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Article: It's the boy wonder Legendary songwriter Brian Wilson is one of pop's greatest mavericks. Helen Sloan talked exclusively to the former Beach Boy about his acclaimed career
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- Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
- Article date:
- September 7, 2007
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Legendary songwriter Brian Wilson is one of pop's greatest
mavericks. Helen Sloan talked exclusively to the former Beach Boy
about his acclaimed career
Being offered an interview with Brian Wilson is something of a
double-edged sword.
On the one hand he is undoubtedly one of the most important and
influential musicians living today. As the creative force behind the
Beach Boys he was responsible for some of the biggest hits of the
Sixties, from the catchy Surfin' USA to the complex arrangements of
Good Vibrations and the delicate power of God Only Knows.
But there is no getting away from the less happy side to the Brian
Wilson story.
By the late Sixties his mental health had became ...