{"id":2713,"date":"2025-06-13T02:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T02:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/mike-love-brian-wilson-songwriters-hall-of-fame-induction-1235998481\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T02:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T02:53:05","slug":"mike-love-brian-wilson-songwriters-hall-of-fame-induction-1235998481","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/mike-love-brian-wilson-songwriters-hall-of-fame-induction-1235998481\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Love Honors Brian Wilson During His Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction: \u2018I Do Feel His\u00a0Presence\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tOn Thursday (June 12) evening in New York City, The Beach Boys legend Mike Love was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe massive honor for the veteran singer-songwriter came in the wake of huge loss to fans of the Beach Boys: just one day prior to the induction ceremony, news broke that Brian Wilson, one-time leader of the peerless pop-rock group, had died at 82<\/a>. Wilson and Love were not just bandmates, but co-writers on some of the biggest Billboard Hot 100 hits of the \u201860s \u2013 not to mention cousins.<\/p>\n

\n\tSo when John Stamos \u2013 the Full House <\/em>alum who has been performing with his beloved Beach Boys for four decades now \u2013 took the stage to introduce Love, he took a pause to mention the loss. \u201cI\u2019d like to take a moment and acknowledge the heartbreaking loss of Brian Wilson,\u201d said Stamos. \u201cA genius whose melodies shaped millions of dreams, including those in this room.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOf Love, Stamos noted that the new inductee was the main man behind many of the Beach Boys\u2019 most recognizable hooks, and said his induction was \u201clong overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLove, wearing a dapper blue blazer and Beach Boys call cap, paid tribute to his departed co-writer and fellow Beach Boy during his acceptance speech, too.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGratitude is the main emotion I feel,\u201d Love told the Songwriters Hall of Fame audience. After thanking his wife, children, band and crew, Love added, \u201cI especially want to thank my cousin, Brian Wilson. I believe he\u2019s here with us.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe\u2019s my first cousin but brother in music together,\u201d Love continued, noting that their partnership \u201cset the stage for some of the most successful collaborations all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI do feel his presence,\u201d Love said. Sharing \u201cgratitude, love and peace\u201d with the crowd, he added, \u201cI pray that through music, art and kindness, the world heals and love prevails.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter that, Love sauntered over to the mic to perform (with Stamos on guitar!) a number of his best-loved co-writes, smash hits for the Beach Boys such as \u201cGood Vibrations,\u201d \u201cKokomo\u201d and \u201cI Get Around.\u201d Needless to say, damn near the entire room was on its feet, singing along.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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