The Beach Boy and cult leader spent the summer of 1968 living together and dreaming about the musical possibilities that lay ahead. Dennis Wilson could have used the advice. A year before Sharon Tate was murdered, Charles Manson was living in quiet anonymity, making music in the home of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson. The connection between the Beach Boys and Charles Manson has been heavily documented over the past four decades, but now founding member Mike Love is … Charles Manson, prison photo taken August 14, 2017

Dennis Carl Wilson, born on December 4, 1944, was a musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys.

He is best remembered as their drummer, as the middle brother of band-mates Brian and Carl Wilson, and for his brief association with murder-conspirator Charles Manson.. Dennis played mainly drums and backing vocals for the Beach Boys from its formation until his death in 1983. The Beach Boys drummer let Manson and his band of weirdos, the Manson Family, live with him for a time and they proceeded to destroy Wilson's stuff and ruin his life. Dennis Wilson and Charles Manson Had a Brief and Bizarre Friendship. Hitchhiking with Evil: The Beach Boys’ Surreal Relationship with Charles Manson Dennis Wilson is one of several artists who temporarily fell under Manson's spell These included excessive amounts of sex, drugs and violence. More precisely he befriended Dennis Wilson, the Beach Boys’ drummer and the two of them participated in some Manson-like activities. Dennis Wilson didn’t like to talk about it. Here's a tip from 1968: avoid this guy Charles Manson.