Dennis Wilson
Keith Altham, Rave, May 1969
DENNIS WILSON is the walking contradiction in the Beach Boys, who provides the motor for the group with his powerhouse percussion and unlimited energy. Dennis Wilson is the gentle-savage, the intellectual primitive, full of willful pride and enforced humility.
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