In a 1989 interview, he singled out Manuel as his lodestar. “He was the one I thought was the light of The Band,” Clapton said. “There was something of the holy madman about Richard. He was raw.

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed ...

In a 1989 interview, he singled out Manuel as his lodestar. “He was the one I thought was the light of The Band,” Clapton said. “There was something of the holy madman about Richard. He was raw.

WASHINGTON — Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed ...

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has died at 82. One of the world’s most beloved and influential musicians, his family posted news of his death to his website Wednesday.

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other ...