The Classic Rocker
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Author / Pop Historian / Presenter / Kind'a Funny
"The Beatles At Shea Stadium: The Beginning of Stadium Rock" featured program in CILC newsletter. Available as video conference - schools, libraries & lifelong learners. And yeah (yeah, yeah!) we have a fab time! Here's a link with info www.cilc.org/ContentProvi...
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"The Beatles At Shea Stadium: The Beginning of Stadium Rock" featured program in CILC newsletter. Available as video conference - schools, libraries & lifelong learners. And yeah (yeah, yeah!) we have a fab time! Here's a link with info www.cilc.org/ContentProvi...
"The Beatles: Making the 1960s FAB!" last night in very nice living room setting (rather than a conference center). Thanks Beatles fans at Chestnut Ridge in Elyria, OH for hosting the show. We had a fab time!
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October 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"The Beatles: Making the 1960s FAB!" last night in very nice living room setting (rather than a conference center). Thanks Beatles fans at Chestnut Ridge in Elyria, OH for hosting the show. We had a fab time!
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Penny Lane and Strawberry Field – Liverpool, England. Wrapping up "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour (for now). Thanks for watching and keep rockin'! amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
October 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Penny Lane and Strawberry Field – Liverpool, England. Wrapping up "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour (for now). Thanks for watching and keep rockin'! amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
Bambi Kino: Beatles first living quarters in Hamburg (not the best!) located behind an “adult” movie theater – Hamburg, Germany. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Bambi Kino: Beatles first living quarters in Hamburg (not the best!) located behind an “adult” movie theater – Hamburg, Germany. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
Bambi Kino: Beatles first living quarters in Hamburg (not the best!) located behind an “adult” movie theater – Hamburg, Germany. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
October 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Bambi Kino: Beatles first living quarters in Hamburg (not the best!) located behind an “adult” movie theater – Hamburg, Germany. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
Kaiserkeller: The House Band played 6 to 7 hours a night, 7 nights a week (and got pretty good!)
– Hamburg, Germany. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
– Hamburg, Germany. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Kaiserkeller: The House Band played 6 to 7 hours a night, 7 nights a week (and got pretty good!)
– Hamburg, Germany. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
– Hamburg, Germany. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
Indra Club / Reeperbahn: the beginning of the Beatles in Germany – Hamburg, Germany. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
September 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Indra Club / Reeperbahn: the beginning of the Beatles in Germany – Hamburg, Germany. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
The Reeperbahn – Hamburg, Germany. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
September 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Reeperbahn – Hamburg, Germany. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
10 Admiral Road: childhood home of Ringo Starr – Toxteth, Liverpool, England. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
September 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
10 Admiral Road: childhood home of Ringo Starr – Toxteth, Liverpool, England. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
OTD 1969 "Abbey Road" by The Beatles was released. A few decades later, Debbie and I were released from worries about traffic for a memorable street crossing in London.
September 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
OTD 1969 "Abbey Road" by The Beatles was released. A few decades later, Debbie and I were released from worries about traffic for a memorable street crossing in London.
12 Arnold Grove: childhood home of George Harrison – Wavertree, Liverpool, England. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
September 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
12 Arnold Grove: childhood home of George Harrison – Wavertree, Liverpool, England. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
20 Forthlin Road: childhood home of Paul McCartney - Liverpool, England. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
September 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
20 Forthlin Road: childhood home of Paul McCartney - Liverpool, England. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
Mendips: childhood home of John Lennon - Liverpool, England. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
September 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Mendips: childhood home of John Lennon - Liverpool, England. Revisiting "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
A FAB thank you wave to everyone that tuned-in last night for "The Beatles at Shea Stadium" webinar. Congrats on 60 years of Stadium Rock!
August 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A FAB thank you wave to everyone that tuned-in last night for "The Beatles at Shea Stadium" webinar. Congrats on 60 years of Stadium Rock!
And of course, I always enjoy spotting director Richard Lester's uncredited and "sneaky" appearance in "A Hard Day's Night" - 61 years ago. Look between Ringo's drums... 😎
August 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
And of course, I always enjoy spotting director Richard Lester's uncredited and "sneaky" appearance in "A Hard Day's Night" - 61 years ago. Look between Ringo's drums... 😎
Released in the U.S. on August 12, 1964.
August 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Released in the U.S. on August 12, 1964.
I had a really fab afternoon hanging with the baby boomers in Beachwood, Ohio talking about "The Beatles In Cleveland." We rocked with stories and videos looking back at the Beatles concert "riots" at Public Auditoriium (1964) and Cleveland Stadium (1966).
August 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I had a really fab afternoon hanging with the baby boomers in Beachwood, Ohio talking about "The Beatles In Cleveland." We rocked with stories and videos looking back at the Beatles concert "riots" at Public Auditoriium (1964) and Cleveland Stadium (1966).
60 years ago. Loew's State, Autorama, Mapletown, Parma (Ohio)
August 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
60 years ago. Loew's State, Autorama, Mapletown, Parma (Ohio)
Friday, Aug 15 - Avon, Ohio "The Beatles In Cleveland" Lunch & Learn. #AvonOhio #Cleveland #Beatles #author #1960s
July 31, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Friday, Aug 15 - Avon, Ohio "The Beatles In Cleveland" Lunch & Learn. #AvonOhio #Cleveland #Beatles #author #1960s
Released in UK on July 29, 1965. US on August 11 - four days before the Shea Stadium concert.
July 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Released in UK on July 29, 1965. US on August 11 - four days before the Shea Stadium concert.
Blast from the past! Playing my Gibson 330 on stage at New York's Original Improvisation. In an era before cell phones, this is a grainy still image from a video of the performance. I did my best Chuck Berry in this one!
July 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Blast from the past! Playing my Gibson 330 on stage at New York's Original Improvisation. In an era before cell phones, this is a grainy still image from a video of the performance. I did my best Chuck Berry in this one!
Beatles books & t-shirt winners at author presentation. Beatles were scheduled 2 perform in Louisville on 8-14-66 rescheduled for Cleveland when promoters could not find venue large enough 2 hold expected crowd. Louisville, KY. Revisit "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
July 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Beatles books & t-shirt winners at author presentation. Beatles were scheduled 2 perform in Louisville on 8-14-66 rescheduled for Cleveland when promoters could not find venue large enough 2 hold expected crowd. Louisville, KY. Revisit "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" book tour. amzn.to/4jp5bFJ
July 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
