Kenneth Womack is one of the world’s foremost writers and thinkers about the Beatles. He is Professor of English and Popular Music at Monmouth University in New Jersey, the Music Culture critic for Salon, and a contributor to publications such as the Guardian, the Independent, Slate, Billboard, Time and Variety. He is the author of several highly regarded books about the band, most recently Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles and John Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life. www.kennethwomack.com
'Exhaustively detailed … captures Beatlemania up close' Observer ‘A meticulously researched job in not only piecing together the roadie’s viewpoint of the Beatles’ story, but also in depicting the tragedy of a man who was so in love with the group he destroyed his own life’ Daily Mail Book of the Week ‘Womack has woven a portrait full of complex threads that lead everywhere and, near the end of Evans’ life, nowhere … This book is just amazing’ Q ‘A celebration – not just of Evans, but of all the unsung supporting characters who make creative life possible … It removes the cloud of mythology that often shrouds the Beatles’ story and reminds us that their superstardom was by no means predestined’ Guardian ‘A Holy Grail for fans’ People