Carl Wilson Quotes


I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.


Citations

Wilson, Carl. Qtd. in The Beach Boys in Their Own Words, by Nick Johnstone, Omnibus Press, 2002.

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Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson
  • Born: December 21, 1946
  • Died: February 6, 1998
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer

Carl Dean Wilson was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He is best remembered as their lead guitarist, as the younger brother of bandmates Brian and Dennis Wilson, and as the group's de facto leader in the early 1970s. He was also the band's musical director on stage from 1965 until his death.