Another obscure Beach Boy was South Africa's Ricky Fataar, who had earlier played lead guitar as "Stig O'Hara" with another band called The Rutles. He has also been a longtime member of Bonnie Raitt's touring band.from his wiki entry:
"He was originally part of The Flames, a band from his birthplace of Durban, South Africa that began in 1963. He joined the band at the age of nine years old. The band made several recordings as well as touring all over Southern Africa and before long they became quite popular in South Africa. By the time he was twelve years old he had already won the honour of being voted as the "Best Rock Drummer in South Africa."
In 1968 the band moved to London and began touring England. On one of their tours, they were spotted by a member of The Beach Boys, Carl Wilson. He was impressed by their talent and offered to sign them to the Beach Boys new record label Brother Records. The band moved to Los Angeles and they recorded and released their 1970 album The Flame with Carl Wilson producing the album.
The Flame then dissolved in late 1970 and Fataar and his fellow former Flame bandmate Blondie Chaplin were then recruited by the Beach Boys in 1971. Fataar played drums for the band after Dennis Wilson suffered a debilitating hand accident. The duo recorded two albums with the Beach Boys. The 1972 Beach Boys album Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" featured musical and vocal contributions from Chaplin and Fataar. It also included two songs written by the two musicians, "Here She Comes" and "Hold On Dear Brother".
The Beach Boys' next album Holland, released a year later, also featured vocal and musical contributions from Chaplin and Fataar, including the well known hit single "Sail On, Sailor" in which Blondie Chaplin provided the lead vocal. On the Holland album, the pair also collaborated with Carl Wilson and Mike Love on the song "Leaving This Town".
