Dennis Wilson is brother to Carl and Brian Wilson and one of the founders of the Beach Boys. He played drums for the band and sang backup vocals. He had a couple of interesting events happen in his short life, yes he died young, which I will get to, other than being a member of the Beach Boys.The first is that he had an interaction with Charles Manson from about 68-69' It is an interesting read if you are interested in researching it, but the short version is that Dennis had an association with Manson and his followers for about a year because Manson was interested in song writing and Dennis felt he had talent. They worked on a song that Manson had started and it eventually ended with a different title and as a Beach Boys B-side, credited to Dennis. This angered Manson and he threatened Dennis and his family's lives. Dennis beat the crap out of Manson and it was the last they saw of each other. After the Manson murders occurred a year later, Dennis refused to speak about any of it.
Secondly, after releasing one solo album, this one, and while working on a second album, he got drunk one night and decided to dive in the ocean at a spot where he had lost some items 3 years before, to try and retrieve them. Dennis drowned that day at the age of 39.
The album was pretty good, and nothing like I expected from a member of the beach Boys, but then again that is a reason many artists record solo albums. They want to record songs that are different than what they record with their band.
Tomorrow's Album #579 Barry Adamson - Moss Side Story
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