Smile

"Brain Wilson. SMILE: Excellent. The man is myhero. I love him. I weep when I hear his band, I hear him sing. I lovehim. ". -Sir Paul McCartney. The story of the Brian Wilson's legendary SMiLE. albumfrom Beach Boys authority David Leaf. The story of SMiLE. is astory without precedent, appropriate for music that was and remainsgroundbreaking. This is the first book to tell the full story of BrianWilson and SMiLE. , including the details of the original SMiLE. recordingsessions and their increasingly legendary status as well as the final releaseof the album, the accompanying concerts and film, and its afterlife. With over two dozen new interviews as well as generousexcerpts from his extended 2004 interviews with Brian Wilson and SMiLE. collaboratorVan Dyke Parks, the book tells the story of SMiLE. by those whowere there in 1966 and from the participants in its 2004 resurrection, including all the members of Brian Wilson's band. It also features fan memoriesof what it was like to see Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE. andwhat it meant to them. With a foreword by Melinda Wilson and an anthology ofessays from SMiLE. historians, devotees, and music professors, this book promises to be the definitive word on the subject. "If I had to select one living genius of popularmusic, I would choose Brian Wilson. " George Martin. "He's a modern-day Stravinsky, the way heconstructs his music. "-Questlove. "I don't think there is anyone hsi equal in popmusic. "-Linda Ronstadt. "[T]he only real pop genius in the world. "-SirElton John.