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Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their lead guitarist, the youngest sibling of bandmates Brian and Dennis, and the group's de facto leader in the early to mid-1970s. He was also the band's musical director on stage from 1965 until his death.
Feb 8, 1998 · Carl Wilson, a founding member of the Beach Boys, whose music helped define the Southern California lifestyle, has died from complications of lung cancer, the band’s publicist said Saturday. He...
Dec 21, 2023 · Carl Wilson is an underrated great of his generation, whose glorious voice and authoritative guitar graced scores of Beach Boys recordings.
Dec 21, 2021 · Carl’s oft-overlooked and massively significant contribution to The Beach Boys’ recorded legacy as “Mixdown Producer,” not just on The Beach Boys Love You-- but on just about everything the group released from “Do It Again” up through In Concert. He had the patience, attention to detail, and innate musical gifts to create amazing ...
Feb 9, 1998 · Carl Wilson, who helped form the Beach Boys as a teen-ager and played lead guitar and sang with the group for more than three decades, died on Saturday in Los Angeles,...
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Jan 9, 1998 · Carl Wilson, who with his brothers Brian and Dennis founded The Beach Boys in 1961, has died from complications arising from lung cancer. He was 51. Wilson died in hospital in Los Angeles on...
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine.
Oct 12, 2015 · Kent Crowley's Long Promised Road: Carl Wilson, Soul of the Beach Boys, the Biography is a fascinating but frustrating effort to recast Carl as the hero of an alternate but equally real...
Apr 7, 2011 · A documentary on the legendary Beach Boys' guitarist and vocalist Carl Wilson including over 50 interviews with family (brother Brian Wilson and many other Wilsons), friends,...
Feb 6, 1998 · Early in 1998 we lost Carl Wilson, lead guitarist and founding member of The Beach Boys, to complications from lung cancer. He was 51.