Truth is Stranger than fiction: Eleanor Rigby
Sheet music for Eleanor Rigby, drawn by Klaus Voorman This year marks the 50th anniversary of the song, Eleanor Rigby. It is a song that is still much loved among fans of the Beatles as well as...
View ArticleShould have read--"Read Ivor's Column"
My first thoughts: George looks like a vampire! My second thoughts: I know the guy that really wrote the articles using George's name! If you haven't read Ivor Davis' book---you need to get it!
View ArticleThe Beatles score with Fire Prevention!
This photo was taken during the press conference in Philadelphia on September 2, 1964. What is great about this is that George is pointing to the "Be Safe" part of this Fire Prevention Week poster...
View ArticleJames McCartney at the Bootleg in St. Louis -- concert review
I have always liked James McCartney. From way back, when he was young and I would see photos of him with his parents, I always had a tiny crush on him. And of all of the "Beatle sons" James'...
View ArticleThe Wings Girl
I don't know about all of you, but I get tired of the same old same old when it comes to who gets picked to go up on stage to meet Paul. I am tried of seeing the same people up there. I am tried...
View ArticlePaul's letter to Jean
This letter and record from 1962 that Paul McCartney sent to a fan named Jean is up for auction through the Darlington Auction House later this month. How fun it must have been to have been a Beatles...
View ArticleThe white turtleneck
George rehearsing for the concert at the Royal Albert Hall on April 5, 1992. I always think of Beatle guys wearing black turtleneck shirts. The white one is throwing me off.
View ArticleThe Beatles stay at Holdsworth House
On John's birthday, October 9, 1964, the Beatles performed at the Gaumont Theater and stayed the night at what at the time was called the Cavalier Country Club. They slept in the bedrooms of the...
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