Due in less than 2 weeks. Mods, delete if elsewhere but perhaps a single thread like Mikes book.
A pretty interesting article with some detail of the writing process.
http://www.startribune.com/beach-boys-genius-brian-wilson-dishes-on-memoir-minneapolis-pet-sounds-concert/395287921/
Book by phone
For the book, Wilson worked with New York author Ben Greenman, who has collaborated on memoirs with Gene Simmons, Questlove, Simon Cowell, George Clinton and Mariel Hemingway.
The process, according to Wilson, involved countless telephone interviews over the course of eight months. Each interview lasted about 40 minutes. Then Greenman put together the book.
Wilson said he has no regrets about anything thats in the book, which details his insecurities, feuds and dark days, including how his father abused him mentally and physically. However, one can sense that Wilson is reluctant to do a tell-all, refusing to address certain topics, such as his fractured and litigious relationship with his cousin Mike Love, who performs under the Beach Boys name.
Wilson said he will send Love a copy of I Am Brian Wilson and that he plans to read Loves own Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy, which was published last month.
How would he characterize his relationship with Love?
Nonexistent, he said succinctly.
They havent talked for four years since the Beach Boys 50th anniversary tour ended in acrimony and Wilson resumed performing under his own name, with fellow original Beach Boy Al Jardine, among others.![]()
A pretty interesting article with some detail of the writing process.
http://www.startribune.com/beach-boys-genius-brian-wilson-dishes-on-memoir-minneapolis-pet-sounds-concert/395287921/
Book by phone
For the book, Wilson worked with New York author Ben Greenman, who has collaborated on memoirs with Gene Simmons, Questlove, Simon Cowell, George Clinton and Mariel Hemingway.
The process, according to Wilson, involved countless telephone interviews over the course of eight months. Each interview lasted about 40 minutes. Then Greenman put together the book.
Wilson said he has no regrets about anything thats in the book, which details his insecurities, feuds and dark days, including how his father abused him mentally and physically. However, one can sense that Wilson is reluctant to do a tell-all, refusing to address certain topics, such as his fractured and litigious relationship with his cousin Mike Love, who performs under the Beach Boys name.
Wilson said he will send Love a copy of I Am Brian Wilson and that he plans to read Loves own Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy, which was published last month.
How would he characterize his relationship with Love?
Nonexistent, he said succinctly.
They havent talked for four years since the Beach Boys 50th anniversary tour ended in acrimony and Wilson resumed performing under his own name, with fellow original Beach Boy Al Jardine, among others.