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Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their lead guitarist, the youngest sibling of bandmates Brian and Dennis, and the group's de facto leader in the early to mid-1970s. He was also the band's musical director on stage from 1965 until his death.
Dennis Carl Wilson was born on December 4, 1944, the second child of Audree Neva (née Korthof) and Murry Gage Wilson. [6] He spent his family years with his brothers Brian and Carl and their parents in Hawthorne, California . [ 7 ]
[7] He had two more children with Audree, Dennis (born 1944) and Carl (born 1946). [12] After Dennis's birth, the family purchased a two-bedroom house at West 119th Street in Hawthorne, California. [13] After his injury, Wilson returned to Goodyear, but soon left the factory for a job at Garrett AiResearch, where he worked from 1945 to 1950. [14]
The band came together in California in 1961 with founding members and brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine. They performed catchy, youthful tunes ...
The Beach Boys in 1968, left to right: Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Carl Wilson (top), Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston. After meeting Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at a UNICEF Variety Gala in Paris, Love and other high-profile celebrities such as the Beatles and Donovan traveled to Rishikesh, India, in February–March 1968.
The Beach Boys Historic Landmark is a memorial which commemorates the site of the childhood home of Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys.The monument, located at 3701 W. 119th Street, Hawthorne, California, stands on the former location of the Wilsons' house, which was demolished in the mid-1980s during construction of the Century Freeway.
Love's other cousins -- Wilson's late brothers, Carl and Dennis -- were also tightly weaved into the family's messy history. (Among other scandals, a 36-year-old Dennis got Love's 17-year-old ...
Wilson married musician and producer Robert Bonfiglio in 2000. They have daughters born in 2005 and 2009. [14] Her uncles were Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson. She is a cousin to Beach Boys co-founder Mike Love and his brother, former NBA player Stan Love, as well as Stan's son, Miami Heat player Kevin Love.