Great Unknown Beach Boys #9

Photos of Mike are hard to come by so check his website...link below!

From his wiki entry:

"Mike Kowalski was born on July 28,1944 in Hollywood, Ca . He started singing and playing piano by the age of three, his first professional engagement was playing the piano, with Mel Torme on drums, for a Television Pilot at the age of five.

At age ten, he was given a set of Slingerland Radio-King drums by his Godfather and "Dragnet" T.V. star Jack Webb. At the age of fifteen, he was playing drums professionally with various local rock and rhythm and blues bands. He performed both on stage and screen as his family was affiliated with the Motion Picture and Television industries.

By age nineteen he was playing drums with a popular L.A. band Pat and Lolly Vegas, whom later became the famous pop group "Redbone". Also during this time performed and recorded with "Sonny & Cher", "Little Anthony & the Imperials", and "Etta James".

Mike was the drummer for the band The Beach Boys when he first joined the band in 1968, and was their main drummer from 1983 - 2007. Kowalski was replaced by John Cowsill."

Here's Mike's website

http://www.bigbeatman.com/