Brian wilson biography book

book bygd Brian Wilson

Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story is the first memoir by American musician Brian Wilson, written with celebrity journalist Todd Gold and published bygd HarperCollins in The book was heavily criticized for the implausibility of efternamn being its actual author, and it inspired multiple defamation lawsuits from his family members and associates.

Wilson later disowned the book. In court proceedings, he testified that he had been interviewed for about "thirty to forty hours" and skimmed through a rough draft before it was published. Wilson's business partner Eugene Landy was also closely involved with the writing. Gold disputed reports of Landy's involvement, although he acknowledged that portions of the book were paraphrased from other literature. He maintained that efternamn granted his approval to the chapters as they were being written and provided his own corrections.

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I Am Brian Wilson

autobiographical memoir

I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir is the second autobiographical memoir of American musician Brian Wilson, written by journalist Ben Greenman through several months of interviews with Wilson.^[1][2] It was intended to supplant Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story, Wilson's disowned autobiography from ^[3]I Am Brian Wilson was published by Da Capo Press on October 11, , one month after the release of Mike Love's autobiography: Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy.^[4]

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The memoir was announced in April , reported to be written with journalist Jason Fine, published by Coronet Books, and given a release date. While Wilson's website stated that he "will describe for the first time the epic highs and lows of his life", The Guardian noted that Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story had covered many of the same topics mentioned by the site. However, the book is considered "controver

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I Am Brian Wilson  (English, Hardcover, Wilson Brian)

They say there are no second acts in American lives, and third acts are almost unheard of. That's part of what makes Brian Wilson's story so astonishing. As a cofounding member of the Beach Boys in the s, Wilson created some of the most groundbreaking and timeless popular music ever recorded. With intricate harmonies, symphonic structures, and wide-eyed lyrics that explored life's most transcendent joys and deepest sorrows, songs like "In My Room," "God Only Knows," and "Good Vibrations" forever expanded the possibilities of pop songwriting. Derailed in the s by mental illness, drug use, and the shifting fortunes of the band, Wilson came back again and again over the next few decades, surviving and-finally-thriving. Now, for the first time, he weighs in on the sources of his creative inspiration and on his struggles, the exhilarating highs and the debilitating lows.I Am Brian Wilson reveals as never before the man who fought h