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Beach Boy Mike Love Talks Music, Touring, Love Affair with San Diego | San Diego Living

Sponsored by: Club Kokomo Spirits The Beach Boys have long been America’s band, a musical group made in California, with their hits celebrating surf, sun, sand and California Girls. Co-founder Mike Love had always thought wouldn’t it be nice to share the spirit of Kokomo, those good vibrations, with the rest of the world. And now he has with a new line of premium spirits inspired by the tropics crafted right here in San Diego. Our Laura Cavanaugh caught up with Love to talk about his music, his love affair with San Diego and his upcoming Endless Summer Gold tour. “I’ve been dealing in a lifetime of harmony with music, but now we’re dealing with a harmony of flavors,” said Love. Last year Love and his son Brian launched Club Kokomo ready-to-drink cocktails to rave reviews. Now they are building on that success, creating harmony with a new line of premium spirits distilled locally in San Diego, masterfully blended by hand by Geoff Longenecker of Seven Caves Spirits. “We have an amazing award-winning distillery. The goal was always to move into spirits and create something that is additive-free, has no added sugars, no artificial coloring,” said Brian Love. The 83 year-old Love says he is proud of the family business and his ability to share the spirit of Kokomo with his new premium line of artisanal rums from Club Kokomo Spirits. It’s tropical bliss in a bottle – Tahitian vanilla rum, barrel finished rum and artisanal white rum. From smooth and aged, to vibrant and spiced, each bottle is an invitation to paradise. “Like the song itself, it takes you away to a place where you can get away from it all,” said Love. “And so whether it’s for a few moments, a few hours, a few days, we promote that through our music, but also now we’re promoting a wonderful way to get away from it all by opening the can or making a cocktail from our great rums.” The Beach Boys are now playing festivals. They will play Stagecoach in April, Pechanga in August and the Rady Shell on September 1. And, just in case, the band needs a backup singer on tour or help penning a jingle, our Laura Cavanaugh auditions for the living legend with a Kokomo remix.

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[Music] The Beach Boys have long been America's band a musical group made in California with hits celebrating surf Sun sand and California Girls co-founder Mike love thought wouldn't it be nice if he could share the spirit of cooko those Good Vibrations with the rest of the world and now he has with a new line of Premium Spirits inspired by the tropics crafted right here in San [Music] Diego now the beach boy hit span more than 60 years and your songs are the soundtrack to people's lives and rea
lly the San Diego beach culture what does it feel like to have your songs transcend Generations it's amazing to see entire families come out like the grandparents their kids the grandchildren they all like the Beach Boys and that's a blessing for us we're going to be at the radi shell on September 1 and so yeah everybody's got to turn out now you co-wrote one of your biggest hits cooko which was featured in The Tom Cruz film cocktail it transports us to the islands where we can get there fast an
d take it slow what does the spirit of cooko mean to you like the song itself it it takes you away to a place where you don't have to where you can get away from it all and so whether it's for a few moments or a few hours or a few days you know we promote that through our music but also now we promoting a wonderful way to get away from it all by opening the can or making a cocktail from our great rums now last year you launch your Club cooko ready to drink cocktails vacation in a can if you will
to rave reviews and you're building on your success creating harmony with a new line of Premium artisanal rums this still right here in San Diego tell us about this labor of love I'm not a big drinker but when I do go out I I enjoy a Mojito I've always liked the dark rums myself and so this blend of three Caribbean rums Blended together by Jeff Longnecker is a fantastic fantastic Barrel finish that's what it's called I've been dealing in a lifetime of harmony with music but now we're dealing wi
th Harmony of flavors right getting the harmony of flavors is something that we wanted to accomplish we have a really talented Master Distillery who's well known in the San Diego area run a very successful brand called seven caves and we have amazing award-winning Distillery and and the goal was always to move into spirits and create something that's additive free has no added sugars no artificial coloring something that you know is a rum alternative we're actually in three states now we've expa
nded so we're just about 300 locations that carry a club cooko product anything that can bring people pleasure in the safe way in a pure way and these offerings are fantastically pure and you can taste that Purity and and we're very proud of them I got a really good one for you I'm telling you that's where we want to go down in C right turine this rum tastes like a dream no wait one more one more one more that's all right that's where we want to go co Wind and Sea come have a drink with me all r
ight do you like it SE and San Diego loves The Beach Boys you sold out so many concerts Jack Murphy Stadium delmare Fairgrounds radi shell tell us about your close ties and your love affair with San Diego going back to our Pet Sounds album the album cover was taken at the San Diego Zoo in the song surf in USA there's a reference to swamis you know La ho la Hoya yeah a couple places nearby the testles you we've always had an affinity for San Diego for a few years we live in ranch ranch of Santa F
e now your music appeals to fans young and old and you continue to tour and enjoy life on the road and you were riding a wave of tour dates with your Endless Summer Gold Tour Stage Coach you're playing Stage Coach Pachanga and even the r shell on Labor Day weekend what do you expect from this concert on Labor Day weekend here in San Diego we're doing all kinds of festivals these days R shell this will be the third time we'll have been there and it's just a phenomenal place for music on the water
but it's acoustically perfect we're very much looking forward to it it showcases what we do to the Max and they have Club cookon yes and you just celebrated your 83rd birthday birthday last week and you're heading out on tour do you ever slow down well as long as you're healthy and happy and can do what is expected of us then why why not do it that's where we want to go down C Oceanside I want to take a ride oh so you had you had lots of backups this is great all night

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