Just Like Brian Wilson Did

It’s true: Brian Wilson, the cofounder and creative soul of the Beach Boys who died last week at the age of 82, didn’t surf. And for someone who cowrote a song called "I Get Around," he didn’t really get around much: He stopped touring with the Beach Boys in 1964, after a nervous breakdown on a plane. The only Beach Boy who actually liked the beach was Brian’s younger brother, Dennis, and he drowned in 1983.