Brian has passed away!!!!

[Shane]

I'm still at a loss for words myself. 

"Break Away" came on when I had my music on shuffle mode today at work, and after hearing the lyrics, things made a little more sense to me.

Break break shake away, break breakaway
Now I'm free to do what I want to do

Time will not wait for me, time is my destiny
Why change the part of me that has to be free
The love that passed me by, I found no reason why
But now each day is filled with the love, that very same love
That passed me by
and that is why
I can breakaway from that lonely life
And I can do what I want to do
And breakaway from that empty life and my world is new
When I laid down on my bed I heard voices in my head
Telling me now hey it's only a dream
The more I thought of it I had been out of it
And here's the answer I found instead
found out it was in my head
found out it was my head
found out it was in my head
And I can breakaway to the better life
Where the shackles never hold me down
I'm gonna make a way for each happy day
As my life turns around
Come on we're free to breakaway (oh boy you jump for joy)
Now won't you come on
You're free to breakaway
Come on you're free to breakaway
Now won't you come on
You're free to breakaway
Feel the vibrations in all the sensations, breakaway
Feel the vibrations in all the sensations, breakaway

[Julia]

Coming out of "retirement" briefly to say I was saddened by the news. Even though I understood it would come someday and that Brian was tough as nails to stick around through so much, I was really surprised too. Usually celebrity deaths dont hit me personally but this one is different--I even had some family members who knew I was an uberfan reach out to express condolences.

Thanks for all the music, Mr. Wilson. You inspired me to be a creative, to seek out meaning in a post-modern world and forge a new philosophy amidst the chaos of the Aquarian Age. You will remain a cherished icon by millions, and as I live and breath, your music (especially SMiLE) shall continue to serve as the psalms of psychedelic spirituality and American virtue forever.

To the community, though we've had our ups and downs, I appreciate now that we are the members of a chosen fellowship. We all heard the magic of these beautiful recordings in our own unique circumstances and were inspired by them. The work of these 5(6) young men brought us all together, fostered analysis and appreciation spanning decades, and remain popular at least three generations later. Im glad we could all share the honor of being a small part of Brian's legacy in that way.

As the man himself would put it, "Love and Mercy."
~The Illegitimate Sun of a Cerulean Sorceror

[BananaLouie]

Our beloved Brian has passed.

He leaves behind a rich legacy to cherish for years to come.

He was a kind, humble and selfless man who loved to bring joy to people with his beautiful music.

He once said “I’m not a genius, just a hard working guy” he was both. He toured relentlessly in his later years and loved to make his fans happy. 

Thank you, Dear Brian. For everything.

Love And Mercy

[marcella27]

Like others posting today, I haven't been here in a long time, but had to come back today.  To a place where people will not just understand the shock and sadness, but are experiencing it just as deeply.  I'm sorry for everyone here coming to terms with this news. 

I can't explain my feelings aside from saying that nothing about it feels real.  Brian was such a titan - in every way - that it seems impossible to imagine a world without him.   

[Daniel S.]

I used to come here every day back in the 2000's. The Beach Boys, and Brian himself, mean't so much to me. I like other bands too but the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson's myth/legend really resonated with me.

The music always came first, which affected me on a profound level, but the genius of Brian who burned out, abandoning a masterpiece that could have changed everything, the rivalry with the Beatles, there is nothing else like it in popular music.

The rivalry between the Beach Boys and the Beatles was about who would change the course of music and the rivalry between the Rolling Stones and the Beatles always seemed more of a popularity contest.

I will always love Brian Wilson, what he represents, the tortured artist and innovator, and the music of the Beach Boys. Their music is so brilliant, original and unbeatable in a lot of ways.

[Angela Jones]

Let's all "Thank God for the one-one-Wonderful" man whose passing is a terrible blow...but the simple and complex joy he has brought all of us in the music he created will never die.

We are all lucky to have lived in his lifetime, being connected to the truest and most unwavering artistic benevolence that can possibly be experienced. He conquered the chaos in his life and remained true to his calling--to bring love, healing and spirituality to the world via his music.

Let's be thankful that he cheated death so many times before, and survived to resurrect his most ambitious effort and gift it to eternity in such a triumphant manner. Even though he is no longer with us, we can take solace--and joy--in knowing that we will never be without him.

Love and mercy is definitely what all of us in this whole world need tonight, and every night--and the child-like genius of Brian Wilson is a lamplight that will never be extinguished.

