"I thought he was going to get better," says Beach Boys co-founder Jardine, who had been hoping to have Wilson make a guest appearance on his upcoming solo tour

Al Jardine shares memories of fellow Beach Boy Brian Wilson and talks about their last meeting a month ago before the singer's unexpected death.

The Beach Boys' scored their second No. 1 hit with "Help, Me Rhonda," the final simple single of their first golden age.

Longtime Beach Boys guitarist Al Jardine will celebrate the catalogue of The Beach Boys with his debut solo tour of Australia this October.

The Beach Boys' co-founder talks to The Times about his longtime former bandmate who helped shape the culture of SoCal music.

Al Jardine, co-founder of the Beach Boys, paid tribute to his bandmate Brian Wilson, who died on Wednesday at age 82. "Brian Wilson, my friend, my classmate, my football teammate, my Beach Boy bandmate and my brother in spirit,

In a tell-all interview, The Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine has revealed heartbreaking details about his upcoming tour in light of Brian Wilson's passing.

The band was formed in 1961 by the Wilson brothers, their cousin Mike Love and Jardine, a friend. Jardine, who supplied lead vocals on “Help Me, Rhonda,” toured with the Beach Boys throughout the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s and left the band after Carl Wilson’s death in 1998.

The Beach Boys shared a tribute to Brian Wilson after his family announced his death at the age of 82 on Wednesday, June 11. Al Jardine, Mike Love, John Stamos and Carnie Wilson also honored him.

I think the most comforting thought right now is that you are reunited with Carl and Dennis, singing those beautiful harmonies again,” founding member Al Jardine said.

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world's most influential recording artists,