Mal Evans was the Beatles’ right-hand man, their bouncer, bodyguard, gofer, chauffeur, drug-runner, roadie, fellow party animal, confidante and friend. Along with Neil Aspinall he was the man who allowed the band to function daily and catered to their every need. He was such a central cog in the machine that Ringo declared, “now Mal’s left, the Beatles are really over.” Mal’s son delivered his archive of photos, manuscripts and memorabilia to the author, lecturer and world-renowned Beatles authority Kenneth Womack and asked him to write his father’s memoir, and the result - ‘Living The Beatles Legend: On the Road with the Fab Four - the Mal Evans Story’ - has just been published. It sees the whole story through a completely different lens. Among the highlights in this illuminating conversation with Ken you’ll find …
... Mal’s delicate relationships with the band and role as a peace-keeper.
… further proof that Allen Klein “caused despair”.
… why Lennon said life on the road “was like Satyricon”.
… Mal’s brief tenure as Apple’s MD.
… how Cynthia Lennon unknowingly shopped him to his wife.
… the internal world of “the eight outsiders” (the Fabs, Brian, George M, Neil and Mal).
… the reunion with John and Paul at a Harry Nilsson session and the Jesse Ed Davis incident on the Lost Weekend.
… echoes of Mal in John Junkin’s character in A Hard Day’s Night.
… and the tragic and complex circumstances of his death at the hands of the police in 1976.
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