Thank you so much for this Don. Exquisite words.

How long will be miss him? How long will we miss him? Until we die.....

[Angela Jones]

I didn't hear the sad news until about noon today, (Wednesday,) after a call from my closest Beach Boy friend.  Soon after I got a call from another friend relaying the news.  After that I tuned to Sirius XM's 60's channel and listened to it for the next 7 hours.  They didn't play a ton of Beach Boys/Brian Wilson songs, maybe 1 out of every 7 they played, but the DJ (Pat St. John?) was broken up with the news and dedicated the full time on air to talking about Brian and airing phone calls from fans.  I just needed someone to commiserate with, and that did the job.  (Finally, after 7+ hours, another DJ took over.  I gave him plenty of time, but he didn't play any Beach Boys songs and didn't even talk about it when he first came on the air, so I finally turned it off.)  Now I'm here at the SmileySmile board looking to find some solace with other Brian Wilson fans.  Thanks to everyone who has posted so far.  You've been much more eloquent than I can be.

It's eerie, but I had a premonition about Brian's death this past week.  I don't recall what I was reading, though it must have been Beach Boy related, but I remember all of a sudden a feeling came over me that Brian might die within the next few days.   I don't recall ever having that feeling about him before.  And, unfortunately, it came true.

Thank you, Brian, for all the love you've unleashed upon the world.  You were/are my musical hero, and as someone else expressed earlier, even though we never hung out with you, you became one of our best friends.

Love and mercy to all of Brian's close friends and all his family over the passing of this humble and gentle soul.'


Love and merci,
Dan Lega

Thank you Dan. Of course we've all known it could come but I had a moment yesterday. Someone had shared a photograph of Brian taken at Knotts Berry Farm sitting beside a model of a woman, with his arms about her shoulders. There was a signpost on which was written 'Ghost Town, Calif'. I took a screenshot and when I saved it as Brian Ghost Town it made me feel really uncomfortable.

But I think we all feel haunted today. God bless this sweet, talented man.

[Galaxy Liz]

It was in reference to the "Love & Mercy" movie back in 2015, but Howie Edelson's summation of that movie included something that has always stuck with me about Brian:

"It's about a guy who lives a personal internal Auschwitz nightmare yet still writes "This Whole World" for people he'll never meet."

You made me cry...again!

[Galaxy Liz]

Going between being totally numb and tearing up when I hear a certain song today and a few outright emotional collapses, I was thinking about the concept of spiritual energy and how collective thoughts and emotions can transmit feelings universally to whomever is receptive to them no matter where they are..."good vibrations" to borrow a phrase...

And it occurred to me that as long as he was alive, all of that positive and healing energy he sent into the world through his music would be reciprocated within that mysterious network and return to him. Again to borrow a phrase, "the smile you send out returns to you". And for all of those smiles this man inspired with his music, and all of the positive feelings he transmitted throughout his life through that music, it created a network of sorts that cycled all of this around and around in circular form, and whenever someone like me or you or anyone got that rush of positivity and joy that Brian's music uniquely created, it would radiate out and around and get back to him in some form.

And now that he has left us in the physical sense, it feels different, yet it might even make that circular transmission of positive energy and joy even stronger, every time we listen to one of those transcendent songs he created and those feelings reach someone else, that energy continues to grow.

And I guess my point is, share the music with anyone you can, and share the feelings with them that were personal to you and which made your own experience with his music special. It's up to us to pass on to others now and in the future just how special, uplifting, and healing this man's music was and is and can be. Then that cycle will continue for generations, and what Brian ultimately wanted to do for others through his music will continue. 

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That was truly beautiful - thank you.  I'm saving this one.

[Angela Jones]

Guitarfool - may i add my compliments to Liz. I saved it too.

The Telegraph did a long article. I MUST quote this:

'Some of Brian’s solo work is equally glorious, especially his complex 1988 comeback (entitled Brian Wilson) and That Lucky Old Sun from 2008. I know a session singer who worked with Wilson during that period and would talk of how confounded he was by Wilson instructing him to sing seemingly random melodic lines that only made sense when all played back together in their full multi-track glory. Wilson carried the music in his mind, a jigsaw of sound that he was piecing together one part at a time, but that Wilson himself could always hear.

