In 1965 my sister and I attended a Beach Boys Concert in Vancouver , our favorite song was Sloop John B , In 2015 my sister died from MS , after she passed I was in Vancouver taking many of her possessions to her friends around Vancouver , as I drove around I tuned in AM 650 , a 60s rock station on the radio , around 5 : 30 PM driving up Marine Drive , alone in the car, I asked my sister if she could play Sloop John B , as the Lord is my witness , seconds later it came on the radio , Rest in Peace Carey .
Nice story. Funny enough, I am from Vancouver and Sloop John B is my all time favorite song...especially the extended version. Also funny enough I used to listen to 650 all the time as a kid. And to make things even more funny, I coincidentally became friends with the Late Night DJ from 650 Kim Larson at the time as he suddenly started showing up to the church I attended. Crazy world we live in.
That's a wonderful story Greg and to borrow a line from the Bard "There are more things in Heaven and Earth then man ever dreamt. Look forward to your reunion wiith your sister alll in good time.
NOT a bad cover of a great Beach Boy classic. Earlier 2nite vie 3:22 wed Brian working with studio musicians on this very song. BTW saw Beach Boys twice in concert in the 1960's. Sadly Brian was no longer touring.
I agree with you 1000 % . I just heard this for the first time today! I associate the song with the Kingston trio and was unaware of Beach Boys having recorded it . I will now go The Beach Boys recording! I am a fan of The Beach Boys but haven’t come across it !!!!
I am a retired,life long musician.The amount of forethought,and talent,in singing,and playing,is totally amazing! Brian would be proud of you! Such a moving piece of work,and done to perfection,.Great job! ❤❤❤
Brian Wilson did lot of over-dubbing to get the choral sound. He was a maestro at layering on the board. These guys get the same effect thing with multiple voices. I prefer the Beach Boys simply because of their tone.
As a Vietnam vet 65 and 66 then in 68 69 Music like this read back good and add memories now I am 80 I am sad to see what a great country is today God bless United states of America
Unbelievable arrangement! Superb vocals... Great lead & backup vocals... Perfect! The entire group of musicians could have not given a better performance. They were all in with heart & soul. Everyone put a lot of feeling into the song... you all made the songs words come alive! I have been around a long time, going to clubs, concerts and cruises, you guys are truly Great! Brian Wilson would be proud of your performance and your arrangement, which is a difficult one that Brian put together for the original Beach Boys hit song! Love you Fendertones... -DJ Sal - Boston, MA
My son inherited his grandfather's stereo system. He had it overhauled, and cleaned. I gave him my record collection and he plays all our wonderful songs.
Brian was painstakingly meticulous when he arranged this song and these guys & gal got as close to the original as I could ever hope to hear. Great job one and all.
That "gal" I know without a doubt is an old friend Laurie L (won't put her full name out there, that would be tacky) despite someone from this group telling me no, that girl was someone else. Pshaw, I say. That is Laurie, no doubt about it
This is a sea shanty written possibly1400 years ago telling about their miserable life with no way to leave and they just want to go home...lots of folks can identify with that.
I have been playing this at UNREASONABLEY LOUD volume, at least weekly, since it first showed up on RUclips video, many years ago. NOTHING says 60's music for this 84 year old adolescent.........like this production does. So thankful that these folks like the BB's so much......to do them this proud. Thank you......again and again. ( hope you are still at it )
I can identify with the adolescent part of the comment. I'm 80 but can't be. I'm not done being 17 yet. The music of the 50s and 60s helps to keep us thinking younger.
I am very picky about covers, and usually find a thousand things to complain about. Not with this one. This is without a doubt, the best cover I have ever heard. Well done folks. I hope you continue to share your talent with us
I'd love for the RUclipsr _"WIngs of Pegasus"_ to do one of his technical comparisons between this cover and the original using his audio equipment and software. I, for one, have listened to both of them consecutively and I can't hear and obvious differences
This song goes back to the Caribbean at least 100 years, no one knows who wrote it so anyone can record it without paying royalties, I have the Beach Boys on 45 but this montage was the best I've seen
The complexity of this arrangement is nothing short of stunning. Each time I listen to it, I not only hear the individual parts, I can feel them. It's a moving tribute that required an enormous amount of work to produce. Awesome!
One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. "I wanna go home" applies to just about everyone at one time or another after feeling defeated and hopeless which, in this life, is inevitable. So Beautiful, even therapeutic. Thank you Brian and Al! What a gift!
you know, I've never thought about it that way, but you're right - everyone's been stuck somewhere miserable, wanting to leave, but can't. good comment.
I can't believe what I hear. Never have I heard anyone capture the unique and dynamic vocal work of the Beach Boys. I don't care if it took 20 people to sing it, it is by far the best cover I've ever heard. Great job guys, I'm now seeking out your other works! If you want a real challenge....do Long Tall Texan, or Barbara Ann!
I keep playing this song over and over. These folks nailed it totally. It's a true tribute to the incredible genius of Brian Wilson. Way to go, guys and lady.
