A Few Minutes With Brian Wilson

By: Dennis Cook Brian Wilson Ten minutes. That's the time allocated for our conversation with Brian Wilson, whose All Music Guide bio starts by proclaiming him "arguably the greatest American composer of popular music in the rock era." It's a tough line to argue against given the global impact of 1966's Pet Sounds, not to mention the small pop miracles of "In My Room," "Good Vibrations" and countless other singles, as well as his long delayed personal opus SMiLE. His compositional acumen re...

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