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It would be too easy to say John Lennon died the day The Beatles split up, but it wouldn't be far from the truth - Brief Article Fortunately, nobody rang to ask me where I was when I heard that John Lennon had been shot, because I haven't a clue. But I do remember an interview ......(Continue Reading) The Beatles as Musicians: the Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul Walter Everett Oxford UP, New York, 2001 452 pp. Literature on the Beatles largely (but ......(Continue Reading)The Beatles Emerging out of the Liverpool, England, rock scene of the 1950s, the Beatles became the most successful and best known band of the twentieth ......(Continue Reading)"The Beatles Are Coming!" Conjecture and Conviction in the Myth of Kennedy, America, and the Beatles Introduction In February 1964, "I Want To Hold Your Hand" became the first Beatles' record to top the U.S. singles charts. In the same month, the group's appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS...(Continue Reading)Crowd control: how audiences make music - On Political Books One morning in 1998, I drove to a funeral home in Chicago's South Side to watch a crowd of aging bluesmen pay final tribute to harmonica great Junior ......(Continue Reading)
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