For the last quarter-century, no one shared more musical moments with Brian Wilson than Darian Sahanaja, who was part of the Beach Boys architect’s solo band from his return to live shows in 1999 through his final tour dates in 2022. He was also an essential ingredient in bringing the “Smile” album back to life in the form of a solo Brian reconstruction, and served as supervising music consultant on the 2014 biopic “Love & Mercy.” Variety invited Sahanaja to share his thoughts about Wilson, who died this past week at 82.
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