It goes without saying that Brian Wilson, who died last week at the age of 82, was a pure product of Southern California. His earliest work with the Beach Boys, created when he was barely out of his teens, preached a regional gospel of sun, sand, and surf, plus girls in bikinis and that perennial symbol of escape, the little deuce coupe.

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Darian Sahanaja, a crucial part of Brian Wilson's band since 1999, shares his thoughts about the late Beach Boy's brilliant legacy and last years.

"Sunday Morning" looks back at the legacies of two musical giants – the beating hearts of Sly and the Family Stone and the Beach Boys.

Tributes have been pouring in this past week for Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys co-founder and pop music maestro, following his death aged 82.  But there have been possibly none so personal as the memories of writer David Leaf,

Paul McCartney paid tribute to the Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson on Instagram, who died on June 11 at 82 years old. "Brian had that mysterious sense of musical genius that made his songs so achingly special,