Talk:Brian Wilson

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Semi-protected edit request on 19 October 2025

Hello, I have done a lot of research on the Beach Boys and their concerts (including writing the book The Beach Boys In Concert with co-writer Jon Stebbins) and creating my own website Beachboysgigs.com. In the course of my research I was able to prove that the date of Brian Wilson's breakdown was not December 23, 1964 but was instead December 18, 1964. This is proven by advertisements for the Houston concert in the Houston Post at the time. Because Wilson stated that it happened "two days" before Christmas in an interview-subsequent authors and books simply copied this mistake. Hence

Change December 23, 1964 to December 19, 1964.

If you would like I can provide clips from The Houston paper to back this up. Most music writers tend not to be historians as such-and never bothered to check the date IMR54 (talk) 16:26, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

Sorry It should say
Change December 23, 1964 to December 18, 1964 IMR54 (talk) 16:30, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
We are not putting your blog into the wiki as it does not carry your name and does not establish itself as the work of a topic expert. See WP:USERG. The book you co-authored would be considered the reliable source, despite your later corrections. Binksternet (talk) 18:00, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 October 2025 (2)

In addition, I have learned some other things in the course of my research:

Currently the text states: When the group resumed recording their next album in January 1965, Wilson declared that he would be withdrawing from future tours.[102][103] Wilson attributed his decision partly to a "fucked up" jealousy of Spector and the Beatles.[104][nb 10]

Campbell continued substituting for Wilson on tour until February 1965, after which Wilson produced Campbell's solo single, "Guess I'm Dumb", as a gesture of appreciation. Columbia Records staff producer Bruce Johnston was subsequently hired as Wilson's permanent touring replacement.[108][nb 11]

However, in actuality, Wilson soon returned to the road, as Glen Campbell often had other commitments. He played a show in Portland, Oregon on January 27, 1965 (photos of this are on my website BeachBoysgigs.com) and then took Glen Campbell's place for a week in February (February 12 to 18. He also replaced Campbell for two California shows at the end of the month. Brian also played concerts in Chicago on March 26 and 27 1965, which were being taped for a live album (not released until 2015)and a show the next day in Cincinnati. He also played an early April show in Anaheim. His last live appearance until 1967 was on July 3, 1965 at the Hollywood Bowl in place of Bruce Johnston, he may also have played the show in San Diego the night before. Hence. it seems to be the case that Wilson was at first willing to play local California shows and important shows outside the state (such as the February 1965 appearances in Philadelphia and New York and the Chicago shows). IMR54 (talk) 16:40, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

We are not putting your blog into the wiki as it does not carry your name and does not establish itself as the work of a topic expert. See WP:USERG. The book you co-authored would be considered the reliable source, despite your later corrections. Binksternet (talk) 18:00, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
I have inserted my name into the home page of my blog if that helps. Not sure what else I can do...as I am not planning on writing an updated book and learned this info after it came out. 108.6.43.38 (talk) 18:27, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
@IMR54: Hello, Ian. Sorry that you didn't receive much help here. I've revised the paragraph to address the discrepancy and corrected the erroneous December 23, 1964 date using your website as a source. I'm not sure why you were told your "blog" was unacceptable, as WP:SPS is clear about the acceptability of self-published sources in cases such as these. ili (talk) 17:12, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 December 2025

Age at death is incorrectly stated in summary box on right side of my screen. Change 82 to 83. PDLowe (talk) 14:54, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

(age 82) change to (age 83) PDLowe (talk) 15:02, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

@PDLowe: Thanks for your edit request and interest in making Wikipedia better! The age at death is calculated automatically by a template and it is correct since Wilson died prior to his 83rd birthday. RA0808 talkcontribs 15:07, 27 December 2025 (UTC)