The figure we would see in rare public outings did not seem compatible with the visionary splendour of his music. His clinical diagnosis was schizoaffective disorder (he heard voices) and manic depression, conditions possibly rooted in his abusive childhood and magnified by copious drug use in younger days. He had some difficult personal times but held onto the music, as if it was able to keep him afloat. I had the opportunity to interview him for the Beach Boys reunion in 2012, but he was slack and vacant and barely seemed present. “I can’t really answer that,” was his de facto response to every question.

Yet I saw him perform many times and on stage his mood would visibly lift. However disconnected his presence, the aural splendour utterly overwhelmed the visual incongruity, somehow restoring the lost genius at its centre to his gilded youth. Wilson really was a man made of music. It is music that will survive him, and probably outlive us all.'

[Banana]

The news of Brian’s passing hit me harder than I expected, even though I knew it was coming sooner than later. I’m beyond sad—this already troubled world just felt a little better knowing he was still in it.

And yet… what a life. For everything he endured, all the pain and struggle, the odds said he shouldn’t have made it this far. He wasn’t supposed to have that extended coda—the later years where he was celebrated, cherished, and able to keep creating in some form. But he did. And I’m so thankful he had that.

His music has been a meaningful presence in my life, a kind of lighthouse through different storms. It’s hard to imagine the world without him, but I hope that somewhere, somehow, he’s finally at peace.

Thanks, Brian.

[Toursiveu]

Here's Mike's tribute on his FB page.

Today, the world lost a genius, and I lost a cousin by blood and my partner in music.
Brian Wilson wasn’t just the heart of The Beach Boys—he was the soul of our sound. From the first time we sang together as kids in my living room, I knew there was something otherworldly in him. His musical gifts were unmatched. The melodies he dreamed up, the emotions he poured into every note—Brian changed the course of music forever.
Our journey together was filled with moments of brilliance, heartbreak, laughter, complexity and most of all, LOVE . Like all families, we had our ups and downs. But through it all, we never stopped loving each other, and I never stopped being in awe of what he could do when he sat at a piano or his spontaneity in the studio.
Brian’s unique artistry and our collaboration gave the world the American dream of optimism, joy, and a sense of freedom—music that made people feel good, made them believe in an endless summer and endless possibilities. It was one of the greatest blessings of my life to experience that creative space with him.
It was our privilege to make the world believe in sunshine, surfing, and teenage dreams. My life was forever changed by Pet Sounds, God Only Knows, In My Room, Good Vibrations, The Warmth of the Sun and a hundred other pieces of his soul wrapped in music. He allowed us to show the world what vulnerability and brilliance sound like in harmony. He was fragile, he was intense, he was funny—and he was one of a kind.
My wife, Jacquelyne, and I are heartbroken. She stood beside me through so many chapters of this story, and we both send our love and prayers to Brian’s family, his children, and all who were touched by his life and gifts.
Brian, you once asked, “Wouldn’t it be nice if we were older?” Now you are timeless. May you rest in the peace you so deeply deserve, surrounded by the heavenly music you helped create. May your spirit soar as high as your falsetto, may your wings spread in effortless flight.
Thank you for the harmonies, the memories, and the love.  Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, Love leaves a memory no one can steal.
I’ll miss you forever, my beloved cousin.
– Mike

[Toursiveu]

Al's tribute :

Brian Wilson, my friend, my classmate, my football teammate, my Beach Boy bandmate and my brother in spirit, I will always feel blessed that you were in our lives for as long as you were. I think the most comforting thought right now is that you are reunited with Carl and Dennis, singing those beautiful harmonies again. You were a humble giant who always made me laugh and we will celebrate your music forever. Brian, I’ll really miss you…still I have the warmth of the sun within me tonight.

[Toursiveu]

Blondie Chaplin said a few words too...

Sad, but beautiful memories of Buddy Boy,  a real good person. I will miss him dearly. My heart is shook up  and broken from all the times we’ve spoken of music and how important it is for the soul. Amen.

[Amy B.]

Mike's tribute got me choked up. More tributes below. Some were reprinted in Pitchfork, but I keep finding others.

 Sean Lennon: “Anyone who really knows me knows how heart broken I am about Brian Wilson passing,” wrote Sean Ono Lennon, whose late father, John Lennon, was a Wilson contemporary and known Beach Boys fan. “Not many people influenced me as much as he did. I feel very lucky that I was able to meet him and spend some time with him. He was always very kind and generous. He was our American Mozart. A one of a kind genius from another world."

