I remember where I was as if it was yesterday....sitting in a Pizza Hut in Springfield Missouri while I was attending Southwest Missouri State University in 1990. A song came on the jukebox and a friend at the table made everyone stop talking so he could hear it. The song was HOLD ON by a group I'd never heard of called Wilson Phillips. The song made an impact and I remember buying the debut CD of Wilson Phillips at the Springfield Wal-Mart. I have always loved this group. I love their harmonies and the way those three very different voices combine to make such a beautiful smooth sound. Their first CD was such a smash and then their second CD bombed, which led to the breakup of the group. The second CD contains my favorite Wilson Phillips song, however, (YOU WON'T SEE ME CRY). A few years ago, they got back together and put out a CD called CALIFORNIA that is basically a tribute to some great songs from the 60's and 70's. It's a terrific CD. But there's something incredibly special about their new CD called DEDICATED. Everyone knows the lineage that these girls hail from....2 of them are the daughters of Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys) and the other is the daughter of John Phillips (The Mamas And The Papas). This newest CD is a collection of songs that their parents recorded and wrote in their respective bands. The arrangements are incredibly close if not identical to the originals, but what's different are the female voices and those harmonies. There are some incredible covers on this CD, most notably the A Capella version of GOOD VIBRATIONS, it's awesome! The CD opens with CALIFORNIA DREAMIN', continues with WOULDN'T IT BE NICE, DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE, MONDAY MONDAY, GOD ONLY KNOWS, and many more. It's a moving lovely tribute to the legacies of their incredibly talented parents. Wilson Phillips has had such a checkered history that everytime a new CD comes out, I think of it as the last one they will ever produce. But I keep getting surprised. DEDICATED is a wonderful and fitting addition to this group celebrating their 22nd year in the business.
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