Jan and Dean Come Back!! (1978 rare interview)

[@regieendsley9750]

My son, who's now 40, once said "How could anyone not like this music."

[@curlyd1976]

No matter how Jan treated Dean, Dean was ALWAYS there for him. A TRUE FRIEND !!!!

[@jamespamhoover6586]

Dean is a class act!

[@lynnkanerva4519]

@@jamespamhoover6586 A class act, and then some...ll😊

[@ronniebishop2496]

From what I know about it Jan wasn’t very nice, at all.

[@NOWtheband]

@@ronniebishop2496 - What is it that you know that makes you state that?

[@ronniebishop2496]

now Research!!!

[@chopperjohn203]

I saw Jan try to perform after their 'comeback' It was sad. the injury really affected his performing. Both guys deserve a lot of credit for the attempt. Jan for fighting his injury and Dean for his strong support of his partner

[@qasanoba]

when? which year you saw them?

[@toddreeder8010]

The music is still around because great music never dies.

[@jjpope1113]

Amen

[@SmileySmilerton]

Dean should get Sainthood, what a great friend to Jan. Wow we got so robbed of great people in the 60's. At least Jan didn't die, but such tragedy.

[@Daehawk]

Bless them. they always rocked. RIP Jan. Be whole again man.

[@melissagerber7231]

Daehawk He is, and he's back surfin' and cruisin'.

[@impassable]

I was thinking how strong Dean had to be.He's a good man

[@lynnkanerva5005]

impassable No doubt ! He he took on a HUGE task...wow.. I hope he gets all the credit he deserves. God bless yuo, Dean!

[@valerieshepherd5925]

Mom took my little brother and I to see them at a concert inside Disneys Magic Kingdom. After the set they came out to sign autographs. Jan got a bit overwhelmed so mom had me grab Dean to help him. They were grateful and invited us backstage for hot chocolate. One of my very favorite memories.

[@cabinfourus]

Two great souls. RIP Jan and God bless.

[@wildestcowboy2668]

I think Dan is still alive mi amigo.

[@jaycampbell7884]

@@wildestcowboy2668 Idiot sandwich

[@shoulderlift]

I am so impressed by these two guys. Jan is a fighter and got back on his feet and is working again. Dean is a true friend to Jan and has never given up supporting Jan. This is true friendship on his part. I admire both of them. About Jan, what a killer smile this guy has.

[@007missionary55]

When you heard them on the radio 📻 they always put a smile on your face

[@paulgrieshop5024]

That's the truth

[@kjetin99]

Dean seems to be a fantastic friend and human being! Great to see! Thanks for a nice clip!

[@JoyceS77743]

Thanks for sharing this Mary. I still remember when Jan had his accident, it was so sad but as this tape shows, he was a fighter and he did sing again with Dean. Love & miss you Jan,... rest in peace brave soul xx

[@Maryw7]

You're very welcome, Joyce. The content which i included is very special...i love each part that was found to include. : ) You remember when Jan was in the accident? Were you a fan at the time?

[@JoyceS77743]

Yes Mary, I certainly was. I never saw your video, it was sad to watch. I still have an original 45 of Dead Man's Curve, I loved that song & Jan & Dean so much! some fun times!

[@KittenRainbowfall]

Saw them in 1990s. Met Jan and autographed a booklet. A true survivor. God bless him. RIP Jan.

[@deecook8393]

I disagree. Jan Berry was nothing short of an asshole.

[@NOWtheband]

@@deecook8393 - What makes you say that with such assured certainty? Did you have an unpleasant encounter with him?

[@13sunny]

Every time I watch this clip, it makes me cry. Thanks Mary for sharing it with us! RIP Jan!

[@douglasamarshall]

My brother Pete was in a motorcycle accident and had the same kind of brain damage as Jan Berry. He was in a coma for a month, and when he came out, was mentally a baby. He had to grow up again, and it was trying, but it is not an unusual result of such an accident. Thank God for the clinic in Pasadena!

[@joevee8337]

Agreed! Having such a good friend is all anyone ever needs. Thanks guys for making the trip fun!

[@rickack8176]

Two cool and wonderful guys! ⭐️⭐️

[@JaneDoe-lt5zr]

Love how Dean was looking out for Jan.

[@vacuumtube1954]

Very much enjoying these Jan & Dean videos. Thank you so very much for them. Two great guys ! Great music ! Great memories ! Thank you Maryw7 !