Fred Vail: “Sixty-two years, that’s how long we were buddies. Some great memories, some great moments. They all fly back at me: meeting them at the old house in Hawthorne; sitting on the floor at Capitol, when he mastered Pet Sounds; at Columbia, when we recorded ‘Good Vibrations’; and then all the shows at the auditorium in Sacramento that I emceed.”

John Cusack: “The maestro has passed - Brian was a raw open heart with two legs - and an ear that heard the angels - quite literally. He was touched. To see him so happy with his wife Melinda - finally talking about and performing his unfinished masterpiece Smile , (after the release of the astounding Smile sessions) - to hear him be so open about the depth of his struggles so that the telling of his story might help others and take away the stigma of mental health - was to see a triumph of endurance and spirit , love and Mercy .”

Bob Dylan: “Heard the sad news about Brian today and thought about all the years I’ve been listening to him and admiring his genius. Rest in peace dear Brian.”

Carole King: "“Brian Wilson was my friend and my brother in songwriting,” wrote Carole King. “We shared a similar sensibility, as evidenced by his 4 over 5 chord under ‘Aaaah!’ in ‘Good Vibrations; and mine under ‘I’m Into Something Good.’ We once discussed who used it first, and in the end we decided it didn’t matter. The world will miss Brian, but we are so lucky to have his music.”

Elton John:  “Brian Wilson was always so kind to me from the day I met him. He sang ‘Someone Saved My Life Tonight’ at a tribute concert in 2003, and it was an extraordinary moment for me. I played on his solo records, he sang on my album, The Union, and even performed for my AIDS Foundation. I grew to love him as a person, and for me, he was the biggest influence on my songwriting ever; he was a musical genius and revolutionary. He changed the goalposts when it came to writing songs and shaped music forever. A true giant.”

Paul McCartney: "Brian had that mysterious sense of musical genius that made his songs so achingly special. The notes he heard in his head and passed to us were simple and brilliant at the same time. I loved him, and was privileged to be around his bright shining light for a little while. How we will continue without Brian Wilson, ‘God Only Knows’." (Carnie's response on Insta: "Sir Paul thank you for your friendship. He absolutely adored you. You know that. 💔"

John Cale: "To me, Brian Wilson was not merely about surf music, rather a true musical genius toiling away at melding POP into startling sophistication.  He will he be missed mightily."

Randy Bachman: “I’ve known the Beach boys since the mid 60’s and have done lots of shows with them. They were the American answer to the Beatles. They wowed everyone with the songs, structures, vocals harmonies. The sunshine sound. I remember when Brian decided to not go on the road anymore but continued to write incredible music. They were like family.”

Questlove (there's more to this one on his Instagram): “If there was a human being who made art out of inexpressible sadness….damn it was Brian Wilson. I hate he went thru what he went thru to create this album (also: Smile Outakes in my North Star) but man——without him I dunno how so many that came after felt safe to express a feeling of sadness that most humans would be otherwise ridiculed/punished for.”

Mick Fleetwood: "Anyone with a musical bone in their body must be grateful for Brian Wilson’s genius magical touch !! And greatly saddened of this major worldly loss!! My thoughts go out to his family and friends"

[Rocker]

John Fogerty: "So sad to see that Brian Wilson has passed away. Absolutely one of the greatest songwriters of all time. I love Brian’s music. He is and will always be a huge inspiration to me! His songs are sublime! Miss you Brian!"

[Stephen W. Desper]

  When Brian and I were 24-years old, we met. He, an accomplished songwriter/producer with a well-established career, and me an audio engineer new to Hollywood. Our chance meeting became an entanglement going on 59 years … and the rest is history. Now, the Wilson brothers are reunited and I'm certain are making transcendental celestial harmonies, as life is eternal -- God Only Knows.

I remember Brian being a humble, yet complex person. Easy to be creative with, but harder to be with; a man of few spoken words, but of many written to song.

He was always respectful of my ideas, while I was in awe of his. Yet, he made me, and my contributions feel welcome, appreciated, important and maybe useful.

My love to all those whose lives were influenced by Brian's incredible and far-reaching touch. Close or far, direct or just-tangible the attitudes toward the good times of life and memories we all have experienced through Brian's music is unquestionably supreme.  

I know I will be thinking and reflecting on all those many times I spent much happiness in friendship with Brian and on the creative level with both of us having the best times ever. Until I too meet up again with the brother's Wilson . . .

