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Expert Profile: Chalk

Expertise: Please note that my expertise does *not* cover the value of Beatles memorabilia, except by using Google ... which I think you can do yourself. ;o) I was born in England at the same time as the Beatles and, as a musician, I `grew up` musically with their ideas. In 1962, I asked a friend, who ran a local record store, how many of the first Beatles album she had ordered. "Two", she said. "Order twelve", I advised her, "you`ll need `em!". So I feel able to answer most kinds of questions on the Fab Four and, if need be, I`ll happily search for the information on the Net, which I`m very experienced at using.

Experience in the area
There was something in Paul's voice when he sang the phrase "Love Me Do" at the end of the verses that told me everything in Pop was going to change, and it did! I left my first band (which I had founded), partly because the other members thought I was a bit weird to want to change our style to reflect that of the Beatles! As a rock musician, I appeared with them in the ABC Theatre in Blackpool, England in 1963, and my songwriting has always been influenced by theirs.

My sites:-
http://www.songland.com/
http://www.johnlordsongs.com/
http://www.songland.webs.com/

Organizations
Performing Right Society (UK, Writer/Member), International Songwriters Association (http://www.songwriter.co.uk/), plus many songwriting Websites

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What do you like about this subject? As a musician myself, I prefer to answer questions on the Beatles' music, rather than on their lifestyle, religious beliefs, etc. It's great to talk about GOOD music! Of course, the Beatles got the "This'll never last" treatment in the early days, as did Elvis, and of course Rock 'n' Roll itself. But that was decades ago, and we're still rockin' on

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field? Because of much I learned from the Beatles at the time, I still hope to achieve hit status for one or more of my songs, but that's yet another story...

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: A showbiz agent with whom I used to work (now sadly passed away) still possessed an original contract, from back in the 60s, which engaged the Beatles for one night - for £25.00! (About 40 dollars or euro). We all had to start somewhere!

Something controversial or provocative about this subject I'm a Libran - controversy is not my thing.

Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 882
Knowledge	9.58 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.92 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.83 Best of the best
Politeness	9.96 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		1
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		140

Recent Reviews from Users

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10	10	10	10	07/26/08
10	10	10	10	04/23/08
10	10	10	10	07/21/07
10	10	10	10	07/16/07
10	10	10	10	06/20/07

User Comments

Thanks Chalk
(Alex on 07/26/08)

Thanks so much
(Jane on 04/23/08)

Thanks, Chalk! Fab info. For years I would ponder, how did these two musical geniuses find each other on such an enormous planet? Now I ponder a diffe
(Dan on 07/21/07)

Thanks, I did read your bio, however I thought there might be another source for this info, which I could not find. Thank you for your timely response!!!!
(Debbie on 06/20/07)

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Recent Answers from Chalk

2008-10-05 movies: Hi, jam, There's a list of all their films here: http://www.dmbeatles.com/films.php However, there's no mention of "Stuart Sutcliffe - The Lost Beatle", which wasn't made until 2005: http://www.imdb...

2008-07-20 A John Lennon quote: Hi, Alex, No luck, I'm afraid - I can't find that quote anywhere. Here are a couple of Lennon quotes pages, but nothing refers to the quote you're asking about:- http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_lennon...

2008-07-15 All Those Years Ago: I couldn't answer this without some research, Robert, and I still can't! Plenty of sites discuss it, but no-one gives a clue to your question. I have had a look through several of the sites in these...

2008-05-11 George Harrison: Well, you've beaten me there, Ava. I didn't even know that he went to the Liverpool Institute and Dovedale! I can in fact only do the same as you, which is what I did: Go to http://www.google.com/ and...

2008-04-26 rare album: Hello, Anthony, This is very difficult without further information. If you could possibly remember *exactly* which album it was, that would give us a start. I'd also need to know in which country...