Preview Short: David Leaf on Brian Wilson & SMiLE; Art vs Commerce
Jul 06, 2025•3 min
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Episode description
This episode, we're enormously privileged to welcome award winning filmmaker and author, David Leaf, to discuss his latest book, SMiLE: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection of Brian Wilson. This celebratory work takes us to the very heart of Brian Wilson's lost musical masterpiece; its traumatic unravelling in 1967, and the road to a triumphant rebirth in 2004 as an ecstatically received live concert experience and studio album...
(Our conversation was recorded prior to Brian Wilson's passing.)
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https://dec4podcast.com/2025/04/09/david-leaf-smile-the-rise-fall-resurrection-of-brian-wilson/
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