Larry Pfeffer But in keeping with the original, each part serves the whole sound and isn’t some huge, overwhelming sound for sake of just having a wall of sound. Each instrument and voice can be appreciated in itself or can be enjoyed in the wider harmonic richness.
I don't give compliments like this loosely. That was one of the best renditions of this song ( my favorite Beach Boy song) I have ever heard, You guys NAILED it perfectly.
An unfair comparison really, as this one owes its entire existence to the Beach Boys version. The arrangement is pretty much note for note a replica of the Beach Boys recording, down to the second lead vocalist doing a full blown Mike Love impression.
I'm listening to this brilliant true rendition after hearing that Brian, the last brother standing, will be placed under conservatorship a month after Melinda died suddenly. He is fading. Somehow, Sloop John B feels the right song to listen to right now. It's about longing. Brian orchestrated a timeless version of this old ballad. Here, the Fendertones pay homage to that sweet recording. They're like a modernday East Coast Beach Boys. What is best about their renditions is that they knew enough to stay true to the originals. You cannot improve on perfection, and the Fendertones know/knew it. Yet they came pretty close themselves with this excellent recording. Thank you for the exacting effort in this and all Beach Boys pieces I see here online. Right now, I'm so broke up. I want to go home.
What makes this version great is because not even in studio with all the high tech equipment they use, and the harmony from these guy's spot on,,unique ,jcvw
I can't believe that I remember the words!!! I sang this in choir in high school!!!!!! And I hadn't heard it since!!! You all were phenomenal!!!! Thank you for a great memory from my high school days!!!
This rendition is EXCELLENT... technically precise in its presentation... also, our favorite song in Vietnam, 1968... you’d hear it cranked up über loud through stereos we’d buy at the BX with our save $65 a month combat pay... our leadership hated that song as much as we hated the lying government command...
Wow makes you appreciate the genius of Brian Wilson, achieving this complex song by overdubbing. And the talent of the Fendertones who achieve the same effect without overdubbing.
I noticed this video this morning. I can't play any kind of an instrument and let me start singing every dog in the hood will start howling. However, it almost brings tears to my eyes remembering my weekends out in North Hollywood California in the late 1970s. I was in the Air Force then. Many of my friends loved to cover songs. Most of these friends are no longer alive. It was simply a different time! I miss those guys terribly.
At least you were there, those days I was cruising mid Canada and States, Wish in those I could have the time and gas to make it to California back in those days!
@@johnandersen6364 After I left the USAF I used my GI Bill and attended Georgia Tech. After I graduated I was offered what at the time was a fantastic job very close to that area. Of that group of people besides myself 4 others of about 25 survived to 2024. ALL 5 of us left California.
@@samshepard6235 Your comment reminded me of something else I forgot about my time in Southern California. Some friends and I made a day trip to the LA Zoo and spent some time at the Griffith Observatory. Anybody that has ever visited that area knows how large the parking lot is. That Saturday a man I identified as most likely Mexican was playing a single guitar and singing in Spanish a song that sounded and felt like a love ballad. We were standing next to our car and listening to him play. Nobody in our group could understand Spanish. Even today I can understand maybe 100 Spanish words. When I think about the 70s and my time in the USAF stationed in Southern California I most often think about all the concerts I attended, but then I also think about that guy playing his guitar. A different time and those times are most likely gone never to be repeated.
This is a fantastic cover.. normally we can pick a handful of things we don't like but with this version it's put together very beautifully... brilliant lads very very beautifully sang by everyone
ok so none has come by and listened in the last few months or people just dont like my enthusiasm... cuz i can say if saw a video and saw the teo comments left by me i would definitely at minimum give it a thumbs up if not post a lil answer saying thank you for the positive comment.... but ALAS... their seems to be no one out of 7.8 million or so viewers..... ???????? im sorry folks but thats a sad state of humanity... THIS... and like many others i have now seen buy this group of fluctuating and ever changing musicians one thing is VERY ... IF NOT CHRYSTAL CLEAR... THE TALENT RECRUITED FOR THIS AND ALL OF THEIR VIDEOS ARE THE CREAM OF THE NON FAMOUS CROP!!!! YOU ALL DESERVE A TY AND A BEER AT THE VERY LEAST!!!! I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO MAKING THIS RECORDED RENDITION AND ALL OF YOUR OTHER SONG COLLABORATIONS.... TY EDWIN FOR POSTING....
Wow, one of the best music videos I've seen in a while. How such a "simple" tune can be so "complicated"! Especially the bass line was brilliant executed. This rendition made me smile long after the video ended. Awesome!!!!!
Another great tribute band is from Adelaide, South Australia, called The Hindley Street Country Club. Don't be fooled by their name, for me, they are amazing!
Right, when the video showed somebody playing an upright bass, we could hear that sound. Seems like everybody should be able to do that, with all the electronic jiggery-pokery that we have, but they don’t.
