Brian Wilson with Special Guest Al Jardine to Play bergenPAC, 11/21

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Brian Wilson, co-founder of The Beach Boys, with special guest Al Jardine, Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 8PM. Purchase tickets at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030.

He is one of popular music's most deeply revered figures, the main creative force behind some of the most cherished recordings in rock history. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to call Brian Wilson one of the most influential composers of the last century. He was barely out of his teens when he began to create some of the most beloved records ever... nine consecutive "gold" albums that featured such classics as "Surfer Girl," "In My Room," "I Get Around," "Don't Worry Baby," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "Help Me Rhonda" and "California Girls"...just to name a handful of the more than two dozen Top 40 hits Brian co-wrote, arranged, produced and performed on with his family band, the Beach Boys.

Throughout the years, even as Wilson battled his personal demons and rode the roller coaster of professional ups and downs, he continued to produce intimate musical gems, continued to make beautiful music. There were entire albums (1968's jazzy Friends, 1977's cult favorite Love You) and tracks ("Time To Get Alone", "This Whole World", "Add Some Music To Your Day", "'Til I Die", "Marcella" and "Sail On Sailor") that let us know that his compositional and arranging magic was still intact.

If you've seen Brian in concert, you've already witnessed the magic and the celebration. If you've heard his records, you know why he's been called the Mozart of Rock, the Gershwin of his generation. In a culture where trends change overnight, Wilson has gone the distance. It's been said that if music is math, then Wilson just might be Einstein. But with myriad hits and awards, comparisons are really necessary; he's Brian Wilson, an American composer, arranger and producer whose work has proved to be as powerful as faith, as timeless as love and as heartfelt as mercy.

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