1. Terrence William "Blondie" Chaplin was born on 7 July 1951 and is a South African singer and guitarist from Durban, where he played in the band the Flames in the mid to late 1960s.
13 Facts About Blondie Chaplin
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Blondie Chaplin grew up in South Africa and is of mixed racial descent.
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Blondie Chaplin left the group in 1973 after a dispute with the Beach Boys' management; Fataar left the band the following year.
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Blondie Chaplin performed on Rick Danko's self-titled debut album, which featured each of Rick's former bandmates from The Band in addition to Ronnie Wood, Eric Clapton, Doug Sahm, and Danko's brother, Terry.
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Blondie Chaplin went on to tour with the David Johansen group and participated in producing Johansen's third solo album Here Comes the Night, on which Blondie Chaplin played guitar and sang backing vocals and co-authored seven tracks.
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Blondie Chaplin was a featured player in former Byrds members Gene Clark and Michael Clarke's then new band, The 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Byrds, known as the Tribute to the Byrds.
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Blondie Chaplin appeared on the Jennifer Warnes albums Shot Through the Heart, The Hunter, and The Well.
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Blondie Chaplin toured with former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor and performed on his live album Stranger in This Town.
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Blondie Chaplin is the vocalist, songwriter, and lead guitar player with Skollie, a band formed with fellow South Africans Keith Lentin on bass and Anton Fig on drums.
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Blondie Chaplin has recorded three solo albums, most recently Between Us in 2006.
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In late 2013, Blondie Chaplin was featured at select shows of former Beach Boys bandmate Brian Wilson and guitarist Jeff Beck.
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Blondie Chaplin appears on Wilson's 2015 album No Pier Pressure, on which he is the featured vocalist on the song, "Sail Away", and he then went on tour as a featured performer, along with Al Jardine, for Brian Wilson's 2015 tour, with Rodriguez as the opening act.
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Blondie Chaplin joined Wilson's Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary World Tour in 2016, performing alongside the touring band and has continued to tour with Wilson through 2022.