@@davrambashere4421 Yes, the use of the upright bass and the electric bass doubling each other really gives this rendition a nice earthy, resonant tone that is so much richer and thicker than otherwise. Also that baritone saxophone really holds down the bottom nicely too!
Depending on how many I've had, Sloop John B. makes my eyes misty, whether Beach Boys or Fendertones. The Fendertones are meticulous and impeccable in their vocal and instrumental renditions of The Beach Boys muscial legacy. I'll never know how they get such a vast number of muscians thus committed to muscial perfection with nary a hint of ego. Thank you Fendertones. Exceptionally well done!
2:55 For Danny 1972 2008. Always navy. Gone too so soon I miss you. We laid you to rest to a version of this. Happy birthday. You were so loved. You have given the ultimate sacrifice. People think afganinstan was about lying politicians . However you were right. If stupid ideology was allowed to spread we could not enjoy this song or our many other creative musicians. Your deveststed wife but the honour was always mine
This is not from the Bahamas, it's a sea shanty created and sung by sailors. They may have carried it there but it came from the English ships. Look it up!!!
American poet author Richard Le Gallienne published a song written by folklorist Mary Elizabeth Barnicle (Never gets the credit she deserves) who wrote the words to a tune she had heard in the Bahamas He published the song Mary Elizabeth called; 'I Want To Go Home' and you would all recognize it here
It's obvious when you listen to the version of this song by "The Kingston Trio" that Brian Wilson absolutely transformed this song into something amazing, but to actually see with your own eyes all the instruments and musicians that went into this is absolutely incredible. What a genius Brian Wilson is and what a masterpiece this song is! Well done Fendertones! ❤️
"Sloop John B." is a traditional. And for years, I was absolutely sure that Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys owned it. Well, but then those guys came around with: "Little moment, please hold our pints of beer." Well done! Really really well done!
WOW!!! Close my eyes and ya’ll smack my old butt back to my youth!!! What an awesome muscial generation to grow up in! We had it all ☮️ Thank you so very much!!! YA’LL NAILED IT!!! 👍🏻❤️👍🏻
I've never heard of this group but I know the drummer is John Cowsill that has been the drummer for The Beach Boys for two- plus decades and was the drummer for The Cowsills. They all sound great! Thanks for sharing this gem!
@@radamspse Of course, John is a superb musician. He's been making music since he was seven years old. Did you see the falling microphone @2:02? That's funny! All of these guys and gals are super talented. I'm so glad I finally found them. Take care & stay safe everyone...GBYA!
Hey kathykay , that was quite a gem you shared with us fans too ! And we thank you for that ! Didn't know that was John Cowsill on the drums , love the Cowsills just like we love the Beach Boys (and all 60s n 70s rock for that matter) . Thanx again kathykay , good listening n God bless n Happy New Year when you get to it !
@@markpuzzo3067 Oh thanks Mark. I'd never heard of the Fendertones until last year. I should get out of my cave more often. lol... I also love The Cowsills. I watched a documentary by Louise Palanker that told about their chaotic childhood and it is heartbreaking and inspiring all at the same time. For all the trauma they went through as a family they were still able to carry on as kids like everything was fine. i admire their courage. They really were towers of strength. Now, if I just knew more about the Fendertones band members! It appears that many of them are related also. I haven't had time to check them all out. I'm no fan of FB so I'm shy of details on their group. They are indeed excellent! Did you catch the microphone drop of the guy standing to the right of John Cowsill @2:01? The guy to his right got a big kick out of that. It was funny! Have a happy, healthy and a blessed 2024. Take care Mark, God bless you!
I sang in the male chorus at Ottawa Tech. this was one of the warm up songs we used before we went on stage,,, brings back many great memories.. Steve o
These guys are truly in a league of their own. Seeing some of the Beach Boys occasionally joining in, it's a wonderful way to keep the music of America's Poster Band going strong for several more decades.
In 1965 my sister and I attended a Beach Boys Concert in Vancouver , our favorite song was Sloop John B , In 2015 my sister died from MS , after she passed I was in Vancouver taking many of her possessions to her friends around Vancouver , as I drove around I tuned in AM 650 , a 60s rock station on the radio , around 5 : 30 PM driving up Marine Drive , alone in the car, I asked my sister if she could play Sloop John B , as the Lord is my witness , seconds later it came on the radio , Rest in Peace Carey .
Nice story. Funny enough, I am from Vancouver and Sloop John B is my all time favorite song...especially the extended version. Also funny enough I used to listen to 650 all the time as a kid. And to make things even more funny, I coincidentally became friends with the Late Night DJ from 650 Kim Larson at the time as he suddenly started showing up to the church I attended. Crazy world we live in.
That's a wonderful story Greg and to borrow a line from the Bard "There are more things in Heaven and Earth then man ever dreamt. Look forward to your reunion wiith your sister alll in good time.
I'm glad you have your memories. Music connects us all.
NOT a bad cover of a great Beach Boy classic. Earlier 2nite vie 3:22 wed Brian working with studio musicians on this very song. BTW saw Beach Boys twice in concert in the 1960's. Sadly Brian was no longer touring.
