John Stamos was by Beach Boys founding member Mike Love's side when news of Brian Wilson's death on Wednesday stunned the music world. 'His face went blank,' the actor recalls.

The "Full House" star, who occasionally performed with the Beach Boys, said that Love "didn't say one word" for over two hours as he processed the news: "I knew how he was feeling."

Beach Boys cofounder Brian Wilson, who created some of rock's most enduring songs such as "Good Vibrations" and "God Only Knows" in a career that was marked by a decades-long battle between his musical genius,