"Sometimes you just wing it," Dave Matthews said after performing about one minute of the song. "Sad to see Brian go. … May he rest in peace."

When inducting Brian Wilson into the songwriters Hall of Fame, Paul McCartney recalled how Wilson's 'God Only Knows" brought him to tears. The passing of Wilson at 82, brought many to tears remembering how he had brought joy to them as the founder,

Sting paid tribute to Brian Wilson during his concert in Rostock, Germany, on Wednesday, June 12. "Today, one of my heroes died, Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys, so I want to sing a song that I love,

There are almost no corners of the music world that Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson didn’t touch, so since news broke earlier today that he had died at age 82, there have been an outpouring of tributes from friends, fans, and fellow musicians. In many cases it’s all three in one person.

The Beach Boys, whose music would create the timeless "California sound" and was founded by Wilson in 1961, also paid tribute to him on Instagram. "Brian Wilson wasn't just the heart of The Beach Boys—he was the soul of our sound," the group wrote in part.

Brian Wilson's death on Wednesday at the age of 82 heralds an end to one idea of Southern California — as the temperate paradise of ascendant Americana. Exuberance and dreaminess, writerly sophistication and technical ambition,