Archive for the ‘Cast of Characters’ Category
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R.I.P. Neil Innes
30 Dec 2019Word came across the wires today of the sudden death of Neil Innes — Rutle, Bonzo Dog, associate of both…
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R.I.P. Geoff Emerick
06 Oct 2018We lost another member of the Beatles’ A-team this week (2018 time): engineer Geoff Emerick, who shuffled off the coil…
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June 29, 1968
29 Jun 2018(Apologies for the excessive length of today’s entry. If I had more time, I’d write a shorter one.) Let me…
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February 14, 1968
14 Feb 2018Today Mal Evans flew to India in advance of The Beatles, carrying a bunch of their stuff with him. Says…
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So Long, Charlie
20 Nov 2017So Charles Manson finally kicked it this weekend. That’s a good thing, because had he managed to outlive all four…
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August 28–31, 1967
29 Aug 2017“In the days immediately following Brian [Epstein]’s death,” according to Bob Spitz’s The Beatles, “There was a big power grab,”…
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R.I.P. Chuck Berry
25 Mar 2017Chuck Berry died this week (2017 time) at the age of 90. I am not the first to point out…
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March 23, 1967
23 Mar 2017The usual studio team of George Martin and Geoff Emerick was not available for today’s session, which involved cutting a…
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R.I.P. Magic Alex
14 Jan 2017Today the Interwebs brought news of the death of the man known as Magic Alex, real name Yanni Alexis Mardas,…
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Geoff Emerick
15 May 2016I’ve previously made reference to Geoff Emerick in several entries, but not given much background on who he was. So,…