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Living the Beatles Legend: On the Road with the Fab Four - the Mal Evans Story
Kenneth Womack
3.99 AVERAGE
33 reviews for:
Living the Beatles Legend: On the Road with the Fab Four - the Mal Evans Story
Kenneth Womack
3.99 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
An extensive biography of Malcolm Evans: roadie, assistant, etc to The Beatles. Based on Evans's personal diaries alongside all the memorabilia he had collected over the years, this work is definitely warts & all. It was a fascinating read to see what went on behind the scenes at the recording sessions & the real life friendships of the Beatles & how it all fell apart.
Infidelities, drug use, & partying all took their toll on Evans when his work life clashed with his private life. I didn't particularly like him as a person after reading this, he seemed to be supremely selfish when it came to his family. His wife & two children spent months of each year without him & he didn't even have the decency to hide evidence of his on-the-road dalliances from his wife. Plus some of these girls were extremely young & maybe he was no different to many other men in the rock & roll lifestyle of the time but it was grim reading. When things started to implode, I had problems feeling any sympathy for him to be honest.
Overall, it's an informative read which covers the whole gamut of the Beatles' career as a group. It doesn't shy away from showing the seamier side of the lifestyle, & the issues that can stem from that. It's well written & keeps the reader's attention.
My thanks to NetGalley & publishers, HarperCollins UK/Mudlark, for the opportunity to read an ARC.
Infidelities, drug use, & partying all took their toll on Evans when his work life clashed with his private life. I didn't particularly like him as a person after reading this, he seemed to be supremely selfish when it came to his family. His wife & two children spent months of each year without him & he didn't even have the decency to hide evidence of his on-the-road dalliances from his wife. Plus some of these girls were extremely young & maybe he was no different to many other men in the rock & roll lifestyle of the time but it was grim reading. When things started to implode, I had problems feeling any sympathy for him to be honest.
Overall, it's an informative read which covers the whole gamut of the Beatles' career as a group. It doesn't shy away from showing the seamier side of the lifestyle, & the issues that can stem from that. It's well written & keeps the reader's attention.
My thanks to NetGalley & publishers, HarperCollins UK/Mudlark, for the opportunity to read an ARC.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Alcohol
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I am so glad Mal's story got told. In my many years of being an obsessed Beatles fan, Mal Evans has been around in the background as the lovable and devoted roadie - and he was that, but this book shows the greater depth of that as well as the demons that haunted him and the scope of love he had for his family, for the band, for rock music, and the effects he had on so many people he encountered. This was an absolute joy to read and I HIGHLY encourage any fan of the Beatles to add this to your TBR and follow through. It's a wonderful tribute that will leave you smiling.