Surfin’ Gershwin: Ex-Beach Boy Brian Wilson pays tribute to one of his first musical influences
By DJ M on August 15th, 2010
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
NY POST "Before he was one of the 20th century’s most revered pop legends — or even a Beach Boy writing hit songs about surfing, California girls and hot rods — Brian Wilson was listening to George Gershwin ... Now Wilson pays homage to the Jazz-age giant with a new album, 'Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin,' out Tuesday. While the symphonic nature of Gershwin’s arrangements and instrumentation didn’t work their way into Wilson’s early songs, it clearly marked later singles such as 'California Girls' and 'Good Vibrations.'"