Brian !    It’s the big Take Two !!   RIP my dear friend ~ Stephen W. Desper

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

The LA Times has some really touching expanded comments from Al.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-06-12/al-jardine-interview-remembers-beach-boys-brian-wilson?fbclid=IwY2xjawK4EyNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFhakRiM1ozQTY4S2dVYjJ4AR70h611GiacwdbuJbZU2AZbzATq8YgenJBNMMMoYtp7Boidl6g_695sfr_K1g_aem_ppLdDX1xfNBY-au-0YpFCA

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The Beach Boys’ Al Jardine remembers Brian Wilson: ‘I’m still learning from him after all these years’

The death of Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson is an immeasurable loss for music and for California, both the place and the dream of it that Wilson conjured with his regal and tender compositions.

Wilson was the visionary of the defining American rock band, one who competed with the Beatles to move pop music into new realms of sophistication and invention, while writing songs capturing the longing of an ascendant youth culture.

His death leaves only two surviving members of the original lineup — Mike Love and Al Jardine, Wilson’s high school friend who sang lead on early hits like “Help Me Rhonda” and wrote songs for beloved later-period albums like “Surf’s Up” and “Sunflower.”

On the day the world learned of Wilson’s death, Jardine briefly spoke to The Times to remember his lifelong friend and bandmate. The guitarist, vocalist and songwriter — now on tour with his Pet Sounds Band playing Beach Boys hits with a focus on their 1970s output — looked back on six decades of writing and performing with one of the greatest minds of popular music.

Jardine’s conversation was edited for length and clarity.

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I just lost my best friend and mentor. It’s not a good feeling, but I’m going to carry on and continue to play our music and perform with the Pet Sounds Band.

Brian was a great friend. We grew up together, we went to high school together. We were both dropouts, which is not a bad thing as long as you have a vision of the future. His and mine was to make music.

We were very good friends and very successful in part because of his great talent. He had an amazing ability to compose, very simple things and very complex things, all at the same time. He was a visionary.

We all grew up together musically, but he grew exponentially. He became a leader, and formed new ways of chord construction, things no one had heard before, and we rose to the challenge with him.

It’s been said that Brian invented the state of California, the state of mind. That’s a cute way of saying it, but he really invented a new form of music in the ’60s and ’70s. It was very sophisticated, but went way beyond that. He was a humble giant, a great American composer.

I don’t think anyone else could walk in his shoes, given all that he went through. I did write some songs he liked, and did help him get through treacherous times. It must be so frightening to be left in the wilderness by yourself and not know how to get home. He said one song I wrote helped him get through that, which is quite a compliment from the great Brian Wilson, who had his own demons to deal with.

Brian Wilson’s band was a reawakening of his professional life. He never enjoyed touring, so this band was a whole new life for him, to experience his own music and an adulation that he never had before.

His legacy is of course in the music, and any interpreter of that legacy has to be sharp and devoted to it. We have the most devoted people that could be there to do that, so many original members of his band. My son Matthew, he’s Brian’s voice, and the DNA is there. With his arranger, Darian, arranging all vocals, we have all the muscle and genius to pull it off.

When Carl Wilson and I were singing those parts back then, we’d abbreviate things — you can’t do everything you did in the studio with only five of us. Now we’ve got 10 people onstage and I just heard some background parts yesterday that sounded just like we used to — you can hear Carl and Dennis in there.

When we take the band out, I have a little white piano onstage, like the one he played in the past. It’s a symbolic moment, the empty piano.

While the Beach Boys tour was a hit-based performance, with this iteration, we’re more introspective, deeper cuts, performing much of the 1970s catalog. There’s quite a few numbers the public hasn’t heard, exploring the heart and soul of those albums. I was hoping Brian would have been able to join us.

But it’s wonderful, we’re hoping this music should last forever, and be felt at the deep levels that Brian experienced it.

It sure is a great responsibility to play it, but it just feels natural to me. I’ve been doing it for so long, It doesn’t feel weighty. I’m confident, especially with this band being so remarkable. I’m still learning from Brian after all these years.

[Angela Jones]

When Brian and I were 24-years old, we met. He, an accomplished songwriter/producer with a well-established career, and me an audio engineer new to Hollywood. Our chance meeting became an entanglement going on 59 years … and the rest is history. Now, the Wilson brothers are reunited and I'm certain are making transcendental celestial harmonies, as life is eternal -- God Only Knows.

I remember Brian being a humble, yet complex person. Easy to be creative with, but harder to be with; a man of few spoken words, but of many written to song.

