BRIAN WILSON CANCELS TOUR DUE TO ILLNESS

[the Scribe]

BRIAN WILSON CANCELS TOUR DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS CONCERNS
Buddy Iahn | June 6, 2019 | Pop News ALL JUNE 2019 TOUR DATES ARE CANCELED


Former Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson has canceled the remainder of his tour due to concerns of mental illness. The singer/songwriter shared news with fans via social media Thursday (June 6th).

“It is with great regret that I need to postpone my upcoming June tour,” he writes. “It is no secret that I have been living with mental illness for many decades. There were times when it was unbearable but with doctors and medications I have been able to live a wonderful, healthy and productive life with support from my family, friends and fans who have helped me through this journey."

“As you may know in the last year or so I’ve had 3 surgeries on my back. The surgeries were successful and I’m physically stronger than I’ve been in a long time. However, after my last surgery i started feeling strange and it’s been pretty scary for awhile. I was not feeling like myself. Mentally insecure is how I’d describe it. We’re not sure what is causing it but i do know that it’s not good for me to be on the road right now so I’m heading back to Los Angeles."

“I had every intention to do these shows and was excited to get back to performing. I’ve been in the studio recording and rehearsing with my band and have been feeling better. But then it crept back and I’ve been struggling with stuff in my head and saying things I don’t mean and I don’t know why. It’s something I’ve never dealt with before and we can't quite figure it out just yet."

“I’m going to rest, recover and work with my doctors on this. I’m looking forward to my recovery and seeing everyone later in the year."

“The music and my fans keep me going and I know this will be something I can AGAIN overcome.”

No word on when Wilson may tour again. Fans can request refunds from the original point of purchase.

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[the Scribe]

The best video ever made for just about the best pop song ever written. Get well Brian.


God Only Knows - BBC Music

BBC Music
Published on Oct 7, 2014
Find out more at www.bbc.co.uk/music
The Beach Boys' masterpiece God Only Knows remade with the help of a few friends to celebrate the launch of BBC Music.
See who’s who in the video: bbc.in/1vUMGLp

[the Scribe]

A work in progress of songs and artists Linda has claimed are her favorites. She has said The Water Is Wide was her favorite song of all. Surf's Up is her favorite Beach Boys song with God Only Knows being their best song as well as the best pop song ever recorded.

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUMq4sB5dsC_d6qnAP__T3cttYqz8oEJ_

Great Collaborations – Linda Ronstadt and Brian Wilson
Posted by thebestmusicyouhaveneverheard on November 24, 2013
Posted in: Collaborations, Rock History. Tagged: Brian Wilson, Jimmy Webb, Linda Ronstadt. 4 Comments


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A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I was reading Simple Dreams by Linda Ronstadt. I have enjoyed the book and the behind the scenes stories that it contains. A great example of those stories is Linda’s description of working with Brian Wilson who I think is one of the great musical geniuses of our generation. Like all geniuses, Brian is a little eccentric and Linda captures that perfectly in the following story extracted from Simple Dreams……

When Peter Asher and I began to record the Cry Like a Rainbow album, our best collaboration, in my opinion. Jimmy (Webb) wrote an orchestral arrangement for me of his wistful song “Adios,” with Brian Wilson singing the complex backing harmonies. I had known Brian Wilson briefly in my Troubadour days, when he was separated for a time from his first wife. He was always sweet and friendly, and never pressed any romantic agenda. Several times I discovered him at my back door, studying a little pile of coins he held in his hand, which he said was ten or fifteen cents shy of the price for a bottle of grape juice. He said it was important for him to drink grape juice in order to solve some health problem that was troubling him. I would provide the remaining ten or fifteen cents, and we would climb into his huge convertible with the top always down, the back stuffed with a sizable accumulation of Brian’s dirty laundry. As a bachelor, he seemed to have difficulty coping with domestic arrangements, so I would suggest a trip to the Laundromat, where we would fill an entire row of machines. (I had a lot of quarters.) Afterward we would sit in my living room, drink the grape juice, and listen to my small collection of Phil Spector records. Brian really liked Phil Spector.

In the studio, under Brian’s direction, we recorded his harmony parts for “Adios” with five separate tracks of unison singing on each of the three parts, fifteen vocal tracks in all. He didn’t seem concerned if some of the tracks veered slightly out of tune, but took advantage of the slight “chorused” effect it created when he came back into the control room to mix the harmony tracks into the creamy vocal smoothness instantly recognizable as the Beach Boys.

Brian was making up the harmonies as he went along, but sometimes, when he was having difficulty figuring out a complicated section, he would scold himself and say that he needed to work for a time at the piano. However, when he sat down at the piano, he never played any part of “Adios,” but instead would play a boogie-woogie song, very loud in a different key. After a few minutes of this he would go back to the microphone and sing the parts perfectly, without a trace of hesitation.

Let’s listen to the results of that collaboration……



A great Jimmy Webb song, a beautiful vocal by Linda, and unbelievable harmonies from Brian…..it doesn’t get any better than this! If you are a Linda fan I encourage you to pickup Simple Dreams, you will really enjoy it.

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Linda Ronstadt - Adios (Live)

Composed by the incomparable Jimmy Webb, arranged by the incomparable Brian Wilson, and sung by the incomparable Linda Ronstadt, the result is a masterpiece.

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Ronstadt recently spoke to CDR to discuss the making of the album.
ronstadt-linda.com/artcdr.html

CDR: It's nice hearing you sing pop again.

Linda Ronstadt: I enjoyed making Cry Like a Rainstorm. I got to work with a lot of my favorite people, and I got to meet some new people. The Tower of Power horn section- I'd always wanted to work with them. And Brian Wilson- he came into the studio and sang 15 parts for "Adios"! I was just flabbergasted. Brian's really a vocal orchestrator. There isn't anybody else in pop music with that kind of talent. He just comes in and puts the parts down, one right after another- real close, intricate harmony parts. I was astounded.

CDR: How did you two get hooked up?

Ronstadt: I knew him years ago. I think we met at the Troubadour and became friends. He lived not too far from me, when I was living above the Sunset Strip. He used to come knock on my door on a regular basis, usually on the way to the health food store- I think everybody was drinking grape juice in those days. Sometimes he'd be short of money and he'd come to my back door and say, "I need to borrow 18 cents." He'd get a couple bottles of grape juice and come back and we'd drink it together. He wasn't living at home at that point and he was having a hard time adjusting to things like doing his laundry. We'd go sit in the laundromat and watch the clothes go 'round and talk about rock'n'roll. I was hoping he'd remember those times as fondly as I did- and he does.

[the Scribe]

From the sounds of what Brian is describing and his history I wonder if he might be a candidate for spirit release therapy? He has probably tried everything under the sun so far and so many people won't even consider this as a real malady and cure. Prescription drugs alone can throw one into this predicament.

www.ncronline.org/news/spirituality/spirit-release-different-kind-therapy