Living Life without Loving the Beatles

Gary Hall was born in Liverpool in 1964. Between 1987 and 2002 he made seven critically acclaimed albums and toured constantly throughout Europe and the States to promote them. Now days he runs a production company the Voodoo Rooms recording studios to produce up-and-coming singer/songwriters.In 2011 he re-emerged with That Old Brand New, his first solo album in fifteen years, followed in 2013 by Winning Ways on Losing Streaks , 2015 Warm Valve Glow and 2017 Red Mist Blues.

'Gary Hall has written one of the most entertaining music books you'll read all year... merciless and hugely funny.' The Guardian 'Irreverent, scurrilous and beautifully written.' Musician 'Fab Four fans be warned, someone's onto you and he's done his homework.' Record Collector 'It had to be written by a scouser, to avoid World War three... and has to be read by all Beatles fans.' Manchester Evening News 'This is no mere Beatle bashing book, but a tearfully funny, so-sharp-it-hurts, visceral volume. A startlingly good read.' Guitar

• Table of ContentsPrologues 11-12Introduction 13-201. The Grade One 21-302. The Grade Two 31-353. The Culture Vulture 36-424. The Nostalgic Impolitic 43-485. The Latecomer 49-556. The Music Industry — A Fab Four Fantasy Land 56-647. The Musician 65-778. Avoiding The Beatles’ Music in the Public Place 78-879. The American 88-9910. Let it Be …Naked (Not a Pretty Sight) 100-11211. Bongo Bailey — The Early Years 113-12012. The Beatle Head 121-13513. Compassion, Context and Communication 136-14614. The ‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’ Rites of Passage 147-160End MatterEpilogue 161-162Afterword to the Revised Edition 163-178