Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Remembering Brian Wilson, how he resurrected his masterpiece ‘SMiLE’
Musical visionary Brian Wilson’s family announced on Wednesday that the Beach Boys’ co-founder died at 82.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readMusical visionary Brian Wilson’s family announced on Wednesday that the Beach Boys’ co-founder died at 82. Biographer David Leaf has been a close friend of Wilson for more than 45 years, and his new book is “SMiLE: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Brian Wilson.”
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Stephen Gregory
Managing Editor, Press Play
Angie Perrin
Producer, Press Play
David Leaf
adjunct professor at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music and the author of “SMiLE: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Brian Wilson.”