I'm from Scotland, we can make up words to go with the mu😢
Who's rocking out to this bad boy in 2024!?! 🎵🎵🎵
Yessirrrr! Or maaaam…. YEAH!
@@Yourlibrarian lol it's just Rich I'm a guy. Ha! 😂😂
@@richl9623 oh god. that makes so much more sense hahahaha. I interpreted it like “ooh, that was rich!”
@@Yourlibrarian Man I wish I was! Lol 😂😂😂😂
Holy crap...
Ive watched this video 100 times and it gets better every time. All the little things......
I agree with you 1000 % . I just heard this for the first time today! I associate the song with the Kingston trio and was unaware of Beach Boys having recorded it . I will now go The Beach Boys recording! I am a fan of The Beach Boys but haven’t come across it !!!!
like the microphone sliding down?
This is a great version of John B, I gave these guys 10 out of 10.
absolument elle est parfaite
Best John B cover ever.
Perfect
Technically the beach boys version is already a cover but this is the best cover of the cover by the beach boys
No one else comes close
Yep
I love this and play it whenever I'm feeling down. This and The Walk of Life by Dire Straits. I'm 92. Thank you for doing this for us.
82 and right with you 🤪
please don't be down enjoy music and life please take care
Gentelmen. A+ . Nothing else could make this better. Excellent.
Agree awesome
I am a retired,life long musician.The amount of forethought,and talent,in singing,and playing,is totally amazing! Brian would be proud of you! Such a moving piece of work,and done to perfection,.Great job! ❤❤❤
Darrell....couldn't agree with you more !
Brian Wilson did lot of over-dubbing to get the choral sound. He was a maestro at layering on the board. These guys get the same effect thing with multiple voices. I prefer the Beach Boys simply because of their tone.
OH MAN , THE SIXTIES !
I close my eyes and cannot tell that it's not the Beach Boys.
I’m impressed that all this lot got themselves so disciplined to produce such a brilliant production
As a Vietnam vet 65 and 66 then in 68 69 Music like this read back good and add memories now I am 80 I am sad to see what a great country is today
God bless United states of America
@@nickbread7166 can’t believe nobody has said this, but thank you so much for serving
Thanks for your service!!
Thank you for your service sir 🇺🇸!
Thanks for your services
It is not just the USA - the UK has nose dived too.
Unbelievable arrangement! Superb vocals... Great lead & backup vocals... Perfect!
The entire group of musicians could have not given a better performance. They were all in with heart & soul. Everyone put a lot of feeling into the song... you all made the songs words come alive! I have been around a long time, going to clubs, concerts and cruises, you guys are truly Great! Brian Wilson would be proud of your performance and your arrangement, which is a difficult one that Brian put together for the original Beach Boys hit song!
Love you Fendertones... -DJ Sal - Boston, MA
One of the most important things you can do as a parent is to make sure your children learn music.
My son inherited his grandfather's stereo system. He had it overhauled, and cleaned. I gave him my record collection and he plays all our wonderful songs.
Music has carried me through 76 years and there is more to look forward to! 🥰
I'm a beginner Guitar player at 64 years young, and this song is one of my favorites to play! It's such a fun song!
Brian was painstakingly meticulous when he arranged this song and these guys & gal got as close to the original as I could ever hope to hear. Great job one and all.
he recorded the different people several times too. Glan Cambell is one of them.
That "gal" I know without a doubt is an old friend Laurie L (won't put her full name out there, that would be tacky) despite someone from this group telling me no, that girl was someone else.
Pshaw, I say. That is Laurie, no doubt about it
I'm a Indian a real one and I am not a cowboy but damn, I sure must say that I love this music, ain't it something
Good music is good music, my brother, regardless of one's ethnic heritage. Be proud of your Tribe and your Nation.
This is a sea shanty written possibly1400 years ago telling about their miserable life with no way to leave and they just want to go home...lots of folks can identify with that.
Just goes to show you how complex this song was and how easy the Beach Boys made it sound. This particular rendition is wonderful.
It also demonstrates the absolute genius of Brian Wilson, as an arranger and producer.
a perfect song in so many ways!! one of my favorite songs, ever.
Much of the complexities and brilliant arrangements is down to the Wrecking Crew.
Don’t forget the input of the Wrecking Crew
Indeed it is👍
An incredible production. I love the Fendertones.
One of the greatest songs of all time by one of the greatest bands of all time.
I have been playing this at UNREASONABLEY LOUD volume, at least weekly, since it first showed up on RUclips video, many years ago.
NOTHING says 60's music for this 84 year old adolescent.........like this production does.
So thankful that these folks like the BB's so much......to do them this proud.
Thank you......again and again.
( hope you are still at it )
These are our children's ages and they appreciate our music. It's awesome! But it took about 20 people to do it 😅
Yes... LOUD!😅😅😅
I can identify with the adolescent part of the comment. I'm 80 but can't be. I'm not done being 17 yet. The music of the 50s and 60s helps to keep us thinking younger.
