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He was born in Hawthorne,
California and was the brother of Brian
and Dennis Wilson. He is a
founder member of The Beach boys and was known for being heavily influenced
by Chuck Berry in his early performances with the band and when they
started to be replaced by session musicians in the mid-60s recordings he
recorded his guitar leads in the vocal sessions by plugging his guitar
directly into the soundboard.
By the mid-60s his vocal abilities had grown and he sang the lead on
hits such as "God Only Knows" and "Good
Vibrations". After Brian
retired from the group in 1965 he took over as the lead where contracts for
promoters had to read "Carl Wilson plus four other musicians". He also produced many of their
albums. In the 1960s he was
known as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. He wrote the
instrumentation to "Long Promised
Road"
and "Feel Flows" for theSurfs Up! album. He produced albums for Dean
Martin's son Ricci and also the South African group The Flames. He did the background vocals for
other artists such as David Lee Roth's cover of "California
Girls". He also sang the
backing vocals on Elton John's hit "Don't Let the Sun Go
Down on Me" with Al Jardine who was also a band member. He was married to Anne Hinsche who
was the sister of Bill Hinsche who was a touring member of the group. They
had two sons, Justyn and Jonah. He then married again to Gina Martin
(Dean Martin's daughter).
They divorced in 1970.
He left the band in 1981 but rejoined in 1983. He released solo albums in 1981 and
1983 and posthumously there has been an album released of the group he formed
with Gerry Beckley of America and Robert Lamm of Chicago. He died in on 6th February
1998 from lung
cancer aged 51.
Beach Boy Recordings
Wendy (Brian Wilson)
Livin' With a Heartache (Carl
Wilson/Randy Bachman)
Little Honda (Brian Wilson/Mike Love)
Source:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilson
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