www.rollingstone.comBrian Wilson, Beach Boys Co-Founder and Architect of Pop, Dead at 82Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys co-founder and one of pop music's greatest songwriters, has died at 82.
Sat there yesterday listening to Brian solo on piano performing “Surf’s Up’” from Smile. A pretty lengthy tear up !
A true musical genius, he'd been ill for a while. Still doesn't make this any easier to bear.
Brian Wilson & Sly Stone were a big part of my childhood onward