I made Brian Wilson sad once. I didn’t mean to. We were doing a radio interview, the first time I’d ever spoken to him, and I was so excited that I’d spent the entire morning organizing nearly every ...

The five best Brian Wilson songs? No problem. Off the top of my head, I’m sure I could come up with about ten. If need be, I’ll consult his discography to refresh my memory and maybe add a few more to ...

We’re picking up sad vibrations. But how traumatized can we feel, once the first few notes of any of Brian Wilson’s most classic songs hits our tympanic membrane? Even his most sorrowful songs — and ...

Brian Wilson was a fascinating individual, and his contemporaries have more than a few interesting (and somewhat funny) ...

The Beach Boys nearly cut Brian Wilson's Til I Die from Surf's Up, but it later became one of the band's most beloved songs ...

BMI ICON Award recipient and musician Brian Wilson performs at the 2004 BMI Pop Awards at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on May 11, 2004, in Beverly Hills, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty ...

I’ll never forget the first time Brian Wilson made me see God. It was 1973, and I was sitting in the mostly empty balcony of a second-run movie theater finally watching “American Graffiti,” the movie ...

The Beach Boys’ 1966 album Pet Sounds is a source of awe for many musicians, including Henley. Wilson recalled a time when they were backstage at the same event and Henley approached him with the ...