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****Still luv ya Paul & Ringo RIP George & John**** The Beatles name came in part from 'beats' in music, but also from "beatniks" & the poetry/fiction of the "Beat Generation," such as Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," William S. Burroughs's "Naked Lunch" & Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl." Beat referred to countercultural rhythm of the Jazz scene, a sense of rebellion regarding the conservative stress of post-war society, & to an interest in new forms of spiritual experience through drugs, alcohol, philosophy, & religion (specifically Zen Buddhism)

"Help" "Yellow Submarine" "Hard day's Night" 'Magical Mystery Tour" "Rupert The Bear" a cute kids movie by Paul, "How I Won the War," (Lennon), Ed Sullivan, Anything by Firesign Theatre, Monty Python, Kids in the Hall, original SNL (Belushi, Akroyd, Murray, Radner, Curtain, Chase, & with Steve Martin) George Carlin, Steven Wright, Mitch Hedberg, Smothers Brothers, Dr Demento, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Lon Chaney (Werewolf) Bella Lugosi (Dracula) Boris Karloff (Frankenstein) Laurel & Hardy, Abott & Costello, Buster Keaton, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Charlie Chaplin, Spanky & Our Gang, The 3 Stooges, Marx Brothers, Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, Original Warner Bros Cartoons, Leno, Letterman, Conan

Beatles, Traveling Wilburys (LUVV each one separately, or in any group they were in: Harrison, Tom Petty, Dylan, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Jeff Lynne) ELO (Lynne), Savoy Brown, Jethro Tull, Who, Led Zep, Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Dylan, Joan Baez, Stones (remember Brian Jones & Mick Taylor, before Ron Wood), Small Faces (Ron Wood) with Rod Stewart, Roy Buchanan, Mountain, Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane, Queen, Van Morrison (& Them), Allman Bros, U2, Donovan, The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Spirit, Green Day, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Hollies(Nash), Byrds(McGuinn, Crosby, Hillman, Clark & Clarke), Crazy Horse(Neil Young), Buffalo Springfield(Stills, Young, Furay & Messina), Poco(Furay & Messina), Loggins & Messina, Alvin Lee-10 Years After, Jeff Beck, Clapton/Cream/Blind Faith, Yardbirds(Clapton, Beck, Page), King Crimson, Jackson Browne, Santana, JJ Cale, Chick Corea, K.D. Lang, John Lee Hooker, Yes, Annie Lennox, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai , Joe Bonamassa, Guitar Slim, Buddy Guy, Leon Russell, Tommy Emmanuel, Pink Floyd, Bonnie Raitt, Etta James, Ben E. King, B.B. King, James Gang (Joe Walsh), Eagles(Walsh, Frey, Henley, Schmit), Kinks, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Bela Fleck/& the Flecktones, Wilson Pickett, Muddy Waters, Pre-Vegas Elvis, Animals, Patsy Cline, Rush, Blue Oyster Cult, Steppenwolf, Doc Watson, John Prine, Rare Earth, Seals & Croft, Steely Dan, Patti Smith, Heart, Taj Mahal, The Band, Grateful Dead, Chet Atkins, Stooges, Joe Cocker, Delaney & Bonnie, Fleetwood Mac, Sugarloaf, Bread, Deep Purple, Steve Miller, Uncle Dave Macon, Son House, Velvet Underground, MC5, Hank Williams, Bruce Springsteen, Ritchie Havens, Vanilla Fudge, Pavement, Blue Cheer, David Bowie, Fugs, Sex Pistols, Woody & Arlo Guthrie, Elvis Costello, Howlin Wolf, Zombies, Willie Dixon, Beach Boys, Blink-182, Nashville's Jason & the Scorchers, Pearl Jam, Yellow Card, Go-Gos, Dave Mathews Band, Canned Heat, Dave Clark 5, Turtles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Easybeats, The Rascals, Sly & the Family Stone, The Mamas & The Papas, Ted Nugent (Amboy Dukes), Elton John, Steve Winwood/Traffic, The Guess Who, Lovin' Spoonful, The Del McCoury Band, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Earl Scruggs, Pete Seeger, Ralph Stanley, Patty Loveless, Nickel Creek, John Mayall, Sam Cooke, Lead Belly, Asleep at the Wheel, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Ry Cooder, Ernest Tubb, The White Stripes, Old Crow Medicine Show, Meat Loaf, Rory Gallagher, Simon & Garfunkel, John Coltrane, Linda Ronstadt & the Stone Poneys, Buddy Holly, Box Tops, Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Temptations, Platters, Peter Paul & Mary, Country Joe and the Fish (the anti-war "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" song), Karen (NOT Richard) Carpenter, Nat King (& Natalie) Cole, Gordon Lightfoot, Cat Stevens, Everly Brothers, Righteous Brothers, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Chad & Jeremy, Jan & Dean, The Impressions, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Dianna Ross & the Supremes, Ronnie & the Daytonas, Jerry Lee Lewis, Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper, Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Etta James, Jackie Wilson, Nirvana, Vogues, Booker T. & the MGs, Sonny Boy Williamson, Johnny & Edgar Winter, Smokey Robinson, Sheryl Crow, Sha Na Na, Ronettes, The Four Tops, The Honeycombs, Suzanne Vega, The Indigo Girls, Pat Benatar, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Chicago, Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention, Captain Beefheart, Dinosaur Jr., Classical: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Aaron Copeland, Stravinsky, Antonín Dvořák, Claude Debussy, Prokofiev...& a shout out to The Cavern, PBS, Ed Sullivan, NPR, Shindig, Hullabaloo, Austin City Limits, & the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. (original home of the Grand Ole Opry)

"Blackbird Singing" poems/lyrics by Paul McCartney, John Lennon's "In His Own Write" & "A Spaniard In The Works;" "The Complete Beatles Chronicle" by Mark Lewisohn a comprehensive guide detailing every recording session, concert, TV & Radio appearance the Beatles made between 1957-70. "I.Me.Mine" by George Harrison, about his songs...lots of photos, handwritten lyrics, humor, spiritualism, & honest, open info about some Beatles tensions during the band's breakup. "A Little Help From My Friends: The Making of Sgt Pepper" by Beatles producer George Martin. "A Cellarful of Noise" by Beatles manager Brian Epstein. "Wingspan" & "Band on the Run: Paul McCartney onstage offstage & Backstage," & "High in the Clouds," a children's book, all by Paul! "John," by Cynthia Lennon, "Revolver - The Secret Story of the Beatles". Also, selected works from Edgar Allan Poe, H.G. Wells, Mark Twain, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, T. S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Upton Sinclair, Ezra Pound, Khalil Gibran, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird), J.D. Salinger, Dr. Albert Ellis