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Latest news as of Friday, September 5, 2008
| Tuesday, September 2, 2008 |
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| CD Review: Pacific Ocean Blue Legacy Edition |
The deluxe reissue edition of Dennis Wilson's classic solo release of 1977, Pacific Ocean Blue, takes its place among the great lost or forgotten rock classics, including the Beach Boys' Smile, which has never been released in its original version. Certainly Dennis Wilson was the unsung hero behind the Beach Boys' brilliance. [more...]
Source: Audiophile Audition |
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| Brian Wilson opens up about life, lyrics on new CD |
Brian Wilson's new homage to the 60's starts with an even earlier touchstone. "I always liked that song," he says of That Lucky Old Sun, first popularized in 1949 by Frankie Laine. "A couple of years ago, I went to the record store, got Louis Armstrong's version, brought it home and learned it. I rearranged it and taught it to my band." [more...]
Source: USA Today |
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| Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
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| Brian Wilson says today's music is trash |
Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson says, "I guess I miss the '60s. All that great music, y'know. The Four Tops, The Beatles. Music nowadays isn't the powerful force it was back then. That's sad but true. A lot of young people are content to settle for trash. They don't want to know about people like Phil Spector." [more...]
Source: Showbiz Spy |
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| Thursday, August 21, 2008 |
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| Brian Wilson sunny about new album |
Brian Wilson has hit a creative stride in his life. "I think the new album is just as good as anything the Beach Boys ever recorded," Brian said in a new interview. "Playing these songs live, I feel proud. You know that funny feeling you get in your stomach, like, Oh my God, this is sounding great!" [more...]
Source: ABC News |
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| Monday, August 18, 2008 |
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| Sir George Martin tops music producer poll |
Beatles studio mastermind Sir George Martin has topped a new Rolling Stone online poll which was conducted last weekend to find the best record producer of all time. Let It Be producer Phil Spector came in on the list at number three, and Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson placed on the list at number five. [more...]
Source: Showbiz Spy |
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| Thursday, July 24, 2008 |
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| Opinion: Brian Wilson setting bad precedent with fans? |
Brian Wilson is reportedly so upset about fans criticising a recent gig, he has offered to reimburse their tickets out of his own pocket. Could he be setting a dangerous precedent? Had Babyshambles, Lily Allen or Amy Winehouse offered to pay fans they'd repeatedly let down by no-shows or all-too-brief performances, they'd be bankrupt. [more...]
Source: The Guardian, UK |
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| Monday, July 21, 2008 |
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| Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue resurfaces |
In 1977 Dennis Wilson released Pacific Ocean Blue, a stunning, painful solo album that's widely considered the best Beach Boys project of the Seventies. Despite its acclaim, the disc has been out of print for a quarter century. Now it's back in a deluxe edition from Sony Legacy and Sundazed Records. [more...]
Source: Rolling Stone |
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| Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
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| Review: Brian Wilson in Massachusetts |
Brian Wilson was, in a way, almost a figurehead at his own show Tuesday night at the Calvin Theatre in Northampton, he didn't always sing, and he rarely played and instrument. And you know what? That was just fine, because he wrote those songs, some of the most ingenious tunes anyone has ever written. [more...]
Source: courant.com |
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| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 |
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| Brian Wilson offers to refund tickets for disgruntled NYC fans |
In response to several disgruntled fans, Brian Wilson has decided to refund fans' tickets for his July 11th New York City concert. Fans complained that the show ran up to several hundred dollars but had poor visibility for some seats, and only contained a 75-minute performance by Wilson. [more...]
Source: CKTB, Ontario, Canada |
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| Monday, July 14, 2008 |
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| Queen resurrects Dennis Wilson track |
Queen has musically resurrected late Beach Boys star Dennis Wilson. The band's guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor completed the unfinished Dennis track 'Holy Man' nearly 25 years after the musician, the only Beach Boy who surfed, drowned. Brian said, "I wanted to do my bit to realise it to the full." [more...]
Source: Undercover, Australia |
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| Friday, June 20, 2008 |
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| Beatles music on stage in All You Need Is Love |
The King's Theatre in Glasgow will be running on flower power next week, as All You Need Is Love rolls its peace bus into town. A medley of smash hits from the swinging Sixties, the stage show covers all the major artists of the era, from The Beatles and The Stones to The Beach Boys. [more...]
Source: The Daily Record, UK |
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| 'Things make sense again' for Brian Wilson |
For years, Brian Wilson has struggled, but the life of Brian is most definitely on the up in 2008. Simply being alive is something he cherishes. He affirms, "My state of being has been elevated because I've been exercising and writing songs. I'm in a better frame of mind these days." [more...]
Source: The Sun, UK |
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| Tuesday, June 17, 2008 |
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| Review: The Beach Boys: U.S. Singles Collection |
The Beach Boys: U.S. Singles Collection: The Capitol Years (1962-1965) is a collection of all of the U.S. Singles that the Beach Boys released between 1962-1965 on Capital. These songs defined American music culture at the time, as the Beach Boys gave the U.S. something to call their own against the British invasion. [more...]
Source: Blog Critics |
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