NEW YORK — The Beach Boys’ Mike Love was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame last Thursday night, just one day after it was announced that his inimitable bandmate Brian Wilson had died.

"This one here hits different," George Clinton told an assorted crowd of songwriters, artists and music industry players in New York City on Friday (June 13) night as he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Love then took to the stage, joining current Beach Boys guitarists Christian Love, John Wedemeyer, Brian Eichenberger and John Stamos. The band faithfully recreated the classic guitar and bass riffs that anchor “California Girls,” “I Get Around” and “Good Vibrations.”