[@markrichardson2684]

I was at my high school grad night at Disneyland in 76 when Jan and Dean did a live performance along with Papa Doo Run Run. It was very cool and their being there was not lost on the crowd.

[@sueconrad2173]

I’m at Disney World but not at Disney land

[@lynnkanerva4519]

5:57 The 'guy-hug' says it all😊

[@bcparkerjr]

Thank you so much for this video! I love Jan and Dean! I remember watching the movie Dead Man's Curve when I was about 7 years old. I've loved them ever since then

[@louisbadillo2734]

Memories for me of American singing duo called at the time Jan and Dean they had a sound that I liked surf city California , They were big back then sold a lot of records . It was the year 1965 , I am now 70 yrs old and I remember this duo there music beautiful . I also remember there accident or was it Jan he crushed his corvette , Iost his voice and the use of his right arm .

[@pmoyer50]

This video was moving and inspirational.

[@DougCeleste]

Thanks for sharing these VERY rare interviews! I was living in San Jose, CA. at the time and I recognized Cupertino High School and that city is a suburb of San Jose. They may have been playing the concert there since their back-up band, Papa Doo Run Run, came from Cupertino. And the reporter was the late Bob Mackenzie from Channel 2 in Oakland. I also remember him well. We are just VERY fortunate that Jan survived his horrific crash and I would have rather had a part of what Jan was than no Jan at all. He lived as long as he did because of all the love he got from knowing and performing with Dean and having his many family members, friends and fans in his life. He will always be dearly missed and fondly remembered.

[@carlcarlson1369]

Is this me or this reporter doesn't know how to report❤ may God bless Jan and Dean Dean is such a good friend❤😊

[@lynnkanerva5005]

I didnt really know about Jan and Dean until i was 17, and saw "Deadman's Curve" when it first aired on tv. I watched it with my mom, and it helped me understand what she went through recovering and rehab after a stroke, she had to learn everything all over again( sadly, she passed in September that year at age 60). Yes, it was a miracle Jan survived the accident. I'm SO GLAD he was able to come back as far as he did, and get back up on stage and sing. God bless you, Jan (hope you're all well and rockin' out up in Heaven !), and God bless Dean for being there for him. Jan and Dean FOREVER !♥

[@mikelisacarb]

A heartwarming story. Good friends helping each other out!

[@plantationmike6012]

Dean was a true friend

[@13sunny]

Thank you very much, Mary! This is fantastic!

[@waveblast2]

Jan was a Force b4 accident Complete Package !! Dean, Special Soul and Friend!!

[@1956MercM260]

Damn, that is tough to watch.

[@heavymetaltattoos]

much respect for these guys and even more for Jan, their music will be around forever

[@markmgt70]

The songs that Jan & Dean sang: Dead Man's Curve; Surf City; Drag City and Little Old Lady from Pasadena were not only great songs they also spoke about a culture that was happening on the west coast. However, much of this same culture was also going on all-over America so many could relate especially, with the cars which I believe further made their music stand out. After Mr. Jan Berry's serious accident he tried to make a comeback according to The Jan & Dean Story/Movie. I felt bad for Mr. Berry when the fans sort of gave him a hard time but had I'd been there at the performance I honestly would have said the following to Mr. Berry and Mr. Torrance: “Look Mr. Berry. I don't want any refund from you, period. I'm fully-aware you were in a serious accident so you don't need to explain anything. You and Mr. Torrance just do the best you can because the blessing is you're here and you're alive.” Rest in peace and be blessed always, Mr. Berry!:) And you too be blessed always Mr. Torrance!:)

[@shauncunningham5088]

God bless both of them

[@starvingbuddha7622]

Richard Hatch did an amazing portrayal of Jan

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

God bless Jan & Dean. They made it back from Dead Man's Curve.

[@robin2012ism]

sweet! ty for putting this together.

[@jimbohnenkamp5082]

This shows how far Jan had to come back from the accident. Gabby Giffords, the gunshot victim and Congressional representative from Arizona exhibited some of the same types of hurdles in her recovery. Both had a lot of strength.

[@rebeckahchristine6872]

Read the book by Bob Greene " When We get To Surf City". Fantastic book about them, time on the road etc etc.

[@sharleenomdal5816]

Beautiful friendship!

[@lynnkanerva4519]

6:00 the guy-hug says it all

[@KennethFord-y7c]

Yes ! True love from Dean !

