cheered since they knew he was referring to \u201cBack Home,\u201d which kicks off with the lyrics, \u201cWell, I\u2019m going back this summer to Ohio\/I\u2019m going to seek out all my friends I\u2019ve always known\/I\u2019m going back to that farm that I remember.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beach Boys - Back Home (1963 outtake)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/08uwg1j94k0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tJardine was slightly off by dating it to 1973, but that\u2019s understandable since the history of \u201cBack Home\u201d is oddly complicated. Brian Wilson wrote the song in 1963 with his buddy Bob Norberg, and the band cut a version that year during the <em>Surfer Girl <\/em>sessions that eventually leaked out to bootleggers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Back Home (Alternate Version)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nyEDWIc7hME?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe band revisited it twice in 1970 during the <em>Sunflower <\/em>sessions, including one with Jardine on lead vocals and totally different lyrics, but they wound up shelving them both. It wasn\u2019t until the 1976 <em>15 Big Ones<\/em> sessions that the band finally recorded a rendition of \u201cBack Home\u201d they deemed worthy of release, once again with Brian Wilson on lead vocals. It wasn\u2019t a single, but Wilson sang it on <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> with the house band in November 1976. And the Beach Boys performed it at least 41 times between July 1976 and October 1978.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ editors-pick-module lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Back Home (Remastered 2000)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x9prc3IREGA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cBack Home\u201d totally vanished from the live repertoire of the Beach Boys and their solo offshoots until Jardine went back home to Ohio for the show in Warren. It\u2019s one of many overlooked Seventies gems he\u2019s resurrected over the past year, including the entire 1977 <em>Beach Boys Love You<\/em> record, and \u201cSweet\u00a0 Sunday Kind of Love\u201d and \u201cShe\u2019s Got Rhythm\u201d from 1978\u2019s <em>M.I.U. Album.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Al Jardine &amp; The Pet Sounds Band - She\u2019s Got Rhythm 18 July 25 \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p-X0i0wkZCI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tJardine is the only Beach Boy on the road at the moment since Mike Love recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/beach-boys-cancel-summer-concert-dates-2026-1235597790\/\">pulled all of his dates<\/a> until Sept. 24, nearly 30 in total, following a string of lethargic performances. \u201cWe\u2019ve been having a blast out there,\u201d Love said in a statement, \u201cand to keep the good vibrations going strong, we\u2019ll be taking a short break to recharge before getting back on the road in September.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSome of the shows were canceled, and others were postponed until later in the year. The Oregon State Fair booked Al Jardine and the Pet Sounds Band to fill the empty slot. It\u2019s one of many dates on their calendar through late October. Their set features several of the biggest surf-era Beach Boys hits, along with a near-complete performance of <em>The Beach Boys Love You,<\/em> and a large portion of <em>Pet Sounds<\/em> to honor the album\u2019s 60th anniversary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOn special occasions, they dig even deeper for a surprise like \u201cBack Home.\u201d It\u2019s unclear how the show will continue to evolve in the future, but next year marks the 60th anniversary of the aborted <em>Smile<\/em> album. The only <em>Smile<\/em> song in their show now is \u201cHeroes and Villains,\u201d but that could easily change come 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Al Jardine &amp; The Pet Sounds Band - Heroes and Villains  | Celebrate Erie | 08.16.26\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PytV8HgM0r0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/al-jardine-performs-beach-boys-deep-cut-back-home-1235609947\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Jardine has spent the vast majority of his long life in California, and as a founding member of the Beach Boys, he embodies&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":70647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}