Murry WIlson's Letter To Brian After Being Fired By The Beach Boys

It is difficult to read but I do remember reading that Murray slapped him so hard in the ear that he lost hearing in it.

They (Murry as well as his entire family) were nuts.

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It is difficult to read but I do remember reading that Murray slapped him so hard in the ear that he lost hearing in it.

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There are multiple versions of that story. In one version, Murry hit him with a 2x4. In another version:

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He later went deaf in one ear after a neighborhood kid hit in the head with a lead pipe.

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Daily Mail article on Brian's memoir

Then there is the psychotherapist Landy who supposedly took over his life in the 70's. I watched an interview with Brian where he claims that Landry abused him and would make him do stuff like eat spaghetti off the floor. The article linked above doesn't mention the spaghetti incident, but goes into more detail about his control over Brian.

After watching interviews with Brian and reading different versions of different stories, I take all the stories with a grain of salt.

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spaghetti incident

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Is this THE?

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I read the first couple of pages and it seemed pretty rationale, articulate and even kinda deep.

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He gets around to repeatedly blaming Brian for being a lousy human being.

Ironic since he ultimately drove everyone away by being a raging a-hole.

It's kind of like claiming Hitler was better than Stalin because he killed less people. Both Brian and Murray were arseholes.

By the way, so was Dennis. He actually married Mike Love's very young daughter.

The Beach Boys mini series was excellent.
The dad selling the rights to their music cost them billions of dollars.