I Am Brian Wilson: New Autobiography

[Turtle_13]

Looks like this is set for release on 8 October 2015.

Book Description from Amazon:
I Am Brian Wilson tells the incredible story of his life. From his success with the Beach Boys to battles with his personal demons, it is anchored in Brian's first person account of his life, his struggles and triumphs, delving deep into his musical and emotional life, talking for the first time about his relationship with his abusive father and his passive mother; his alienation as a teenager; and his struggles to lead the Beach Boys away from surf music into groundbreaking experimental music.
Brian sheds light on his long periods of isolation and creative stagnation, and the mental illness that has plagued him since his teenage years. He also tells, for the first time, how he was able to reinvent himself creatively in the 1990s and 2000s, and describes in detail how he was able to rebuild his life and create the happiest most stable period of his life.

[Wrightfan]

Not seeing it on U.S. Amazon.

[Sjöman]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/I-am-Brian-Wilson/dp/1444781332/

Earlier forum topic: Brian to 'write' autobiography

Google: "I am Brian Wilson"

[Wrightfan]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/I-am-Brian-Wilson/dp/1444781332/

Figures the UK Amazon has it before the band's actualy birth country 

[bgas]

Looks like this is set for release on 8 October 2015.

Book Description from Amazon:
I Am Brian Wilson tells the incredible story of his life. From his success with the Beach Boys to battles with his personal demons, it is anchored in Brian's first person account of his life, his struggles and triumphs, delving deep into his musical and emotional life, talking for the first time about his relationship with his abusive father and his passive mother; his alienation as a teenager; and his struggles to lead the Beach Boys away from surf music into groundbreaking experimental music.
Brian sheds light on his long periods of isolation and creative stagnation, and the mental illness that has plagued him since his teenage years. He also tells, for the first time, how he was able to reinvent himself creatively in the 1990s and 2000s, and describes in detail how he was able to rebuild his life and create the happiest most stable period of his life.

You forgot the rest of the text: 
>>Along with Brian's own words, his story is told through the people that know him best, including his wife Melinda;his best friend and band leader Jeffery Foskett; members of the original Beach Boys and other faces from the world of music, including Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, David Crosby, Lindsay Buckingham, Bob Dylan and others. <<

[SurfinNJ]

Looks like this is set for release on 8 October 2015.

Book Description from Amazon:
I Am Brian Wilson tells the incredible story of his life. From his success with the Beach Boys to battles with his personal demons, it is anchored in Brian's first person account of his life, his struggles and triumphs, delving deep into his musical and emotional life, talking for the first time about his relationship with his abusive father and his passive mother; his alienation as a teenager; and his struggles to lead the Beach Boys away from surf music into groundbreaking experimental music.
Brian sheds light on his long periods of isolation and creative stagnation, and the mental illness that has plagued him since his teenage years. He also tells, for the first time, how he was able to reinvent himself creatively in the 1990s and 2000s, and describes in detail how he was able to rebuild his life and create the happiest most stable period of his life.

You forgot the rest of the text: 
>>Along with Brian's own words, his story is told through the people that know him best, including his wife Melinda;his best friend and band leader Jeffery Foskett; members of the original Beach Boys and other faces from the world of music, including Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, David Crosby, Lindsay Buckingham, Bob Dylan and others. <<

Wow, this sounds awesome.  Can't wait.

[phirnis]

I'd love to read some recollections by David Sandler, Jack Rieley, and Danny Hutton in this!

[Micha]

talking for the first time about his relationship with his abusive father and his passive mother;

Well it was about time wasn't it.

I'm looking forward to this...

[Mike's Beard]

Let's hope the book is better then the title.

[Joel Goldenberg]

I'd love to read some recollections by David Sandler, Jack Rieley, and Danny Hutton in this!

And Steve Desper!

[rab2591]

This sounds like a great concept. I really hope that release date is solid info....it would only make sense to release it the year of the biopic and new album.

[The Shift]

This sounds like a great concept. I really hope that release date is solid info....it would only make sense to release it the year of the biopic and new album.

I reckon it's good, as the digital edition is set for the same date.

Looks like this is set for release on 8 October 2015.

