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Article: Six minutes with Brian Wilson ; The Beach Boys founder plays in Concord on Tuesday. We spoke with him - quickly - about touring, a new record deal and rumors of a reunion with the legendary group.
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- Concord Monitor
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- October 29, 2009
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In the 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson crafted hit song
after hit song. The group released 14 albums in five years. When we
interviewed Wilson, he answered 25 questions in six minutes.
The man is efficient.
Wilson (now an ex-Beach Boy) comes to the Capitol Center for the
Arts on Tuesday, the latest stop in a renewed touring career that
began 10 years ago. And while he blazes through questions in record
time, he's not impolite. He's not distant. Indeed, he's personable
and pleasant. He just has a job to do.
While disconcerting for reporters, that focus has served Wilson
well. It helped him create the soundtrack to '60s California in
record time.
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