character during an article interview, saying that he had made the name up. Eugene Landy laid claim to being the real P.F. Sloan when he was asked by reporters why he considered himself able to direct Brian Wilson's musical career. Landy claimed to have written the songs attributed to "P.F. Sloan". References External links P.F. Sloan fan website includes biography, discography, and more A Mailing List Interview with P. F. Sloan an email interview with P.F. Sloan P. F. Sloan – Who Played What? another email interview with P.F. Sloan End of a Hiatus an NPR World Cafe Interview with P.F. Sloan, September 12, 2006 1945 births 2015 deaths American male singer-songwriters American rock songwriters American rock singers American rock guitarists American folk guitarists American male guitarists Singers from New York City American people of Romanian-Jewish descent Jewish American musicians Dunhill Records artists Atco Records artists Jewish American songwriters American pop rock singers Deaths from cancer in California Guitarists from New York City 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American Jews Singer-songwriters from New York (state)