by TIM & DEB SMITH
…So the picture turned out great and we entered it in a contest the Beach Boys were conducting through local radio stations that summer. When our picture was selected as the winner, radio station WHFM had Smitty come in for an interview. His mom recorded the interview at home and that is actually the oldest surviving recording of his voice.
Click here to listen to the actual radio recording from the summer of 1985. (Incidentally, do you recognize any of the Mendon Rec kids in the above photo?)
