Archive for August, 2016
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August 31, 1966
31 Aug 2016Now it can be told. According to a website I just found, On August 31, 1966, the “Fab Four” were…
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August 29, 1966
29 Aug 2016Mark Twain once famously said that “The coldest winter I every spent was a summer in San Francisco.” The good…
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August 28, 1966
28 Aug 2016I’m always happy for an opportunity to show off my erudition by using the word “penultimate” correctly. Too many people…
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August 27, 1966
27 Aug 2016Today The Beatles were on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. That was a pretty big deal at one…
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August 26, 1966
26 Aug 2016Between their shows in Seattle and Los Angeles The Beatles had two (2) days off in a row, an unprecedented…
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August 25, 1966
25 Aug 2016There were two shows and a press conference in Seattle today. Apparently there was a rumor going around that Paul…
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August 24, 1966
24 Aug 2016With a day off between shows — the first on this tour — The Beatles’ management opted to fly to Los Angeles,…
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Oops
23 Aug 2016So apparently yesterday’s post conflated two days — the press conferences were indeed on Monday, August 22, but the concert…
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August 22, 1966
22 Aug 2016It was a busy day for The Beatles in New York City, starting with a press conference. You can tell that the…
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August 21, 1966
21 Aug 2016It was a long day for the boys today. First they had to play a set in Cincinnati to make…