“He even had a brief encounter with Charles Manson and his “family”. I think tat encounter was to score drugs, if I r
remember correctly.”
I believe the story was that he picked up (gave a ride to) a few of the Manson girls, who were hitchhiking, a couple of times. Then, one night after an all night recording session he came home to find Charley and the whole family in his driveway. (That is not who you want to find in your driveway at 3 am :) )
Actually...that is a Dennis Wilson story, not Brian. My bad. Crazy story nonetheless....
Brian Wilson hated Manson from the very beginning.
But it was the second encounter with these same girls that finally made Manson show up on Carl's doorstep. Carl was quite frightened by him at first but soon warmed up to him, and took him into his home and later introduced him to Terry Melcher at his house who lived where Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski would later take up residence. Terry Melcher rejected Manson as an artist. That is why Manson ordered the hit on that house, unaware that Melcher no longer lived there. Thus Carl indirectly became the reason Sharon Tate and others were murdered. Manson had told his family to go kill everyone at that address.
Pretty sure that is a myth. Brian wanted nothing to do with Manson. Dennis was the younger brother that hung out with Manson for a short time.