Louise Harrison offers a more personal view of The Beatles in new book
Louise Harrison never wanted to write a book about her famous brother, George Harrison.
“I felt there were so many crazy books out there about The Beatles I didn’t need to add to it,” Harrison, 83, says during a phone interview from her Southern California home.
She finally decided it would be OK to join the gaggle of authors because no one who has written about the famous British band has the personal knowledge she does. That’s why she penned “My Kid Brother’s Band a.k.a. The Beatles” (Acclaim Press, $18.89). The 354-page book is a behind-the-scenes look at how she helped fuel Beatlemania while living in America when The Beatles began to emerge.
The book is available in stores and online at Amazon.com.
It was another John, Paul, George and Ringo who made the final arguments for her to write the book. Harrison has been the manager of The Beatles cover band, Liverpool Legends, for several years.
“The guys told me that I had a perspective that no one else would have. They told me that it was important that I write the book,” Harrison says.
The Liverpool-born Harrison moved to the United States in 1963 because of her husband’s work in the coal mining industry. She’s lived here since, mostly in the Midwest. The location gave her a way to help guide Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein and producer George Martin in their efforts to establish the Fab Four in America.
By:Rick Bentley
Source: The Fresno Bee
