Sunday Jam: Mike Love (Not the Beach Boys’ Mike Love), “Let It Rain”
Years ago I actually did some recording sessions with Mike Love of Beach Boys fame, and to be honest, he was kind of a dick. So when I first saw this pop up in my YouTube recommendations I wasn’t very interested — but then I took a closer look and realized this wasn’t the dickish Mike Love, but somebody I hadn’t heard of before. And he’s great. It’s sort of reggae, but with a jazz influence and some real musicianship and creative instrumentation going on. Check it out, I think you’ll dig it; I did. Bonus: he’s from Hawaii.