Who was Brian Wilson...?

...and when and in what capacity did he work with the Beatles?
From rec.music.artists.beach-boys Mon Mar 27 20:44:11 1995
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles,
            alt.music.monkees,
            alt.music.beach-boys,
            alt.folklore.urban,
            rec.music.artists.beach-boys
From: ctf2m@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Chris Fishel)
Subject: Re: Are the Beatles really that great?
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 16:09:47 GMT
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snopes@netcom.com  writes:
> James R Mitchell (jmitchel@cyberspace.com) wrote:

> > The original poster was thinking of how BRIAN WILSON would write song, 
> > lyrics, music, teach it to the band, sing on it, play on it, produce it 
> > and so forth.
> 
>   Oh, sorry.  Who was Brian Wilson, and when and in what capacity did he
>   work with the Beatles?
> 
	Brian Wilson was the Beatles' original bassist before being 
fired and replaced by John Lennon's school chum Stu Sutcliffe.  Wilson 
responded by emmigrating to California, where he formed the Wilson 
Brothers with Carl Thompson, Dennis Johnson, and Charles Manson, all of
whom adopted "Wilson" as their last name.  After Manson dropped out, 
the Wilsons added Mike Love (real last name:  Lubitsch) and Al Jardine
to form the Beach Boys. 
	 (As an aside, Manson went on to attempt to 
join the Monkees but was turned down.  He hooked up with two other 
rejected musicians, David Crosby [Bing's nephew] and Stephen Stills
to form CS&M.  He quit and was replaced by Graham Nash.  This isn't 
strictly relevant, but at least the people from alt.music.monkees won't 
be asking why it got cross-posted to their group.)
	Brian Wilson's rivalry with the Beatles was, of course, rooted 
in the feelings of rejection he felt at getting shoved out of that 
group.  His later nervous breakdown, in which he wandered the streets
of LA, incoherent and looking like an unshaven troll, was precipitated 
by the knowledge that his band was simply not going to be as big a
commercial success as the Beatles.

Chris "If you listen really carefully, you can hear just the hint 
	of Brian's original Liverpudlian accent when he talks" Fishel
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