The music of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys has belonged to the world for decades. With Wilson's death, there's a middle Tennessee resident with a story closely intertwined.

The Beach Boys' founding member never seemed to encounter a genre, instrument or movement he didn’t want to incorporate into his soundscape. That’s why it’s equally surprising and totally believable that at the very start of the '90s he recorded a rap song,

Wilson's fellow founding Beach Boys members also paid tribute. Al Jardine, best known as the band's rhythm guitarist and occasionally singing lead vocals, calls Wilson "my friend, my classmate, my football teammate,

Paul McCartney is paying tribute to music icon Brian Wilson following the death Wednesday of the Beach Boys co-founder. “Brian had that mysterious sense of musical genius that made his songs so achingly special.

Tributes have been pouring in for Brian Wilson, one of the key figures of post-war pop, whose music touched so many of our lives. And our hearts. The Beach Boys have put out a statement, saying: “The world mourns a genius today,