@@paulrusso9839 I'm only 74 and it does it for me too !!
I am very picky about covers, and usually find a thousand things to complain about. Not with this one. This is without a doubt, the best cover I have ever heard. Well done folks. I hope you continue to share your talent with us
I'd love for the RUclipsr _"WIngs of Pegasus"_ to do one of his technical comparisons between this cover and the original using his audio equipment and software. I, for one, have listened to both of them consecutively and I can't hear and obvious differences
@@davidanderson4091 To me this version is better. Perfection. I'm taking nothing away from the Beach Boys and what they did with it 50 years ago.
Dwight Yokam also does a very good job of this song. He does it his own way. This group sounds like the Beach Boys themselves.
It is going on my next homemade cd.
This song goes back to the Caribbean at least 100 years, no one knows who wrote it so anyone can record it without paying royalties, I have the Beach Boys on 45 but this montage was the best I've seen
Must have listened to this version over 50 times now, beautiful and the lyrics are superb.
Same here!! And seeing so many handsome men all in one room doesn't hurt either! 😉
That was one of the best covers of a song I've ever heard.
I think it's more a recreation, rather than a cover.
These guys are good . Could listen to them all night .....
@@larrysproul9424 I have.
Mind Numbingly good
You should listen to Leonid and Friends
Are you KIDDING ME? This is mind-boggling. Spirit-lifting. Phenomenal. Thanks for the musical geniuses who performed - and whoever posted this. WOW!!!
I agree with you mate how can you knock that fantastic
Alot goes in to just one studio style production even old school 😁
No question about it - The Fendertones are the absolute BEST Beach Boys cover band !!!!! 😁😁
to say that these guys nailed it would be the understatement of the century...brilliant work
The complexity of this arrangement is nothing short of stunning. Each time I listen to it, I not only hear the individual parts, I can feel them. It's a moving tribute that required an enormous amount of work to produce. Awesome!
Couldn't have said it better.
Love it, love it ,love it
A true master piece
In the original, there was a missed lyric sync mistake kind of thing.These guys copied it, and nailed it.
I'm 72 and remember the original and this cover is amazing !!!
Me,also❤
Everything rides on hitting Brian’s falsetto in this song. Nailed it!!
he sure did
Lovely rendition
I think Mike Love did all the falsetto stuff.
@@kitrichardson5573 yeah right 😂😂😂
@@spence7985 😂😂😭
One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
"I wanna go home" applies to just about everyone at one time or another after feeling defeated and hopeless which, in this life, is inevitable.
So Beautiful, even therapeutic.
Thank you Brian and Al!
What a gift!
And the "OLDER" you get, the harder it hits you.
you know, I've never thought about it that way, but you're right - everyone's been stuck somewhere miserable, wanting to leave, but can't. good comment.
felt that way in college, a couple of jobs and my first marriage--but in 2002 that ALL changed--life is sweet
Gaining perspective sometimes requires crying Mommy!
I always thought he was Shanghai'd.
How many people can join me in saying you've watched this video at least 20 times
I'm an old fart, a salty old sea fart. Great tune, so well done and not bastardized at all. True recognition is it is an unadulterated copy.
I can't believe what I hear. Never have I heard anyone capture the unique and dynamic vocal work of the Beach Boys. I don't care if it took 20 people to sing it, it is by far the best cover I've ever heard. Great job guys, I'm now seeking out your other works! If you want a real challenge....do Long Tall Texan, or Barbara Ann!
Yes, me too, have listened to this version 20-odd times or more...
As one old fart to another, you have made my day, thanks to you!
How about 100
This really demonstrates how layered and amazing Brian's arrangements were
Wilson was as savant as savant gets. In another century we would have had symphonies from him.
Brian is a once-in-a-century kind of genius.
No doubt, Brian was a musical genius. The world is a little poorer without him.
@@williamheinrich7177 I think you"ll find that he is very much alive.
@@Hondadctrider My mistake, it was his brother Dennis who died. Still a very sad event.
I keep playing this song over and over. These folks nailed it totally. It's a true tribute to the incredible genius of Brian Wilson.
Way to go, guys and lady.
Hi 😊
Beach boys would really appreciate how great this is ! ❤
BRUTAL GUT GECOVERT👍👍👍👍👍
look at los rios rock schools version
Probably the best rendition of this classic ever!!!
Wow sounds fantastic!!!
Get chills...a tribute to the genius wonderchild Brian Wilson
Glorious wall of sound, voices in harmony with ranks of instruments -- perfect!
Larry Pfeffer
But in keeping with the original, each part serves the whole sound and isn’t some huge, overwhelming sound for sake of just having a wall of sound. Each instrument and voice can be appreciated in itself or can be enjoyed in the wider harmonic richness.
Show de vocalização!✨👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👑👍
As a cover, on a scale of 1-10, that was an 11.
Was that 1 +10 =11? All joking aside that was brilliant ,anybody who has got the nerve to cover a B B song better be good and they were off the scale.
