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Article: Surfin' back to life; After several years in the wilderness, Beach Boy Brian Wilson is back. John Whishaw catches a wave.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- June 14, 2002
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Byline: John Whishaw
I magine newly-wedded Sir Paul McCartney attempting to revive his flagging music career by booking the Bootleg Beatles to back him, and then turning out all the old Fab Four favourites to wild public acclaim.
The idea isn't so crazy - over in the States, former Beach Boys main man Brian Wilson has teamed up with the augmented Wondermints, a highlyrated Beach Boys tribute band - and the experience has served to bring the troubled Californian genius back from the brink of madness, after a number of disturbing years in the psychological ...