Living the Beatles Legend: On the Road with the Fab Four The Mal Evans Story

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**MiCannes Award Music Book of the Year**

The first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles beloved roadie, assistant, confidant and friend
A towering figure in horn-rimmed glasses, Malcolm Mal Evans was an invaluable member of the Beatles inner circle. Serving as their long-time roadie, personal assistant and protector, he was a sometime lyricist, occasional performer and regular fixer at the height of the groups fame and beyond.

But Mals dedication to his beloved boys and his own desire for stardom took its toll, leading to the dissolution of his marriage and his untimely death in January 1976.

Until now, Mals extraordinary life has remained shrouded in mystery. Drawing on hundreds of exclusive interviews and with full access to Mals unpublished archives including his personal diaries, manuscripts and memorabilia renowned Beatles scholar Kenneth Womack paints the first complete portrait of this complicated figure at the heart of the Beatles story.

Living the Beatles Legend is a fascinating but ultimately tragic tale about life at the edges of superstardom.

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'Exhaustively detailed captures Beatlemania up close' Observer

A meticulously researched job in not only piecing together the roadies 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

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Kenneth Womack is one of the worlds 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