[@Mikebb5m]

i saw Jans band at Six Flags in Arlington tx in abooout out 1978. i think they called primoted it as the Jan Berry Beach Band. it was a good show but not the same without Dean. I finally got to see Dean with the All stars for the first time at South Padre Island. What a great show! Growing up i never saw video clips of Jan&dean. Thanks for sharing Mary. These u tube videos are great.

[@thefaceofthecentury]

LOVE THIS!!! AWESOME!

[@iowa61]

This rips my heart out...

[@Angel9912221]

I just knew that Jan was in an accident, and he could not sing like he used to. But from watching his video, I see he has overcome huge hurdles and was slowly singing again with Dean. Like most band singers, they had their ups and downs but Jan came out a real trooper!! As I mentioned in other places, Jan & Dean always were my favorite singers!! I had their green anthology lp, as well as other singles.

[@galoon]

Jan definitely overcame huge hurdles! From watching these interviews, it seems that in his efforts to communicate his thoughts in speech, Jan knew exactly what he wanted to say, but it would often come out as disjointed phrases that tended to miss the subject of the conversation--I can imagine how frustrating that must have been for him. Nevertheless, Jan did a great job with the songs in their shows! I saw he and Dean perform together in 2003--it was clear that life was really becoming difficult for Jan, but he still did an amazing show!

[@Angel9912221]

Thanks for sending me this interview. I did not know it was out until now. I just saw the interview after his accident and that was all. I know how Jan felt about his speech - yes, it is very frustrating!

[@miamidan51]

very cool. thanks for sharing, Mary. :)

[@melissagerber7231]

I didn't know what happened, until I saw the TV movie, Dead Man's Curve. After I saw that, one of my aunt's coworkers started caring for her brother, who had the same types of injury, from a motorcycle accident.

[@bencampbell4948]

Jan Berry, awesome guy. Ad Astra Brother Jan. Perge

[@1977jackyl]

growing up, ive only heard a few songs by Jan and Dean, one of course being Dead Man's Curve. another being "Little Old Lady From Pasadena." I dont know if they wrote Little Old Lady or if that was the Beach Boys. however I wish I knew more about Jan And Dean. One thing Id like to know is, when was Jan in this bad accident everyone talks about? And youre right its ALWAYS the best thing to have is a good friend, or even better, a few good friends.

[@Maryw7]

This is HenriMusicBox's comment: Only great artists have a fake; that proves how great Jan and Dean were; sorry still are!. That interview is indeed very rare and good quality for a more than 30 yr old recording. I'm glad that Mary spends so much time to make these historical facts accessible to everybody. (...but me, the amateur!, accidentally "deleted" it...)

[@Maryw7]

Jan was also badly hurt in August of 1965 the first day he and Dean began filming their motion picture for Paramount studios ...Dean stepped off the train to eat, but Jan stayed on to watch filming--and WHAM!

[@chuckmartin3775]

Saw them at the Starwood somewhere back then... news trucks were there

[@pmoyer50]

Yeah, if they were good enough for Brian Wilson to work with they are good for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[@suecox1342]

April 12, 1966. He had just come away from his final appeal with The Draft Board concerning his notice.

[@peterp21]

To underscore how bad Jan's accident was I believe he was pronounced dead at the site of the accident when the cops and EMTs found him.

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

In 1965 Jan And Dean came to Buena High School, Sierra Vista Az, a town of 3000 then. I heard they cost $300. It was a big deal.

[@KennethFord-y7c]

Jan did great here !

[@Maryw7]

@winddancer1562 Just LOVE how you worded this...about Jan's courage. I couldn't agree more. Thank you!!

[@Maryw7]

@26marbay ...i love all the pieces on this SO much....i just HAD to share!! : ) I love Jan & Dean and all they did in Phase I and Phase II and now...all that Dean is doing in "Phase III" You're welcome...and thank you for commenting. Mary

[@douglasamarshall]

Way back in 1976 there was a fundraiser concert for the 1st Olympic Volleyball team. The concert was Hughes Corporation AND Chuck Berry. Jan Berry and his wife were in the audience. Chguck's last number was Johnny B. Goode, which went on for like 20 minutes, and he had invited the audience to come on stage to dance, and so I did. I was doing the twist, and then this pretty lady joined me, and it was Jan Berry's wife. (ANd in case yer wondering, that was all I did was dance the twist!)

