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Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their lead guitarist, the youngest sibling of bandmates Brian and Dennis, and the group's de facto leader in the early to mid-1970s. He was also the band's musical director on stage from 1965 until his death.
Feb 8, 1998 · Carl Wilson, a founding member of the Beach Boys, whose music helped define the Southern California lifestyle, has died from complications of lung cancer, the band’s publicist said Saturday. He...
The official website for the inventors of the California sound. Founded by Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, & Dennis Wilson in Hawthorne, California.
Dec 21, 2023 · Carl Wilson is an underrated great of his generation, whose glorious voice and authoritative guitar graced scores of Beach Boys recordings.
Dec 21, 2021 · Carl’s oft-overlooked and massively significant contribution to The Beach Boys’ recorded legacy as “Mixdown Producer,” not just on The Beach Boys Love You-- but on just about everything the group released from “Do It Again” up through In Concert. He had the patience, attention to detail, and innate musical gifts to create amazing ...
Dec 21, 2023 · Carl Wilson’s best Beach Boys songs reveal the youngest Wilson brother to have been an intuitive producer with an exquisite voice.
Jan 9, 1998 · Carl Wilson, who with his brothers Brian and Dennis founded The Beach Boys in 1961, has died from complications arising from lung cancer. He was 51. Wilson died in hospital in Los Angeles on...
Feb 9, 1998 · Carl Wilson, who helped form the Beach Boys as a teen-ager and played lead guitar and sang with the group for more than three decades, died on Saturday in Los Angeles, where...
Feb 6, 1998 · The lead guitarist and frequent vocalist for the Beach Boys who acted as the group's leader after his brother Brian retreated in the late 1960s. Read Full Biography.
Oct 12, 2015 · Parallel to the arrival of the lead guitar as an iconic totem of the '60s, Carl Wilson was the lead guitarist in the world's most popular surf band.
