![]() ![]() If there is a flaw to Leaf's writing, it's that its praise of Brian Wilson is often unabashed, and his dominant creative role in the group arguably overstated. Leaf wrote about the music with reverence and detail, and also examined the behind-the-scenes friction that dogged the group even at the height of their success: the use of session players on mid-'60s hits, the abandonment of the Smile project, the mental problems of Brian Wilson from the late '60s onwards, the involvement of Dennis Wilson with the Charles Manson family, the struggles for power between Brian Wilson, Mike Love, and Brian Wilson's father, and more. ![]() Before his The Beach Boys and the California Myth appeared in 1978, the group were sometimes written off as corny or musical lightweights, and relatively little was known about their extremely troubled internal tensions and family background. David Leaf was the first author to write extensively, and honestly, about the Beach Boys. ![]()
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