David Leaf (born April 20, 1952) is a Peabody and WGAW award-winning writer, director, and producer, known for his associations with Brian Wilson and

the Beach Boys The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by the ...

since the late 1970s. Leaf's 1978 biography ''

The Beach Boys and the California Myth ''The Beach Boys and the California Myth'' is a 1978 biography of the Beach Boys that was authored by American writer David Leaf, editor and creator of the ''Pet Sounds'' fanzine. It was the first full-length book written about the band, and an ...

'' examined the behind-the-scenes tensions and family history that had never been covered before. According to music critic

Richie Unterberger Richie Unterberger (born January 19, 1962) is an American author and journalist whose focus is popular music and travel writing. Life and writing Unterberger attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he wrote for the university newspaper '' ...

, Leaf was "the first author to write extensively, and honestly, about the Beach Boys." Leaf also wrote the first authorized biography of the Bee Gees. Since 2010, Leaf has been a professor at the

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, is “the first school of music to be established in the University of California system.” Established in 2007 under the purview of the U ...

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Harvey Kubernik interviews David Leaf
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