description: Both the social history of an era and a portrait of the band, the Beach Boys, this book tells how the grandmother of future Beach Boy Brian Wilson, headed for Califonia in 1922. Intertwined with the personal stories of the band themselves is the story of the Los Angeles basin.
language: English
title: The nearest faraway place: Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, and the Southern Californian experience
titlecomplete: The nearest faraway place: Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, and the Southern Californian experience
genres: Music, History, Biography, Nonfiction, Rock N Roll
ratings_count: 264
publisher: Macmillan