David Marks

Marks performed on the Beach Boys\' first four albums, Surfin\' Safari (1962), Surfin\' U.S.A. (1963), Surfer Girl (1963), and Little Deuce Coupe (1963), before leaving the band due to personal issues with manager Murry Wilson. Since Marks did not appear on the 1961 single "Surfin\'", the first performance by the band that would become "the Beach Boys", most historians discount him as a true founding member of the group. He went on to front the Marksmen, worked with acts including Casey Kasem\'s Band Without a Name, the Moon, Delaney & Bonnie, Colours and Warren Zevon, and studied jazz and classical guitar at the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory.\n', '

From 1997 to 1999, Marks returned to the Beach Boys for their live performances. In 2007, he released an autobiography, entitled The Lost Beach Boy. In 2012, he reunited with the group to record That\'s Why God Ma…