American Daydream by Jeremy Warmsley

American Daydream is an album of original songs paying homage to the life and music of Brian Wilson, lead singer and songwriter of the Beach Boys.

The album is available in full on Bandcamp right now.

Bibliographical sources:
The Beach Boys - Keith Badman
Catch A Wave: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the "Beach Boys'" Brian Wilson - Peter Ames Carlin
Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys - Mark Dillon
Why The Beach Boys Matter - Tom Smucker
The Beach Boys FAQ: All That's Left to Know About America's Band - Jon Stebbins
Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece - Domenic Priore

Brian Wilson's two autobiographies
Mike Wilson's autobiography
David Leaf's liner notes to the CD versions of the Beach Boys' albums

The film Love & Mercy (2014)

For assistance on instrumentation:
The "Sail On" podcast (hard to overstate this one!)
The #beachscience channel of the /r/BeachBoys Discord server
The videos of Joshilyn Hoisington

Huge thanks to Elizabeth Sankey for suggesting this concept, and giving invaluable feedback every step of the way.
Thanks also to John Allison and Felix Neill for graphic design assistance.
Thanks to Leo Abrahams, Liam Palmer and Matthew Payne Thompson for tracklisting advice.

Thank you to Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys for your immortal music. And your collaborators especially Tony Asher, Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Van Dyke Parks and Gary Usher.

Tracklist

1.	American Daydream	0:51

2.	Sing From the Heart	2:36

3.	California Boys	2:36

4.	Top of the World	2:32

5.	Freedom	3:06

6.	Daydream Together	1:53

7.	Beach Girls	2:43

8.	Brian, We Know	2:40

9.	Fathers & Sons (Part 1)	3:17

10.	Fathers & Sons (Part 2)	3:35

11.	Brother Sound	2:17

12.	A Day in the Life of Brian	2:25

13.	Spiral	2:52

14.	Lonely, Scared, Frightened	3:38

15.	Bonus track: I Love Pet Sounds	3:09

Credits

released September 9, 2022

Probyn Gregory: Tannerin
Paul Von Mertens: Bass harmonica, additional clarinet, additional flute, additional saxophone.
Krstin Weber: Violin
Pete Fraser: Saxophone
Ethan Zimbelman: Trumpet
John Brode: Percussion
Paul Dixon: Additional Bass VI
Elizabeth Sankey, Anthony Warmsley and [redacted] Warmsley: Additional backing vocals

All other instruments, vocals, production & mixing: me

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