Brian Wilson is widely regarded as one of the most influential music figures of our time.
As a founding member of The Beach Boys, Wilson led a music revolution that went far beyond the ‘60s “California sound” or even pop music generally.
But fame and success carry a price. And for Wilson, the price he paid was his mental health and later physical well-being, as well Substance abuse further complicated his life.
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Yet Wilson continued to create and innovate – and perform. And in 1991, he wrote a memoir, a book he called Wouldn’t It Be Nice. That’s when I met him.
So here now, from 1991, Brian Wilson.
Brian Wilson Is 82 now. He stopped touring in 2022, and his family has said he suffers from dementia.