BLOOD ON THE TRACKS Season 4: The Brian Wilson Story
In 1966, Brian Wilson planned to follow up the Beach Boys' groundbreaking album Pet Sounds with an even bigger musical statement. He was writing a teenage symphony to God. That album, Smile, was never finished. Instead, Brian slowly unraveled, as the pressure to make something profound weighed heavy… read more
About the Host
Jake Brennan
Host
Jake Brennan is the host and creator of the explosive music and true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND (“#1 most downloaded music podcast,” Apple Best of 2019/18 and iHeartRadio Best Music Podcast), 27 Club and Blood On The Tracks. In 2019, Jake published his first book, DISGRACELAND: Musicians Getting Away with Murder and Behaving Very Badly (Grand Central/Hachette). He is also the co-founder of Double Elvis Productions, an audio-first media company focused on premium music podcasting.
Featured episodes
Brian Wilson Is Smiling Again (The Brian Wilson Story, Chapter 10)
Sometimes you can find redemption, but you have to find it for yourself. No one is going to give it to you. You can’t find it in a movie or a song. You can only find it inside yourself. In …
Brian Wilson Is Free (The Brian Wilson Story, Chapter 9)
Brian’s lost masterpiece, Smile, continues to lurk in the background. It’s there when Brian’s troubled and talented brother, Dennis, takes one last swim in the Pacific Ocean blue. It’s …
Articles
Bob Dylan’s Restless Farewell (A Bob Dylan Story, Chapter 10)
Trees grow tall, leaves fall, rivers dry up, and flowers die. New people are born, every day. Life doesn’t stop. Sometimes things can change in an instant—a gunshot to the head, a man losing control of a motorbike—but sometimes things take years to change. And sometimes, like in the curious case of Bob Dylan, a man can go through a lifetime of change in just ten days.
Read moreIs Bob Dylan Real? (A Bob Dylan Story, Chapter 9)
Nine days after his near-fatal accident, Bob Dylan has become increasingly consumed with his own mortality. He sees the world as a much older, and perhaps wiser, man. He has died as many times as he has lived. Bleak winters in Minnesota have taken their toll. So has the life of a touring musician. There’s also another brush with fate on yet another motorcycle…a harrowing moment that he may never escape.
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