Book Description from Amazon:
I Am Brian Wilson tells the incredible story of his life. From his success with the Beach Boys to battles with his personal demons, it is anchored in Brian's first person account of his life, his struggles and triumphs, delving deep into his musical and emotional life, talking for the first time about his relationship with his abusive father and his passive mother; his alienation as a teenager; and his struggles to lead the Beach Boys away from surf music into groundbreaking experimental music.
Brian sheds light on his long periods of isolation and creative stagnation, and the mental illness that has plagued him since his teenage years. He also tells, for the first time, how he was able to reinvent himself creatively in the 1990s and 2000s, and describes in detail how he was able to rebuild his life and create the happiest most stable period of his life.

You forgot the rest of the text: 
>>Along with Brian's own words, his story is told through the people that know him best, including his wife Melinda;his best friend and band leader Jeffery Foskett; members of the original Beach Boys and other faces from the world of music, including Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, David Crosby, Lindsay Buckingham, Bob Dylan and others. <<

I laughed when I read your post Bgas, then checked out the description on amazon and came away hinking "wtf?": okay, so Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, David Crosby, Lindsay Buckingham and Bob Dylan have probably spent more time with BW than most of us here, are they really among those who "know him best"? I hope my intake of breath is misplaced, or that it's poorly phrased… celebrity endorsement is fine, but the way I read it, Bono and Elvis Costello are probably the best friends waiting next inline…

[Matt H]

This sounds like a great concept. I really hope that release date is solid info....it would only make sense to release it the year of the biopic and new album.

I reckon it's good, as the digital edition is set for the same date.

Looks like this is set for release on 8 October 2015.

Book Description from Amazon:
I Am Brian Wilson tells the incredible story of his life. From his success with the Beach Boys to battles with his personal demons, it is anchored in Brian's first person account of his life, his struggles and triumphs, delving deep into his musical and emotional life, talking for the first time about his relationship with his abusive father and his passive mother; his alienation as a teenager; and his struggles to lead the Beach Boys away from surf music into groundbreaking experimental music.
Brian sheds light on his long periods of isolation and creative stagnation, and the mental illness that has plagued him since his teenage years. He also tells, for the first time, how he was able to reinvent himself creatively in the 1990s and 2000s, and describes in detail how he was able to rebuild his life and create the happiest most stable period of his life.

You forgot the rest of the text: 
>>Along with Brian's own words, his story is told through the people that know him best, including his wife Melinda;his best friend and band leader Jeffery Foskett; members of the original Beach Boys and other faces from the world of music, including Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, David Crosby, Lindsay Buckingham, Bob Dylan and others. <<

I laughed when I read your post Bgas, then checked out the description on amazon and came away hinking "wtf?": okay, so Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, David Crosby, Lindsay Buckingham and Bob Dylan have probably spent more time with BW than most of us here, are they really among those who "know him best"? I hope my intake of breath is misplaced, or that it's poorly phrased… celebrity endorsement is fine, but the way I read it, Bono and Elvis Costello are probably the best friends waiting next inline…

I am hoping that this will just be some quotes that these people have made, and not be more than a small section of the book.

[The Cincinnati Kid]

This sounds like a great concept. I really hope that release date is solid info....it would only make sense to release it the year of the biopic and new album.

I reckon it's good, as the digital edition is set for the same date.

Looks like this is set for release on 8 October 2015.

Book Description from Amazon:
I Am Brian Wilson tells the incredible story of his life. From his success with the Beach Boys to battles with his personal demons, it is anchored in Brian's first person account of his life, his struggles and triumphs, delving deep into his musical and emotional life, talking for the first time about his relationship with his abusive father and his passive mother; his alienation as a teenager; and his struggles to lead the Beach Boys away from surf music into groundbreaking experimental music.
Brian sheds light on his long periods of isolation and creative stagnation, and the mental illness that has plagued him since his teenage years. He also tells, for the first time, how he was able to reinvent himself creatively in the 1990s and 2000s, and describes in detail how he was able to rebuild his life and create the happiest most stable period of his life.

You forgot the rest of the text: 
>>Along with Brian's own words, his story is told through the people that know him best, including his wife Melinda;his best friend and band leader Jeffery Foskett; members of the original Beach Boys and other faces from the world of music, including Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, David Crosby, Lindsay Buckingham, Bob Dylan and others. <<

I laughed when I read your post Bgas, then checked out the description on amazon and came away hinking "wtf?": okay, so Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, David Crosby, Lindsay Buckingham and Bob Dylan have probably spent more time with BW than most of us here, are they really among those who "know him best"? I hope my intake of breath is misplaced, or that it's poorly phrased… celebrity endorsement is fine, but the way I read it, Bono and Elvis Costello are probably the best friends waiting next inline…

I am hoping that this will just be some quotes that these people have made, and not be more than a small section of the book.

