Great Unknown Beach Boys #4

Stage right: former Beach Boy Billy Hinsche.

Born in Manilia in the Philippines, Billy was a member of the mid 1960s "Power Trio" known as "Dino, Desi and Billy". "Dino" was Dean Martin Junior and Desi was Lucy and Ricky's kid (but not to be confused with "Little Ricky" in the teevee series).

Billy later joined the BBs as a guitarist, and is fond of Rickenbacker guitars. Here's his stable:

http://www.rickbeat.com/gallery/billyhinsche/billyhinsche.htm

Dino Junior later met a horrible end as a military jet pilot, in a crash into the mountains outside of LA.

Hinsche's wiki entry is almost nonexistent, so here's a nice interview he did:

http://www.classicbands.com/BillyHinscheInterview.html

And finally here's the slim wiki entry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Hinsche