Dennis Wilson & Rumbo

In 1969, Dennis Wilson released his first piece of solo material. A little known single released under the artist title of 'Dennis Wilson & Rumbo'. The single featured "Sound of Free" on the A-side with "Lady" (also known as "Fallin' In Love") on the B-side."Sound of Free is a song written by Dennis Wilson and released in 1969 with Daryl Dragon as a single under the title of "Dennis Wilson & Rumbo". The B-side of the single was "Lady". The song features Dennis Wilson on lead vocals and also feautres Daryl Dragon on instrumental backing""Lady" is a song written by Dennis Wilson that was released with Daryl Dragon as "Dennis Wilson & Rumbo" in the United Kingdom on the 4th of December, 1971 on Stateside Records. The song served as the B-side of the "Sound of Free" single. However, the single was not issued in the United States. The song is also commonly known as "Fallin' In Love". This release was Dennis Wilson's first solo release. By 1977, he would also go on to record and release his critically acclaimed debut solo album Pacific Ocean Blue. Featured on the track is Dennis Wilson on lead vocals and the track also features Daryl Dragon instrumentally on the track. Daryl Dragon would later go onto become famous under the duo of Captain & Tennille - the "Captain" being himself and the "Tennille" being his wife Toni Tennille"""""About Daryl Dragon""""Daryl Dragon came by his musical influences quite naturally. His father, Carmen Dragon was the conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Symphony and by recording several symphonic works for Capitol Records. His mother at one time was part of a coloratura singing trio who upon occasion did vocals for many of the classic nineteen-thirties musicals. He studied piano while growing up and briefly attended California State University at Northridge before dropping out to form an instrumental jazz trio with his brothers called the Dragons. The group released the single "Elephant Stomp"/"Troll" on Capitol Records in 1964, but its style was out of step with labelmates the Beatles, who dominated popular music at the time.In 1967, Dragon became a touring backup musician for the Beach Boys. He was dubbed "Captain Keyboard" by lead singer Mike Love because he always appeared on-stage in a yachting cap. In addition to touring with the Beach Boys, Dragon appeared on their albums of the period, including Sunflower and Holland, and he was billed as Rumbo on a British single released in 1970, "Sound of Free"/"Lady," credited to the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson & Rumbo.""""About Dennis Wilson""""Dennis was the middle brother and drummer for the group(The Beach Boys) As the group evolved, Dennis emerged as a formidable musician and songwriter. The late 1970 single credited to Dennis Wilson And Rumbo (= Dragon) was issued everywhere except the USA and, unsurprisingly, attained the status of 'collectors item' with uncommon speed. "Sound Of Free", with a lyrical assist from cousin Mike and alleged vocal contributions from the other two Wilson brothers was a quasi-mystical medium rocker whilst the flip, "Lady" (later covered by American Spring as "Fallin' In Love")..