The Beach Boys performed in the courtyard of the Meritage Resort in Napa, California on Sunday evening to a roaring crowd.
Toward the end of the performance original bang member Mike Love stopped the show to present a video tribute to the late Brian Wilson. ‘We want you to see this,’ began the crooner.
Wilson, who wrote many of The Beach Boys hit songs, passed away in June in Beverly Hills at the age of 82. His passing was a shock to millions of the band’s fans.
‘We lost Brian earlier this year, but he will always be in our hearts, it’s like he is still here,’ Love said before he wiped away tears with a white napkin.
Behind the band, which formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, Brian could be seen in dozens of flashback photos from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and even within the past few years.
The Beach Boys performed in the courtyard of the Meritage Resort in Napa, California on Sunday evening to a roaring crowd. Toward the end of the performance original bang member Mike Love stopped the show to present a video tribute to the late Brian Wilson
‘We want you to see this,’ began the crooner. Wilson, who wrote many of The Beach Boys hit songs, passed away in June in Beverly Hills at the age of 82
His passing was a shock to millions of the band’s fans. ‘We lost Brian earlier this year, but he will always be in our hearts, it’s like he is still here,’ Love said before he wiped away tears with a white napkin
Band members are seen saying the ‘love and miss’ Brian, whose daughter is singer Carnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips.
The group’s original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and their friend Al Jardine.
At the Sunday performance Love sang most of the songs with his son Christian Love stepping in to lead a few. Also there was longtime Beach Boys member Bruce Johnston.
Also on stage were Brian Eichenberger, Tim Bonhomme, Jon Bolton, Keith Hubacher, Randy Leago and John Wedemeyer.
The show was a make up show after they had to cancel a performance months ago as part of the Blue Note Summer Sessions at the Meritage Resort in Napa.
The songs performed on Sunday evening included California Girls, Surfin’ Safari, Wouldn’t It Be Nice and God Only Knows.
Behind the band, which formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, Brian could be seen in dozens of flashback photos from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and even within the past few years
Wilson formed the Beach Boys in 1961 with his brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love and their friend Al Jardine
The Beach Boys are pictured in 1964
Wilson plunged into heavy drug use in the 1960s, which combined with his psychological issues contributed to his increasing withdrawal from public life; pictured 1968
Brian co-founded the Beach Boys which is known for complex harmonies and orchestrations.
In 1961, he began his professional career as a member of the Beach Boys, serving as the band’s songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and de facto leader.
After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, he became the first pop musician credited for writing, arranging, producing, and performing his own material.
John Stamos joined Love on stage during Riot Fest at Douglass Park on September 20 in Chicago, Illinois
By the mid-1960s he had written or co-written more than two dozen U.S. Top 40 hits, including the number-ones Surf City (1963), I Get Around (1964), Help Me, Rhonda (1965), and Good Vibrations (1966).
Facing lifelong struggles with mental illness, Wilson had a nervous breakdown in late 1964 and subsequently withdrew from regular concert touring, though he continued to write.
His first professional comeback yielded the almost solo effort The Beach Boys Love You (1977).
He received numerous industry awards, including two Grammy Awards and Kennedy Center Honors, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award.
His life and career were dramatized in the 2014 biopic Love and Mercy.