That's what I'm hoping as well.  This is supposed to be an autobiography.

[rab2591]

I don't mind the idea at all. It'll definitely help give the book more dimension. Instead of being told solely from the perspective of Brian, we'll get a well rounded look at Brian from the perspective of family, friends, and fellow artists who've been greatly influenced by him.

[guitarfool2002]

Consider those names mentioned apart from a notion of an "endorsement". David Crosby was in the same circle of LA musicians and friends as Brian, and says he took Van Dyke Parks to Brian's house to hear an acetate of "Sloop John B" before it was released, which could have been the first time Parks and Wilson actually met if not on the same level as when Melcher connected them at that later party which led to the collaboration. Lindsey Buckingham actually worked on music with Brian for the first solo album, and has cited Brian for years as one of his biggest influences in music and production, and which we all know "Tusk" was a major tip of the hat to Brian's production styles. Paul McCartney also performed with Brian, has been probably the most vocal and public champion of citing Brian's influence, and the two have met personally and privately at various times since the 70's, more than has been written about. Paul Simon toured with Brian back in 2001, performed at the tribute show and other events, and has also been a vocal fan for years. Bob Dylan may be the only one who has not obviously or publicly worked with Brian musically, but who else but Dylan can claim status in that upper-echelon of musicians from the 60's era who were both part of it and witnesses to the new music and innovations which were happening at the time? I'd put Crosby in that group as well, as someone who was making music most people now consider part of the rock-pop revolution in the 60's and who was also soaking up and taking influences from his peers and friends in the same business who were cutting these amazing records.

Their voices both as collaborators, fellow musicians and more importantly peers in the music business, and those who can cite specifically Brian Wilson as an influence on their music, I think can be weighted somewhat more heavily than those of a cross-section of musicians and pop stars who may share the admiration and influence but weren't as directly connected, either through actual performance/recording or being in the same elite peer group as all that legendary music was being made.

[clack]

^
Dylan in fact did work with Brian, on a version of 'the Spirit of Rock and Roll'.

[Lee Marshall]

Finally, at long last.  Maybe we'll learn what kind of pizza Brian likes.  That information is way-LONG overdue.

This struck me immediately upon seeing it in the text...  "Along with Brian's own words, his story is told through the people that know him best, including his wife Melinda;his best friend and band leader Jeffery Foskett;"

Now if Jeffrey Foskett IS Brian Wilson's "best friend" then Brian must have absolutely no problems with Mike Love or what Mike is doing with the Beach Boys and for 'BRI'.  I mean think about it.  A "best friend" would never just cut and run and sign on with the 'other side' .  It would demonstrate 'bad form'... a kind of betrayal if you will.

WAY TOO EARLY to suggest that some key players and components will not be included as sources for the book.  If THAT is the case though then the 'new autobiography' might not be all that most of us hope it will be.  It cannot be only a painting.  It has to be a series of 'candid photgraphs' examined.  [wink, wink]  Only then will we learn 'what it was like.'

[bgas]

Finally, at long last.  Maybe we'll learn what kind of pizza Brian likes.  That information is way-LONG overdue.

This struck me immediately upon seeing it in the text...  "Along with Brian's own words, his story is told through the people that know him best, including his wife Melinda;his best friend and band leader Jeffery Foskett;"

Now if Jeffrey Foskett IS Brian Wilson's "best friend" then Brian must have absolutely no problems with Mike Love or what Mike is doing with the Beach Boys and for 'BRI'.  I mean think about it.  A "best friend" would never just cut and run and sign on with the 'other side' .  It would demonstrate 'bad form'... a kind of betrayal if you will.

WAY TOO EARLY to suggest that some key players and components will not be included as sources for the book.  If THAT is the case though then the 'new autobiography' might not be all that most of us hope it will be.  It cannot be only a painting.  It has to be a series of 'candid photgraphs' examined.  [wink, wink]  Only then will we learn 'what it was like.'

