was never determined, but in the homophobic enclave of the Beach Boys, enough of a shadow had been cast. ... Carl made the trip back to Holland and fired Rieley." Although there are many books and articles about the Beach Boys, Rieley was rarely interviewed before November 2007 when he was interviewed by Flasher.com in relation to the documentary Dennis Wilson Forever. The first seems to have been in summer 1982, for the UK fanzine Beach Boys Stomp. Other work Rieley worked with Kool and the Gang. In 1975, he released a solo album, Western Justice: recorded in the Netherlands in collaboration with Machiel Botman, it dealt with the treatment of the old world powers by the newly emerging third world in the context of a global weather crisis. Rieley took the lead vocal on three songs, including the title track. In the 1990s Rieley collaborated with several artists including Mark Gardener of the UK group Ride as well as with Jaye Muller and Ben Patton of the writing/production team Muller and Patton. Rieley co-founded the company JFAX Personal Telecom Inc. in 1995 together with Jaye Muller. The company would later be known as J2 Global before acquiring Ziff Davis and adopting that company’s name. () Death Rieley died on April 17, 2015 while residing in Berlin, Germany. Brian Wilson's social media posted a memorial, attributed to Wilson, which stated, "Sad to hear about Jack Rieley passing away. Jack was our manager in the early 70s and helped us a lot. My thoughts go out to Jack’s family." However, during the filming of the 2021 documentary Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, Wilson said he had been unaware of Rieley's death, and became visibly upset after being informed of the fact. References Bibliography 1942 births 2015 deaths The Beach Boys Businesspeople from Milwaukee American music managers Record producers from Wisconsin Songwriters from Wisconsin American expatriates in Germany 20th-century American businesspeople