FRENCH HORN PLAYER ALAN ROBINSON REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND HIS WORK WITH BRIAN WILSON ON THE BEACH BOYS' PET SOUNDS (The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series) (Ep. 222B)
Discograffiti1 Sep 2025

FRENCH HORN PLAYER ALAN ROBINSON REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND HIS WORK WITH BRIAN WILSON ON THE BEACH BOYS' PET SOUNDS (The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series) (Ep. 222B)

The next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series is Chuck’s chat with French horn player Alan Robinson, the man whose extraordinary playing graces “God Only Knows.” It’s absolutely incredible what a photographic memory Alan possesses—listening to him speak, it’s as if you’re sitting there right beside him, watching Brian Wilson through the control room glass. This interview is an absolute must-hear for Pet Sounds fans.

At 21, Alan became the youngest contract member of the 20th Century Fox orchestra, where he played on films like The King & I, Carousel and The Sound Of Music. In the mid-1960s, he discovered that "being a busy session player was more lucrative than symphonic work,” which is how he came to be on Pet Sounds. Among his other pop credits are sessions and/or live shows with Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Neil Diamond, Earth, Wind, & Fire, The 5th Dimension, Johnny Mathis, Elton John, and Paul McCartney & Wings.

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