Chaplin’s first notable release post-Beach Boys was his debut solo album, titled “Blondie Chaplin.” It launched in 1977 and, as AllMusic reports, featured accordion work by none other than Garth Hudson of The Band. He would follow this up in 1992 with a second solo album, “Skollie” (the name of another band Chaplin would perform with later).

In 1986, he joined The Band to fill the shoes of Richard Manuel after his death. “They needed another voice there. They knew me well enough, and I think they trusted me in that strange time,” he told Rolling Stone in 2013. This also lasted just a year, though he would later perform on another album for the group: 1996’s “High On The Hog.” In between smaller projects with the likes of the Byrds, he also briefly reunited with the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson in 2013, contributing to Wilson’s 2015 album “No Pier Pressure.”

Chaplin’s most high-profile recent collaboration has been with the legendary Rolling Stones, with whom he began touring in the mid-1990s. So influential has he been in this supporting role that Ronnie Wood has dubbed him (per The Austin Chronicle) “[the Rolling Stones’] secret weapon.” While his private life remains largely private, it’s clear to see that Chaplin will always be creating music in one capacity or another.