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Q: “Back in those early days before you became known as The Beach Boys what names did you use?” Carl Wilson: “First we were the Pendletones.” Q: “What about Kenny and the Cadets?” CW: “That wasn’t The Beach Boys. That was Brian, my mom and me.” - The Gavin Report (1985)

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Funny Photo of Brian Wilson and his Mom, Audree Wilson

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Just...because...Carl

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19 - December 19th - Brian and Audree

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Carl Wilson with his mother, Audree, in 1976. Photo courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle (possibly by Susan Gilbert).

“[Audree and Carl] were both super kind, and super soft spoken. They were both very intuitive about situations and people. They could read people pretty quickly. I think because Carl was the youngest, and was more available to Audree, he had a special place in her heart. Carl was always there for her.” - Billy Hinsche, Endless Summer Quarterly (2021) "[Carl] was someone very special: manifestly gifted, deeply intelligent, a radiant spirit, modesty and kindness incarnate. In a corridor, idling in backstage conversation, I asked him was there one moment that stood out in his journey with The Beach Boys. ‘Gosh, just the harmonizing, especially when we were at home. That was the warm, warm feeling. All of us gathered around. Mom sometimes in there. It was like Christmas — you know how kids feel Christmas morning? The joy of the unexpected, the magic. And it was magic. There was nothing. And then there was a song.’” - Michael Feeney Callan, Facebook (2025) “We got our musical gifts from our mother.” - Carl Wilson, quoted by the Associated Press (December 1997)

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Carl Wilson, Myrna Smith, Dennis and Brian Wilson at Carl's solo show at The Roxy on April 23, 1981. Photos by Ed Roach and Robert Matheu.

“I found the guys to be very supportive, especially my two brothers have been really behind it and really happy for me and want me to do stuff that’s going to give me some [creative] satisfaction.” - Carl Wilson, interview (1983) “And how could we ever forget Carl’s brother, Dennis, seated with their mother, Audree, drinking champagne in the balcony at our Roxy show in L.A., cheering Carl on after every song, dressed in a beautiful, formal tuxedo after having arrived in a limousine. It was a tremendous and typical show of Wilson family love and support.” - Billy Hinsche, Carl Wilson self-titled album CD liner notes “Wilson says [while on his solo tour] he really misses Brian and Dennis.” - Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette (1981) “They were like my main cheering section. Brian really liked ‘Heaven.’ Dennis thought it should be the single. It is now.” - Carl Wilson, ELECTRICity (1981) “Asked when his brother Carl — now promoting his own solo album — would rejoin the group, Brian said, ‘I don’t know. He says he’s coming back. But I don’t trust him. I think he likes what he’s doing on his own.’ On the subject of Carl’s solo LP: ‘I didn’t like that too much. One or two tracks were OK, but most of it… (shakes head) I liked Dennis’ album, though.’” - backstage interview conducted by Cameron Cohick, Fort Lauderdale News (May 15, 1981)

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Carl, Annie, Audree, Marilyn, Mike Love, and others (including journalist Ruud van Dulkenraad and owner of a record company Hans Kellerman) celebrating the end of the Holland recording sessions on the Scheveningen Pier on August 3, 1972. Photos by and © Ronald Speijer.

Q: “Was there music always around the house?” Carl Wilson: “Always. Honestly, we always had a couple pianos and we even had two jukeboxes, I mean, just an abundance of music. And my folks — my dad loved it, my mom still does, she really, really loves it.” - PBS LateNight (1983) “I think they’re unique, I think they’re tremendously talented, and they just have — I think they have a magic.” - Audree Wilson, Channel 2 (1977) “Audree was very intuitive and was the glue that held the family together. And like his mother, Carl was the glue that held The Beach Boys together. Carl and Audree were the most alike.” - Jon Parks, Endless Summer Quarterly (2021) “[Audree and Carl] were both super kind, and super soft spoken. They were both very intuitive about situations and people. They could read people pretty quickly. I think because Carl was the youngest, and was more available to Audree, he had a special place in her heart. Carl was always there for her.” - Billy Hinsche, ibid “She was very kind and warm. Very much like Carl. The same kind of energy.” - Matt Jardine, ibid “[Carl] was his mother’s son. The way Carl treated people was the way Audree treated people. He came about it naturally because he saw and experienced it growing up in his own home with his mother. Of the three boys, Carl was most like Audree.” - Annie Wilson Karges, Endless Summer Quarterly (2021) About the event pictured above: “[From a conversation with Mike Love at the event, the following was reported:] '[Brian is] still the foundation of our music and has made it a piece of history. He's been less involved in the production lately, though.' Q: 'Has Carl taken over [production]?' Mike: 'Yes, indeed, and I have to say, he's doing an excellent job. He's completely behind it.'" - harryknipschild dot nl