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Don Was Remembers Brian Wilson’s ‘Mystical’ Genius: ‘He Explored Creative Territory Where No Musicians Had Gone Before’
Don Was remembers Brian Wilson's "mystical" genius following the Beach Boys frontman's death on June 11.
Below, Grammy-winning producer and performer Don Was remembers Wilson, who he cites as “the Claude Monet of rock and roll.” It wasn’t long before I came to prefer the romanticism of the flip side, “Don’t Worry Baby.” I tried really hard to figure out the chords on the guitar and it blew my mind when he modulated from E to F# in the middle of the bridge—not just because it was such a cool thing to do, but because it ripped your heart out. The upside is that it enabled him to explore creative territory where no musicians had gone before — pushing and dramatically expanding the harmonic and textural boundaries of popular music.
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