I would say 15
A 9
@@louiserawle8999 I said 11, you said 9. Let's split the difference and call it a 10.
Okay Roger Rodd
Love it when young ones sing the great songs of my generation. Love from a Granny in NI. 👏 ❤
Perfection comes rarely but here it is. Even includes the "Fender click" on the bass.
Started with Kingston Trio, moved through beach boys to this 😅 the best!
Is
Alright folks. How freakin' great was this performance?
If you agree with me, please hit the thumbs up, yes???
Awesome
@@maryanneweldon8040 amazing!!!
This is as good as the original Beach Boys version
Absolutely fantastic!! My dad even loved this song, and he did NOT like all that "kid-rock!"
Adding the tuba was a neat idea. Are they really performing in different locations?
"Yeah for John Cowsill on drums and also backup vocals."
Yup, just realized this. Didn't recognize him with short hair.
Never realized that !
John Cowsill of the 60's group The Cowsills?
This is such a great performance, not just a great cover. These guys are a real credit to their craft.
I don't give compliments like this loosely. That was one of the best renditions of this song ( my favorite Beach Boy song) I have ever heard, You guys NAILED it perfectly.
+David Outman What you said! the acapella break... the instrumentation... the voices... EVERYTHING... WOW. Just wow.
+Don Lind I agree totally. This was just mind blowing.
David Outman Totally agree, Beach Boys is magical but this ain't far off
As bad as I hate to say it, better than the Beach Boys.
An unfair comparison really, as this one owes its entire existence to the Beach Boys version. The arrangement is pretty much note for note a replica of the Beach Boys recording, down to the second lead vocalist doing a full blown Mike Love impression.
Great to see the music lives on indefinitely through generations ,just shows how great it was then and now great days keep going guys
Brian Wilson is a genius and you folks did him proud.
Goosebumps I’m 62 brilliant well lads 👏👏👏👏
I never in my life heard a cover song so close to the real thing like this one....totally amazing
I'm listening to this brilliant true rendition after hearing that Brian, the last brother standing, will be placed under conservatorship a month after Melinda died suddenly. He is fading. Somehow, Sloop John B feels the right song to listen to right now. It's about longing. Brian orchestrated a timeless version of this old ballad. Here, the Fendertones pay homage to that sweet recording. They're like a modernday East Coast Beach Boys. What is best about their renditions is that they knew enough to stay true to the originals. You cannot improve on perfection, and the Fendertones know/knew it. Yet they came pretty close themselves with this excellent recording. Thank you for the exacting effort in this and all Beach Boys pieces I see here online. Right now, I'm so broke up. I want to go home.
He is definitely a musical genius and hope he is proud of his contribution to our love of him and his legacy
THE BEACH BOYS WERE THE GREATESt!!!! WHAT GREAT COVER. HARMONY SOUNDED SO GOOD. TY
I can honestly say this is one of the best covers I’ve ever heard.
Wonderful !, great bunch can,'t stop listen to you
A million thanks for making me happy 😂.
You've done an awesome job of channeling the genius of Brian Wilson!
What makes this version great is because not even in studio with all the high tech equipment they use, and the harmony from these guy's spot on,,unique ,jcvw
I can't believe that I remember the words!!! I sang this in choir in high school!!!!!! And I hadn't heard it since!!! You all were phenomenal!!!! Thank you for a great memory from my high school days!!!
I have never heard a better remake of their song than this one - purely perfect
It wasn't the Beach Boys song. It's an old sea-shanty that's been around 100's of years.!!!
I learned it when I was a child and the Beach Boys weren't singing yet!!!
This rendition is EXCELLENT... technically precise in its presentation... also, our favorite song in Vietnam, 1968... you’d hear it cranked up über loud through stereos we’d buy at the BX with our save $65 a month combat pay... our leadership hated that song as much as we hated the lying government command...
Awesome song ..reminds me of the 70's too...Thank you for your service.
@@tabithaedie Thank you, Melissa... living in America, there is so much to be grateful for... those were some times!! All The Best!!
We got to get out of this place, Eric Burden and The Animals.
You're a liar! You were never in Vietnam!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow makes you appreciate the genius of Brian Wilson, achieving this complex song by overdubbing.
And the talent of the Fendertones who achieve the same effect without overdubbing.
I noticed this video this morning. I can't play any kind of an instrument and let me start singing every dog in the hood will start howling. However, it almost brings tears to my eyes remembering my weekends out in North Hollywood California in the late 1970s. I was in the Air Force then. Many of my friends loved to cover songs. Most of these friends are no longer alive. It was simply a different time! I miss those guys terribly.
At least you were there, those days I was cruising mid Canada and States, Wish in those I could have the time and gas to make it to California back in those days!
