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September 18, 2008

Brian Wilson's L.A. Love Letter

The Beach Boy crafts a jubilant new musical tribute to his hometown
May 18, 2005

Wilson, Stone Honor Simon

Songwriter wins Icon award at annual BMI awards
May 6, 2005

Wilson Does X-Mas CD

Former Beach Boy reprises "Nick" for October release
February 14, 2005

Musicians Serenade Wilson

Chilis, Neil Young, Backstreet Boys lead MusiCares tribute

That Lucky Old Sun

"At 25, I turned out the light/'Cause I couldn't handle the glare in my tired eyes." Those lines in "Goin' Home" bluntly refer to Brian Wilson's famous mental shutdown in 1967, during the sessions for the aborted Beach Boys album Smile. But that bridge is sung by a pitch-perfect choir in a radiant,...

2008 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Live At The Roxy Theatre

2005

Smile

2004

Gettin' In Over My Head

2004

Pet Sounds Live

2002

Pet Sounds Live

2002

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Brian Wilson has spent decades living in the towering shadow of his 1960s masterworks with the Beach Boys. During that time, Wilson's mental illness turned him into a virtual recluse, and then a pawn in the manipulations of various would-be caretakers and collaborators. Yet his return to recording and touring without his longtime band, from whom he had become personally estranged, was among rock's...

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