Elton John delivered a stunning tribute efficiency in honor of the late Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson in the course of the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony.
John spoke earlier than the efficiency, recalling, “In 1970 once I first got here to Los Angeles, Danny Hutton from Three Canine Evening took me and Bernie Taupin round to fulfill Brian Wilson — and I used to be scared shitless. As a result of he was my idol, my greatest affect when it got here to writing songs on the piano.”
Sadly, Elton didn’t play piano in the course of 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 greatest drummers of all time Kenny Aronoff.
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Wilson passed 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 Seaside Boys in 1988.
John additionally beforehand paid tribute to Wilson within the fast aftermath of hisDon passing, writing in a publish to Instagram, Brian “Wilson was at all times 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 perpetually. A real large.”
