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Living the Beatles Legend
Kenneth Womack
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Beschreibung
The first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles beloved friend, confidant, and roadie.Malcolm Evans, the Beatles long-time roadie, personal assistant, and devoted friend, was an invaluable member of the bands inner circle. A towering figure in horn-rimmed glasses, Evans loomed large in the Beatles story, contributing at times as a performer and sometime lyricist, while struggling mightily to protect his beloved boys.He was there for the whole of the groups remarkable, unparalleled story: from the Shea Stadium triumph through the creation of the timeless cover art for Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and the famous Let It Be rooftop concert. Leaving a stable job as telecommunications engineer to serve as road manager for this fledgling band, Mal was the odd man out from the startolder, married with children, and without any music business experience. And yet he threw himself headlong into their world, traveling across the globe and making himself indispensable. In the years after the Beatles disbandment, Big Mal continued in their employ as each embarked upon solo careers. By 1974, he was determined to make his name as a songwriter and record producer, setting off for a new life in Los Angeles, where he penned his memoirs. But in January 1976, on the verge of sharing his book with the world, Evanss story came to a tragic end during a domestic standoff with the LAPD.For Beatles devotes, Mals life and untimely death have always been shrouded in mystery. For decades, his diaries, manuscripts, and vast collection of memorabilia was missing, seemingly lost foreveruntil now. Working with full access to Mals unpublished archives and having conducted hundreds of new interviews, Beatles scholar and author Kenneth Womack affords readers with a full telling of Mals unknown story at the heart of the Beatles legend. Lavishly illustrated with unseen photos and ephemera from Mals archives, Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans is the missing puzzle piece in the Fab Fours incredible story.
