How ‘Beach Boys’ co-founder Brian Wilson, the original boy of summer, transformed music as we know it
NY Post
I’m picking up sad vibrations.
Brian Wilson — who co-founded the Beach Boys and was the main architect of their sound — is now surfing the heavens after his death was announced by his family on Wednesday.
The genius of the group he formed with his brothers Carl and Dennis, cousin Mike Love and their friend Al Jardine in 1961, Wilson was one of the true visionaries of music who defined pop as we know it today.
From 1963’s “Surfin’ U.S.A.” to 1964’s “I Get Around” to 1966’s “Good Vibrations,” Wilson defined not only the California sound but the sound of sunshine, the sound of summer, the sound of dreams.
Inside of his musical mind there seemed to be a world of endless possibility that the rest of us could never have imagined as he explored sonic frontiers with his inventive production techniques, ingenious orchestrations and lush, layered harmonies.
While Love was the frontman of the Beach Boys, Wilson was the Man.
