26 Facts About David Marks

David Lee Marks was born on August 22,1948 and is an American guitarist who was an early member of the Beach Boys.

David Marks continued with the group, moving to rhythm guitar when Al Jardine left the group in February 1962, recording as a Beach Boy from the band's second single, "Surfin' Safari", which earned the band a long term contract.

David Marks was a Beach Boy for their first four albums, Surfin' Safari, Surfin' USA, Surfer Girl, and Little Deuce Coupe.

From 1997 to 1999, David Marks returned to the Beach Boys for their live performances.

David Marks reunited with the group for their fiftieth-anniversary tour and the 2012 album That's Why God Made the Radio.

David Marks began taking lessons from Maus, who had been a student of Ritchie Valens.

Brian realized that the combination of Carl and David Marks playing brought a rock guitar sound to his original compositions, and the two teenagers participated in Brian's first songwriting efforts that led to the band's 1963 hit single "Surfer Girl".

David Marks was not on the Beach Boys first recording, "Surfin'" for Candix Records on October 16,1961; that roster included Al Jardine, a high school classmate of Brian Wilson's, who had been singing and playing stand-up bass with the Wilson brothers and their cousin Mike Love.

David Marks joined the Beach Boys in February 1962, replacing Al Jardine who had left.

David Marks played over 100 concerts with the Beach Boys, toured across the United States with them, and appeared on their first string of national TV appearances.

David Marks contributed to their tightly knit sound, as well as their youthful look on the early Beach Boys' album covers.

At the height of their first wave of international success, David Marks quit the Beach Boys in late August 1963 toward the end of the group's summer tour during an argument with Murry Wilson, the Wilson boys' father and the band's manager, but did not immediately leave the band until later that year when his parents and Murry came to blows over financial and managerial issues.

David Marks's replacement was Mark Groseclose, who went to high school with Carl Wilson.

In 1966, David Marks played with Casey Kasem's Band Without a Name.

David Marks then worked with the late 1960s psychedelic pop band, The Moon, along with Matt Moore, Larry Brown, and David Jackson.

David Marks performed with Delaney and Bonnie, Colours, and Warren Zevon.

In early 1971, after reuniting onstage in Boston with the Beach Boys, despite a chilly reception from both the public and Bruce Johnston, David Marks received an offer from Mike Love to rejoin the band but he declined.

David Marks was offered the lead guitarist spot in Paul Revere and the Raiders, but turned down the offer because he did not want to dress up in a revolutionary war-era costume every time he played a show.

David Marks was a close friend of Warren Zevon for years until they had a falling-out.

In 1988, when the Beach Boys were inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, David Marks was neither invited nor acknowledged at the ceremony, an oversight which was reportedly finally rectified in 2007.

David Marks rejoined the Beach Boys as a full-time member playing lead guitar in 1997, when Carl Wilson, fighting cancer, was unable to continue touring with the group.

David Marks became a leader in the hepatitis C community, appearing in the media to raise awareness of the disease.

In 2007, David Marks co-wrote The Lost Beach Boy with Stebbins, which detailed his early career and related his "lost years", his health problems, his musical development, and his recovery and acceptance within the Beach Boys community.

On December 16,2011, it was announced that David Marks would be reuniting with Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, and Bruce Johnston for a new Beach Boys album and 50th anniversary tour in 2012.

David Marks made other appearances with Love and Johnston's touring Beach Boys group in 2014 and 2015.

In 2017, David Marks made an appearance as himself on an episode of Decker.