Wednesday, 3 Sep 2008
Yesterday Brian Wilson released That Lucky Old Sun, a continuation of his songwriting genius that started with the Beach Boys and continues to this day. You can catch Brian tomorrow on Live From Abbey Road at 10pm via The Sundance Channel. Before that, you can stream the entire new album here.
We haven’t done a giveaway in some time and this one is just too sweet to not pass along to you guys. One Muzzle of Bees winner will receive the following:
+ Brian Wilson’s That Lucky Old Sun CD/DVD Edition
+ A signed Brian Wilson Booklet
+ A Vy & Elle messenger bag w/Sundance Channel merch (coffee mug, speakers, SIGG water bottle, etc)
MoB Giveaway: To enter, please send an e-mail to muzzleofbees.com @ gmail.com letting us know your favorite record of 2008, and please specify Brian Wilson in the subject of your message. We will notify the winners by e-mail on Friday, September 6th.
Update: We have a winner! Richard Minter of North Carolina takes the prize!
Discuss: Have you heard the new record? Thoughts? Have you seen Brian in concert? Give me your Brian Wilson thoughts/expertise.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I saw Brian on his Smile tour at the Overture Center in October, 2004. It was a fantastic experience and one of my all-time favorite Madison shows. They played Smile in it’s entirety as well as several other Brian / Beach Boys classics. A+
September 5th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
I haven’t heard the new album yet in its entirety, but I was lucky enough to see Brian at the Yahoo music/Nissan Live Events taping a few weeks back, and he looked and sounded great. They played a couple of the new tracks as well as some classics. I also saw him at the Hollywood Bowl a few years back which was a great show. My first concert as a kid was the Beach Boys in ’82 and Brian was a real mess at that point, it was painful to see…so it’s gratifying to see him back in a functional and creative state. He’s not at his best, he’s certainly been damaged by the horrible things he went through, but I think it’s very cool and very brave of him to keep going.