@@johnandersen6364 After I left the USAF I used my GI Bill and attended Georgia Tech. After I graduated I was offered what at the time was a fantastic job very close to that area. Of that group of people besides myself 4 others of about 25 survived to 2024. ALL 5 of us left California.
i was in the san fernando valley going to school in the early 1970's a great time to be alive
@@samshepard6235 Your comment reminded me of something else I forgot about my time in Southern California. Some friends and I made a day trip to the LA Zoo and spent some time at the Griffith Observatory. Anybody that has ever visited that area knows how large the parking lot is. That Saturday a man I identified as most likely Mexican was playing a single guitar and singing in Spanish a song that sounded and felt like a love ballad. We were standing next to our car and listening to him play. Nobody in our group could understand Spanish. Even today I can understand maybe 100 Spanish words. When I think about the 70s and my time in the USAF stationed in Southern California I most often think about all the concerts I attended, but then I also think about that guy playing his guitar. A different time and those times are most likely gone never to be repeated.
A magnificent rendition indeed..congratulations to all!!
Man that electric bass, double bass and bass sax sounds unbelievable together!
Yep. And that's awfully tough to pull off without it sounding muddy.
@@chuckschillingvideos agreed I've played electric and upright bass for years and this band pulled it off
Magical and superb music!!
John Cowsill on the drums and backing vocals, how cool is that😎
ATTENTION ALL BANDS !!!!! THIS IS WHAT MUSIC SOUNDS LIKE !!
To bloody right these fellas are the dogs nuts 👍
big bob 169 The wrecking crew play this a little better don’t you think?
Amen!
Amen
Rap crappers, please read this comment. The stuff you chant out is NOT music. It belongs in the toilet!
Discovered this years ago and am still coming back to it.
Exactly!
That was one of the best covers of a song I've ever heard. Dare I say it: As good as the original
What do you think the "original" is? It was a folk song before the Beach Boys did it.
A Bahamian folk song first published in 1916
ALMOST as good as the original....
The Cleveland Simmons Group recorded this song in 1935!
@@warrenology almost my ass
This is truly as good as the original
One of the best versions I’ve heard, wow, their voices are phenomenal!
2022 still listening to these guys never get tired of them .
Yep, 2023 too!
Beautiful blending ❤❤❤❤❤
This is a fantastic cover.. normally we can pick a handful of things we don't like but with this version it's put together very beautifully... brilliant lads very very beautifully sang by everyone
Makes you realize how complex the original version was considering the limited technology of the time, what an amazing version of this song!
1966 I was 15 and I liked the song in those days and in your performance even more
But gues who's rocking it in 2024!
Me always,love this song,i listen often,to bad the radio do not play good music. Thank you.Lili
Best part of this...the folks in the band look like they're having a great time throughout the entire process.
As a life long fan of the Beach Boys i must say this cover was superb. Thanks and well done.
This is amazing. Edwin, we need more Fendertones content.
I still don't know which one is Edwin!
ok so none has come by and listened in the last few months or people just dont like my enthusiasm... cuz i can say if saw a video and saw the teo comments left by me i would definitely at minimum give it a thumbs up if not post a lil answer saying thank you for the positive comment.... but ALAS... their seems to be no one out of 7.8 million or so viewers..... ???????? im sorry folks but thats a sad state of humanity... THIS... and like many others i have now seen buy this group of fluctuating and ever changing musicians one thing is VERY ... IF NOT CHRYSTAL CLEAR... THE TALENT RECRUITED FOR THIS AND ALL OF THEIR VIDEOS ARE THE CREAM OF THE NON FAMOUS CROP!!!! YOU ALL DESERVE A TY AND A BEER AT THE VERY LEAST!!!! I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO MAKING THIS RECORDED RENDITION AND ALL OF YOUR OTHER SONG COLLABORATIONS.... TY EDWIN FOR POSTING....
Wow, one of the best music videos I've seen in a while. How such a "simple" tune can be so "complicated"! Especially the bass line was brilliant executed.
This rendition made me smile long after the video ended.
Awesome!!!!!
Beach Boy songs were very complicated when they were made. The vocal layering is incredible.
They nailed it. Made me smile too.
Another great tribute band is from Adelaide, South Australia, called The Hindley Street Country Club. Don't be fooled by their name, for me, they are amazing!
Right, when the video showed somebody playing an upright bass, we could hear that sound. Seems like everybody should be able to do that, with all the electronic jiggery-pokery that we have, but they don’t.
@@davrambashere4421 Yes, the use of the upright bass and the electric bass doubling each other really gives this rendition a nice earthy, resonant tone that is so much richer and thicker than otherwise. Also that baritone saxophone really holds down the bottom nicely too!
As A HUGE Beach Boys fan this was spectacular! Superb rendition gentlemen!
This just never gets old. I love these guys.
Can’t watch this enough. I even put it on in my car and listen. So great. Well done to all.
Finally! A group that can do Beach Boys songs without butchering them. Nicely done!
Even the Beach Boys often butchered the songs themselves
These guys are really good. A lot of sessions to get this just right.
Sorry if a little late, but I agree. Not a Beach Boy fan at all, but I love this song and arraignment and this group gave me goosebumps.
