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COHASSET - There aren't many bands with the string of hits the Beach Boys can call on, and in the fashion of the day, most of them were tidy little gems of fewer than three minutes. Those two factors allowed the Beach Boys touring band to deliver 38 songs over two hour-long sets Wednesday night at the South Shore Music Circus before a nearly sold-out crowd of about 2,300 happy fans.
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The most important thing to note about Wednesday night's giddy romp through the songbook is that the nine-piece current band has several musicians who can capably re-create the falsetto and high tenor vocals of Brian and Carl Wilson, and Jardine. Love is still the lead singer on most songs, his baritone clear and surprisingly resonant. But band members, such as guitarists Brian Eichenberger and Christian Love, lead guitarist Scott Totten, drummer John Cowsill, and Johnston all provided sterling vocals on the classic hits. Bassist Keith Hubacher, keyboardist Tim Bonhomme, and Randy Leago, on saxes and flute, filled out the sound remarkably well.
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The Beach Boys' debt to doo-wop was evident on the shimmering harmonies of "Getcha Back," and a gauzy take on "Why Do Fools Fall in Love." Drummer Cowsill had vocal spotlights on "Darlin'" and second set opener "California Dreamin' ", the Mamas and Papas hit, and proved he could be a headliner himself. Eichenberger's lead vocal on the dreamy "Don't Worry Baby" was a sublime bit of falsetto, before the first set ended in a hot-rod medley of "Little Deuce Coupe," "409," "Shut Down" and "I Get Around."
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