Wilson – co-founder and singer of the Beach Boys – died at the age of 82, his family announced on Wednesday (June 11). Following the news of Wilson’s death, Bruce Springsteen has taken to social media to honour the late Beach Boys icon. (NME report)
The Boss wrote in a touching post on Wilson’s impact on music and on his own career: “Brian Wilson was the most musically inventive voice in all of pop, with an otherworldly ear for harmony. He was also the visionary leader of America’s greatest band, The Beach Boys.”
He continued, noting Wilson’s impact: “If there’d be en no Beach Boys, there would have been no ‘Racing In The Street’. Listen to ‘Summer’s Gone’ from The Beach Boys’ last album ‘That’s Why God Made The Radio’ and weep. Farewell, Maestro.Nothing but love and a lovely lasting debut from all of us over here on E Street.”
Springsteen has been vocal with his fondness of The Beach Boys and Wilson throughout his career, covering the band numerous times – most famously in 1985, when he performed ‘When I Grow Up To Be A Man’ in Ireland.
