Originally designed to liberate Wilson from his outmoded image as a purveyor of sun-and-surf teen pop so the symphonic sophistication of his music might be properly appreciated, the assertion has been repeated so often in the forty-plus years since as to render it virtually meaningless. Ever since British press agent Derek Taylor launched a publicity campaign with that theme to promote the landmark LP Pet Sounds in 1966, some variation of that claim has been obligatory when discussing the significance of the Beach Boys’ founder and chief composer. Scott Fitzgerald (Oxford University Press, 2004) and the forthcoming Reading Hemingway’s To Have and Have Not: Glossary and Commentary (Kent State University Press, 2011).įinalist, ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards 2012, Performing Arts and Music (Adult Non-Fiction)īrian Wilson is a musical genius. Scott Fitzgerald (Cambridge University Press, 2007), A Historical Guide to F. He is the author of a number of works of fiction and scholarly books including, most recently, Key West Hemingway (University Press of Florida, 2009), The Cambridge Introduction to F. Kirk Curnutt is Professor of English at Troy University Montgomery.
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