This is a Kingston Trio tune, covered, with significant stylization, by the Beach Boys. But I like both, AND this one.
@@christophernewell4297 I will look that up! I didn't know that it was a cover of the Kingston Trio! love them as well! Off to search for it
Depending on how many I've had, Sloop John B. makes my eyes misty, whether Beach Boys or Fendertones. The Fendertones are meticulous and impeccable in their vocal and instrumental renditions of The Beach Boys muscial legacy. I'll never know how they get such a vast number of muscians thus committed to muscial perfection with nary a hint of ego. Thank you Fendertones. Exceptionally well done!
Couldn't say it better. ❤
I am so glad they left in the falling mic episode at 2:00 and my favorite part of that is the fellow on the far right cracking up over it!
2:55 For Danny 1972 2008. Always navy. Gone too so soon I miss you. We laid you to rest to a version of this. Happy birthday. You were so loved. You have given the ultimate sacrifice. People think afganinstan was about lying politicians . However you were right. If stupid ideology was allowed to spread we could not enjoy this song or our many other creative musicians. Your deveststed wife but the honour was always mine
Absolutely fantastic. You gentlemen have done the Beach Boys proud. I'm also so happy to see John Cowsill on the drums.
Listened to this 1000 times and still love it
This Bahama folksong has already survived for more than one century and your version is an excellent one. Thank you all.
This is not from the Bahamas, it's a sea shanty created and sung by sailors. They may have carried it there but it came from the English ships. Look it up!!!
American poet author Richard Le Gallienne published a song written by folklorist Mary Elizabeth Barnicle (Never gets the credit she deserves) who wrote the words to a tune she had heard in the Bahamas
He published the song Mary Elizabeth called; 'I Want To Go Home' and you would all recognize it here
I believe a shout-out to the mixer is due . . .
It's obvious when you listen to the version of this song by "The Kingston Trio" that Brian Wilson absolutely transformed this song into something amazing, but to actually see with your own eyes all the instruments and musicians that went into this is absolutely incredible. What a genius Brian Wilson is and what a masterpiece this song is! Well done Fendertones! ❤️
Sloop John B is my favourite song of all time and this version is so good. I was hooked watching it.
Excellent rendition of one of my Beach Boys favorites. These people are great.
Love the Beach Boys version, but DAM, this is a really good one.
"Sloop John B." is a traditional. And for years, I was absolutely sure that Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys owned it. Well, but then those guys came around with: "Little moment, please hold our pints of beer."
Well done! Really really well done!
WOW!!! Close my eyes and ya’ll smack my old butt back to my youth!!! What an awesome muscial generation to grow up in! We had it all ☮️ Thank you so very much!!! YA’LL NAILED IT!!! 👍🏻❤️👍🏻
I've never heard of this group but I know the drummer is John
Cowsill that has been the drummer for The Beach Boys for two-
plus decades and was the drummer for The Cowsills. They all
sound great! Thanks for sharing this gem!
great recognition ... now that you say it yes it is
@@radamspse Of course, John is a superb musician.
He's been making music since he was seven years old.
Did you see the falling microphone @2:02? That's funny!
All of these guys and gals are super talented. I'm so glad
I finally found them. Take care & stay safe everyone...GBYA!
Hey kathykay , that was quite a gem you shared with us fans too ! And we thank you for that ! Didn't know that was John Cowsill on the drums , love the Cowsills just like we love the Beach Boys (and all 60s n 70s rock for that matter) . Thanx again kathykay , good listening n God bless n Happy New Year when you get to it !
@@markpuzzo3067 Oh thanks Mark. I'd never heard of the Fendertones
until last year. I should get out of my cave more often. lol... I also love
The Cowsills. I watched a documentary by Louise Palanker that told
about their chaotic childhood and it is heartbreaking and inspiring all
at the same time. For all the trauma they went through as a family they
were still able to carry on as kids like everything was fine. i admire their
courage. They really were towers of strength.
Now, if I just knew more about the Fendertones band members! It appears
that many of them are related also. I haven't had time to check them all out. I'm no fan of FB so I'm shy of details on their group. They are indeed excellent!
Did you catch the microphone drop of the guy standing to the right of John Cowsill @2:01? The guy to his right got a big kick out of that. It was funny!
Have a happy, healthy and a blessed 2024. Take care Mark, God bless you!
This was the first time I heard the fendertones and I loved it . They are a total group that makes it happen . Please stay together. A fantastic job .
I sang in the male chorus at Ottawa Tech. this was one of the warm up songs we used before we went on stage,,, brings back many great memories.. Steve o
Excellent version of this song! Great job!
Love this group ther😢 good at this song
You're all awesome! Great version of the Beach Boys rendition of Sloop John B
i love watching this singing and smiling in me these crazy cool guys
Amazing! Incredible! Great to see John Cowsill.
These guys are truly in a league of their own. Seeing some of the Beach Boys occasionally joining in, it's a wonderful way to keep the music of America's Poster Band going strong for several more decades.