Beatles, The/Expert Profile

Expertise

!!!Please read this first!!! 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

Publications

As far as I know, none...

Education/Credentials

B.Ed. (Hons.), Cantab.

Awards and Honors

B.Ed. (Hons.), Cantab.

Past/Present Clients

I don't understand this category...

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 30 euro). We all had to start somewhere!

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

I'm a Libran - controversy is not my thing.