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thewayneBrian was the last of the three Wilson brothers, Brian played bass, Carl lead guitar and Dennis drums. The other two members of the Beach Boys, Mike Love - a cousin - and Al Jardine, are still alive.
Brian has been in a medical conservatorship for the last year. Trouble with alcohol and drugs probably accelerated things. He met his last wife at a car dealership where she was working, which began a chapter where it was found that Wilson's psychiatrist was exploiting him and his finances, eventually resulting in a restraining order. When his wife died, Wilson entered into a decline, finally culminating in the conservatorship.
There's so much that can be said about The Beach Boys and their influence on music and various groups and musicians, and their being a core for surf/beach music in the '60s. I spent a few hours tonight revising a bunch of my Beach Boys music for my band in Lord of the Rings Online and adding some more songs to my catalog, I think I'll be performing them tomorrow night in an impromptu concert as I need to do some testing on my band as I've been having some system problems.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/brian-wilson-beach-boys-dead-1234810073/
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/brian-wilson-beach-boys-visionary-165711806.html
Brian has been in a medical conservatorship for the last year. Trouble with alcohol and drugs probably accelerated things. He met his last wife at a car dealership where she was working, which began a chapter where it was found that Wilson's psychiatrist was exploiting him and his finances, eventually resulting in a restraining order. When his wife died, Wilson entered into a decline, finally culminating in the conservatorship.
There's so much that can be said about The Beach Boys and their influence on music and various groups and musicians, and their being a core for surf/beach music in the '60s. I spent a few hours tonight revising a bunch of my Beach Boys music for my band in Lord of the Rings Online and adding some more songs to my catalog, I think I'll be performing them tomorrow night in an impromptu concert as I need to do some testing on my band as I've been having some system problems.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/brian-wilson-beach-boys-dead-1234810073/
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/brian-wilson-beach-boys-visionary-165711806.html
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Date: 2025-06-14 04:21 pm (UTC)Heh. Lord of the Rings Online has a music system for players, there are very few Massive Multiplayer Online games (MMOs) that do. We can modify Midi files, and through this music system, upload them into the local area game environment, and "perform" them with our characters! I run a sixteen-member band called Cheery Littlebottom's Companions, variations of this band exist on several servers. One of the larger bands out there. And we run the gamut of music styles: Beach Boys, Bach, bosanova, classical, renaissance festival, music from the LOTR soundtrack, etc. I've performed all of the above. Various servers have regularly scheduled music events, we'll gather at a location and have solo performances or round-robins, attendees will dance, etc. Lots of fun!
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Date: 2025-06-14 09:17 pm (UTC)