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

"Way back in 1976 there was a fundraiser concert for the 1st Olympic Volleyball team. The concert was Hughes Corporation AND Chuck Berry. Jan Berry and his wife were in the audience. "--Probably a girlfriend and not a wife, unless you made a typo in the year. Jan Berry, to my knowledge, was married only once, to Gertie Filip, who he met in Reno in the 1980s (Jan and Dean performed there many times, especially during the Hot August Nights event), and he married her in 1991. She survived him.

[@Maryw7]

@ HenriMusicBox..... thank you, Henri. That's what I get for staying up too late at night....cuz, ya know....i appreciate your comments soooo much!!

[@jeffkehoe5619]

Saw DEAN a couple of years ago at an Aurora, IL show. Good! Shook his hand.

[@garyedwards1858]

Anyone remember the Jan and Dean legendary masked Surfers album

[@galoon]

Somewhere else, I remember reading about Dean joking that he should start touring with a fake Jan when he found out about it! Typical Dean humor LOL!

[@TheGuyMullins]

I REALLY THINK IT IS ASHAME THAT ROCK AND ROLL DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF JAN AND DEAN TO THE MUSIC WORLD. THEY HAD ALOT TO DO WITH THE INDUSTRY IN THE STUDIO AND THE BUSINESS THE LAID IMPORTANT TRAILS THAT MUSICIANS IGNORE.

[@beachwalker2574]

F them trying to spin off the Beach Boys

[@NOWtheband]

@@beachwalker2574 - They were around before The Beach Boys and The Beach Boys openly acknowledge Jan & Dean's influence on them. :-)

[@URAOGMEDIA]

I saw Jan & Dean in concert with the Beach Boys around this time (1978). It was a good show, but rumors went around saying that Jan was 'lip syncing'.

[@orksmernopel4016]

URA Church I thought he was. Is that just a rumor

[@brettweary730]

A Happy Day

[@mayswinson2358]

I had to learn everything too when the male nurse I decked woke me up out of a coma. I died too.

[@kingofallwhites]

Goes to show you not to assume someone with halting or stuttered speech isn't 180% there mentally.

[@sce2aux464]

In this case, 180 IQ.

[@suecox1342]

If I am not mistaken in 1965-66. I think he had just gotten word of being drafted and was not to happy about it.

[@lynnkanerva5005]

6:02 The guy-hug says it all ! :-)

[@lauriealbright2521]

How 🤔

[@moritzternien8744]

Dean wore a german shirt XD

[@budprepper3811]

nice hair

[@lesumire]

it's 1968, guys((((

[@Maryw7]

@HenriMusicBox Hey...Henri? See how I tried copying your first comment and put it on...therefore it looks like it's my "own" comment. But it's your first one, really! and thank you for it very much! I really like your second comments so very much, too! And agree with each totally. Just how I feel !! : )

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Jan was run off the road by a little deuce coupe driven by Mike Love.

[@pbs1428]

I had the pleasure of seeing Jan perform ( without Dean unfortunately ) in 1978 at the Capricorn Lounge in Joppatowne, Md. just east of Baltimore on Rt.40. It was a small facility that held maybe 200 people, so it was intimate.After the show I got to go backstage and meet and briefly talk with Jan! He surprised me that he could sing as well as he did.It was a great memory.

[@Maryw7]

@galoon So funny! But this is the REAL Jan!!!

[@kongo_otto_2000]

why does dean wear a shirt with a German phrase on in :), seeing this as a German is so strange

[@davidreed3357]

I dont think Jan ever fully recovered

[@TheReubenKincaid]

Leave it to those cigar chomping agents.

[@DanielSnyder-bz8kp]

If the Jan and Dean story were made into a modern movie, Jan would probably be played by a fat black chick, probably Lizzo.

[@narcovice]

you saw jans car you'd never expect anyone to live. i never heard of a fake dean i heard of jan and the aloha band that never did do a concert on maui rats ae half of the poster i bought that weakened

[@lakecrab]

Did they become Lou and Arnie?

[@NOWtheband]

According to ths clip, yes! = kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4WmqJinfr18eZI&ab_channel=CamronSayyah

[@derekllewellyn6663]

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[@toddreeder8010]

The stupid interviewer said earlier about Jan having Brain damage.

[@ChrisReise]

That's because Jan DID have brain damage. His condition was actually called "Aphasia". Definition for Aphasia: "Aphasia is usually caused by brain damage, most commonly caused by stroke."

[@donburton9078]

Still not in the R&R Hall of Fame...Disgusting when you see some of the trash that's been inducted...

[@kookadams85]

In Hawaii there's a place called Waimea bay where the best surfers in the world come to stay..