Brian Wilson used childhood advice his mother gave him to come up with the title, hook, and idea of the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." ...

The Beach Boys songwriter Brian Wilson has always maintained an affinity for rock and roll, but one group has always been his ...

"If anyone earned the title of the fifth Beatle," Paul McCartney once said, "it was George." As producer for The Beatles, ...

No theory practitioner would advise you do as these great artists did, but the brilliance of their songs speak for themselves ...

Paul and John set the standard for songwriting in the 1960s, inspiring many of their peers. About their 1964 arrival in the ...

Her parents are Brian Wilson and Michelle Wilson. Her father is a fifth-generation farmer who taught ... She learned to play guitar from her father, who was a farmer, and started writing songs by her ...

Many writers in the Life section are long-time Beach Boys fans, but not James, so will his and Henry’s reviews offer similar perspectives, or will James’ first exposure to “The Boys” be his ...

Born in Detroit in 1952, Don Fagenson has spent a lifetime making music in one way or another. Bass player. Band member.