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| - Terence William %22Blondie%22 Chaplin (born 7 July 1951) is a musician from Durban, South Africa who first became known to international audiences through his time in the early 1970s as a singer and guitarist for The Beach Boys. Chaplin was also listed as a co-producer, sang lead vocals with fellow South African musician Ricky Fataar (drummer) and composed, with Fataar, %22Here She Comes%22 and %22Hold on Dear Brother%22 on the twenty-third official Beach Boys album, Carl and the Passions – %22So Tough%22, released in 1972. He is known as a long-term backing vocalist, percussionist, and acoustic rhythm guitarist for the Rolling Stones on their recordings and tours over a 10-year period, starting in 1997.Blondie Chaplin, along with drummer Ricky Fataar, joined the Beach Boys when original drummer Dennis Wilson suffered a hand injury that left him unable to play the drums for almost two years. For the Beach Boys, it was a period in which long-time member Bruce Johnston had departed the band, and one-time leader Brian Wilson's participation in the group was very limited. As a result, Chaplin and Fataar joined the Beach Boys as full-fledged members and not merely as backing musicians. Chaplin left the group in 1973 after a dispute with the Beach Boys' management; Fataar remained with the band until the following year.Both Chaplin and Fataar were members of South African rock band The Flames before joining The Beach Boys. The Flames were discovered by Beach Boy Carl Wilson while performing in London. Wilson signed the band to the Beach Boys' Brother Records label and produced their self-titled album, The Flame (changed from Flames, to avoid confusion with the group that played with James Brown), which featured soulful rock/pop songs in the vein of The Beach Boys and Badfinger. The Flame were the only band aside from The Beach Boys to record for Brother Records.Blondie sang lead on various Beach Boys songs from two studio albums, Carl and the Passions – %22So Tough%22 and Holland, and plays on the live album The Beach Boys in Concert. His lead vocal on %22Sail On, Sailor%22 from the Holland album is probably his most famous and memorable vocal as a Beach Boy.Following his time with the Beach Boys, Blondie recorded his own self-titled album, released on Asylum Records in 1977. He also performed on Rick Danko's self-titled début album, which also featured each of Rick's former bandmates from The Band in addition to Ronnie Wood, Eric Clapton, Doug Sahm, and Danko's brother, Terry. Blondie 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 played guitar and sang backing vocals and co-authored seven tracks. During the late 1980s Blondie toured with The Band, replacing some of Richard Manuel's vocals and playing guitar and, occasionally, drums. In the 1980s, Blondie also toured with a band featuring Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield, and was guitarist and vocalist, as well as contributing a tune as songwriter, on Butterfield's last studio album, The Legendary Paul Butterfield Rides Again, released in 1986. Blondie was also a featured player in former Byrds members Gene Clark and Michael Clarke's then new band, The 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Byrds, also known as the Tribute to the Byrds. Blondie appeared on the Jennifer Warnes albums Shot Through the Heart, The Hunter, and The Well.Blondie toured with former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor and performed on his live album, Stranger in This Town. Starting in 1997, with the recording and release of the Bridges to Babylon album and subsequent tour, and, for some 15 years following, Chaplin served as a backing vocalist, percussionist, and, at times, backing guitar player for The Rolling Stones, in the recording studio and on the road. The Bridges to Babylon album lists Chaplin's credits as backing vocals, tambourine, piano, bass guitar, percussion, shakers, and maracas.Blondie is the vocalist, songwriter, and lead guitar player with Skollie, a band formed with fellow South Africans Keith Lentin on bass and Anton Fig (of The Late Night with David Letterman band) on drums. Chaplin has recorded three solo albums, most recently Between Us in 2006.In late 2013, Blondie was featured at select shows of former Beach Boys bandmate Brian Wilson and guitarist Jeff Beck; the tour also featured former Beach Boys Al Jardine and David Marks. On the tour Blondie was lead vocalist on %22Sail On, Sailor%22 and %22Wild Honey.%22 Blondie also appears on Wilson's 2015 album No Pier Pressure, on which he is the featured vocalist on the song, %22Sail Away,%22 and he then went on tour as a featured performer, along with Al Jardine, for Brian Wilson's summer 2015 tour, with Rodriguez as the opening act.
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