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When Carl Wilson died of cancer in 1998, his sons Jonah and Justyn became heirs to their father’s estate. That meant joining with surviving Beach Boys founders Mike Love , Brian Wilson , and Al Jardine to vote on key business decisions, from archival releases to commercials. It wasn’t easy. “The dynamic changed a lot after our father passed,” says Jonah, who was in his late twenties at the time. “Not to say it was all negative, but we had a lot of challenges.” Adds Justyn, “In the beginning, it was just trying to navigate a very complicated group of individuals.” These days, Carl’s sons are more optimistic. They recently came together with the founding members to make a major decision: The band has sold a controlling interest in the Beach Boys’ intellectual property — including their master recordings, a portion of their publishing, the Beach Boys brand, and memorabilia — to Iconic Artists Group, a new company run by longtime music business power player Irving Azoff . … [Read more...] about Inside the Ambitious Plan to Monetize the Beach Boys’ Legacy

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg turns 70 today. “I feel better at 70 than I did at 30 for some reason,” he told Backstreets in a statement. “We’re vaccinated, I’ve been busy with City of Delray Beach business, & starting to perform again. Tell all the readers that their support for the past 47 years has been a blessing to me and all my colleagues.” The “Delray Beach business” he’s referencing is his recent appointment to the Delray Beach Planning and Zoning Board in Florida, where he has a vacation house. It’s one of the many positions he’s taken to keep busy when the E Street Band in inactive. He’s also bought and sold real estate around his native New Jersey, toured with his solo group Max Weinberg’s Jukebox, and, of course, served as Conan O’Brien’s bandleader from 1993 to 2010. Related Stories Flashback: Pete Townshend Recruits Phil Collins For 'Slit Skirts' in 1982 Flashback: Radiohead Resurrect 'Subterranean … [Read more...] about Flashback: Max Weinberg Sings an Impromptu ‘Boys’ at 2008 E Street Band Show