Elton John delivered a beautiful tribute efficiency in honor of the late Seashore Boys legend Brian Wilson through the 2025 Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame Ceremony.
John spoke earlier than the efficiency, recalling, “In 1970 after I first got here to Los Angeles, Danny Hutton from Three Canine Night time took me and Bernie Taupin round to satisfy Brian Wilson — and I used to be scared shitless. As a result of he was my idol, my largest affect when it got here to writing songs on the piano.”
Sadly, Elton didn’t play piano through the tribute, however he did sing “God Solely Is aware of.” Behind him was a band that featured Don Was on standup bass and one of many best drummers of all time Kenny Aronoff.
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Wilson handed away on June eleventh, 2025, on the age of 82. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame as a member of The Seashore Boys in 1988.
John additionally beforehand paid tribute to Wilson within the speedy aftermath of hisDon passing, writing in a publish to Instagram, Brian “Wilson was all the time so type to me from the day I met him. He sang ‘Somebody Saved My Life Tonight’ at a tribute live performance in 2003, and it was a unprecedented second for me. I performed on his solo information, he sang on my album, The Union, and even carried out for my AIDS Basis.”
“I grew to like him as an individual, and for me, he was the largest affect on my songwriting ever; he was a musical genius and revolutionary,” John added. “He modified the goalposts when it got here to writing songs and formed music eternally. A real large.”