He was always respectful of my ideas, while I was in awe of his. Yet, he made me, and my contributions feel welcome, appreciated, important and maybe useful.

My love to all those whose lives were influenced by Brian's incredible and far-reaching touch. Close or far, direct or just-tangible the attitudes toward the good times of life and memories we all have experienced through Brian's music is unquestionably supreme.  

I know I will be thinking and reflecting on all those many times I spent much happiness in friendship with Brian and on the creative level with both of us having the best times ever. Until I too meet up again with the brother's Wilson . . .

Brian !    It’s the big Take Two !!   RIP my dear friend ~ Stephen W. Desper

Thanks for this uplifting and life enhancing message and for your work with Brian which we have all appreciated.  How long will we miss him? Until we die.....

[Wrightfan]

When Brian and I were 24-years old, we met. He, an accomplished songwriter/producer with a well-established career, and me an audio engineer new to Hollywood. Our chance meeting became an entanglement going on 59 years … and the rest is history. Now, the Wilson brothers are reunited and I'm certain are making transcendental celestial harmonies, as life is eternal -- God Only Knows.

I remember Brian being a humble, yet complex person. Easy to be creative with, but harder to be with; a man of few spoken words, but of many written to song.

He was always respectful of my ideas, while I was in awe of his. Yet, he made me, and my contributions feel welcome, appreciated, important and maybe useful.

My love to all those whose lives were influenced by Brian's incredible and far-reaching touch. Close or far, direct or just-tangible the attitudes toward the good times of life and memories we all have experienced through Brian's music is unquestionably supreme.  

I know I will be thinking and reflecting on all those many times I spent much happiness in friendship with Brian and on the creative level with both of us having the best times ever. Until I too meet up again with the brother's Wilson . . .

Brian !    It’s the big Take Two !!   RIP my dear friend ~ Stephen W. Desper

Beautifully said Mr. Desper.

[Zander]

I haven't posted in sometime, but I've just come to read everyone's thoughts and memories. This has hit me quite hard, it's comforting to know others are feeling exactly the same.

[Emdeeh]

A touching interview with Al Jardine about Brian on BBC4's Today show:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0lht2ng

It runs about 5 minutes, and will only be up for a few days.

Part of what Al said about Brian:

He was very, very open, honest and friendly, and always supportive of his team -- meaning the early Beach Boys and his own band, the Brian Wilson Band, which I joined later in life. We became his second family.

So, it's been wonderful. And now I have the opportunity, with his blessing, to take the band out again this year and next year, and had hoped that Brian would still be with us, so that he could tour again. But we will keep the music alive in his name and the spirit alive.

[SMiLE-addict]

When Brian and I were 24-years old, we met. He, an accomplished songwriter/producer with a well-established career, and me an audio engineer new to Hollywood. Our chance meeting became an entanglement going on 59 years … and the rest is history. Now, the Wilson brothers are reunited and I'm certain are making transcendental celestial harmonies, as life is eternal -- God Only Knows.

I remember Brian being a humble, yet complex person. Easy to be creative with, but harder to be with; a man of few spoken words, but of many written to song.

He was always respectful of my ideas, while I was in awe of his. Yet, he made me, and my contributions feel welcome, appreciated, important and maybe useful.

My love to all those whose lives were influenced by Brian's incredible and far-reaching touch. Close or far, direct or just-tangible the attitudes toward the good times of life and memories we all have experienced through Brian's music is unquestionably supreme. 

I know I will be thinking and reflecting on all those many times I spent much happiness in friendship with Brian and on the creative level with both of us having the best times ever. Until I too meet up again with the brother's Wilson . . .

Brian !    It’s the big Take Two !!   RIP my dear friend ~ Stephen W. Desper

Thank you so much Stephen for dropping by. Your thoughts are wonderful. The world has lost a bit of its soul.

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Beautiful comments and memories here.

My wife said she expected me to be more "broken up" about it. The truth is, for all the pain this causes me, I can't help but think about how much love so many of us have for this guy. He's somehow brought so much love to the world, that even the end of his life can bring people together.

For that reason, I dont find myself breaking down emotionally... rather I am reminded of why this guy is my hero in the first place. Always led with love, gave the world more than he ever expected to gain, and was there for us when we needed him. Gave us a feeling of understanding that, perhaps, he wished he could have himself. A truly amazing man.

[Music Machine]

Had to come back and pay my respects.