Brian Wilson: The Story of Sweet Insanity
Bill Holdship, MOJO, September 1996
SOMEHOW – PRIMARILY BECAUSE I took the trouble to talk to Brian and his then ever-present psychotherapist-turned-manager and collaborator, Eugene Landy at a star-studded Hollywood party on October 11, 1990 – I found myself invited to a personal playback of some new Brian Wilson music.
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