OH!  Candid photographs!!  Here's another one of mine: 

   

[alf wiedersehen]

You forgot the rest of the text: 
>>Along with Brian's own words, his story is told through the people that know him best, including his wife Melinda;his best friend and band leader Jeffery Foskett; members of the original Beach Boys and other faces from the world of music, including Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, David Crosby, Lindsay Buckingham, Bob Dylan and others. <<

I laughed when I read your post Bgas, then checked out the description on amazon and came away hinking "wtf?": okay, so Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, David Crosby, Lindsay Buckingham and Bob Dylan have probably spent more time with BW than most of us here, are they really among those who "know him best"?

No, the book info lists those people as "other faces from the world of music", not necessarily as "people that know him best".

[phirnis]

Great shot, bgas! From 1977 I presume?

[Pretty Funky]

Finally, at long last.  Maybe we'll learn what kind of pizza Brian likes.  That information is way-LONG overdue.

This struck me immediately upon seeing it in the text...  "Along with Brian's own words, his story is told through the people that know him best, including his wife Melinda;his best friend and band leader Jeffery Foskett;"

Now if Jeffrey Foskett IS Brian Wilson's "best friend" then Brian must have absolutely no problems with Mike Love or what Mike is doing with the Beach Boys and for 'BRI'.  I mean think about it.  A "best friend" would never just cut and run and sign on with the 'other side' .  It would demonstrate 'bad form'... a kind of betrayal if you will.

WAY TOO EARLY to suggest that some key players and components will not be included as sources for the book.  If THAT is the case though then the 'new autobiography' might not be all that most of us hope it will be.  It cannot be only a painting.  It has to be a series of 'candid photgraphs' examined.  [wink, wink]  Only then will we learn 'what it was like.'

To suggest that Brian might be happy that Jeff went with Mike might be just too hard for some of the conspiracy theorists here to contemplate Add Some.  

[CenturyDeprived]

Finally, at long last.  Maybe we'll learn what kind of pizza Brian likes.  That information is way-LONG overdue.

This struck me immediately upon seeing it in the text...  "Along with Brian's own words, his story is told through the people that know him best, including his wife Melinda;his best friend and band leader Jeffery Foskett;"

Now if Jeffrey Foskett IS Brian Wilson's "best friend" then Brian must have absolutely no problems with Mike Love or what Mike is doing with the Beach Boys and for 'BRI'.  I mean think about it.  A "best friend" would never just cut and run and sign on with the 'other side' .  It would demonstrate 'bad form'... a kind of betrayal if you will.

WAY TOO EARLY to suggest that some key players and components will not be included as sources for the book.  If THAT is the case though then the 'new autobiography' might not be all that most of us hope it will be.  It cannot be only a painting.  It has to be a series of 'candid photgraphs' examined.  [wink, wink]  Only then will we learn 'what it was like.'

OH!  Candid photographs!!  Here's another one of mine: 

   

With the exception of those teenage crew-cut shots, this has got to be about the shortest Brian ever had his hair in adulthood, right?

[The Shift]

You forgot the rest of the text: 
>>Along with Brian's own words, his story is told through the people that know him best, including his wife Melinda;his best friend and band leader Jeffery Foskett; members of the original Beach Boys and other faces from the world of music, including Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, David Crosby, Lindsay Buckingham, Bob Dylan and others. <<

I laughed when I read your post Bgas, then checked out the description on amazon and came away hinking "wtf?": okay, so Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, David Crosby, Lindsay Buckingham and Bob Dylan have probably spent more time with BW than most of us here, are they really among those who "know him best"?

No, the book info lists those people as "other faces from the world of music", not necessarily as "people that know him best".

To my reading, that implies that those "other faces from the world of music" are among those who knew him best. I hope I'm wrong, is all

[Lee Marshall]

Not really suggesting that Brian is happy about it Pretty Funky.  I''m just, as I have since 'it' happened, wondering WTF's 'up' with THAT?  Certainly NOT a "best friend" move.  UNLESS... ... ...  Unless...it's OK.

Yes CenturyDeprived...that sure is a BAD boot-camp 'look'.  And when I say "bad" I mean it in the traditional sense.   Although shaving his back sure worked.  Brian looks to be in pretty good physical condition as well.  bgas's pic, candid as it is, confirms for certain what many have debated, argued and pondered over for decades...ie:...that Brian actually named his 'pecs' Carnie and Wendy...after his daughters.  It's how he was able to tell left from right during that specific era.  The sweat-shirt confirms that I was, as usual, wrong.

It also confirms that 'the little fella' was NOT Al.