Brian's "lost" years

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Something I've been wondering for a while...

It's becoming common knowledge that Brian really starting going downhill after his father died in 1973. The question is...how much contact did the fest of the Beach Boys have with Brian from this point until Landy entered the picture? I know Carl and Dennis probably saw him on a semi-regular basis, but how about Al and Mike? Or that matter, did Brian get on with Ricky and Blondie at all? I ask this because if Mike and Al didn't really see Brian that much, it must've been a HUGE shock to the system when work on 15 BO began.

[punkinhead]

to me, it seemed like Brian picked up the ol ball and chain and went back in the studio in 74, everyone's always talking about his work then...but he supposivly said destroy the tapes   ...maybe "bad vibes" plus a fire...wierd, a 2nd time around, but not even material smile worthy. 15 big ones happend because landy was kind of gettin brian back  in the studio and mike planned a Brian is Back campaign...with no knowledge of letting brian know

[MBE]

I have a photo of Mike and Brian in 1975 at the Anaheim show in the Ken Barnes book. Brian is smiling at Mike but is huge. Love looks like he is about to cry like he was in shock. HONEST!

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

See, that was what I was wondering about. Also, too...the reaction to the drastic change in his voice must've really f*cked with them.

[Rocker]

There's a Blondie and Ricky-interview on the Flames' site, where they say they never saw Brian that much, but when they saw him (in the studio that is), he was in top form