Brian Wilson’s Genius for Melody and Harmony Took Pop Music to New Heights of Creativity

Commentary On June 11, the news broke that Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys passed away nine days short of his 83rd birthday. The word “icon” is often over-used, but for the baby boomer generation, Wilson and his band are firmly established as cultural icons of an iconic, colorful decade—the 1960s. Often emulated, but never […]