We recently lost two giants of American music, Brian Wilson and Sly Stone. These icons changed the face of music history, absolute geniuses of their craft. Brian Wilson best known for his work with the Beach Boys, and Sly Stone best known for his band, Sly and the Family Stone, forged a revolution in popular music.
Both were an enigmatic figure, with tremendous talent and genius, but also had personal demons that caused suffering amongst such meteoric rises. There are a lot of parallels between these men in their lives, which we will explore in the shows.
On this two-part series on Don’t Call it Jazz, we will celebrate the life, music, and art of Brian Wilson and Sly Stone.
Part 1, Brian Wilson
- “In My Room”, 2:11
Surfer Girl (1963)
- “Warmth of the Sun”, 2:51
Shut Down, Volume 2 (1964)
- “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”, 2:26
- “You Still Believe in Me”, 2:35
- “Sloop John B”, 3:00
- “God Only Knows”, 2:53
- “I Know There’s an Answer”, 3:11
- “Caroline, No”, 2:54
Pet Sounds (1966)
- “Good Vibrations”, 3:38
SINGLE, (1966)
- “Til I Die”, 2:31
Surf’s Up (1971)
- “Our Prayer – Gee", 2:09
- “Heroes and Villains”, 4:53
- “Child is the Father of the Man”, 2:18
- “Vega-Tables”, 2:19
Smile (2004)
