The Mal Evans Story - Chat With Author Ken Womack: Living The Beatles Legend

[@reneestewart9425]

I am so happy to hear that Paul had asked him to join the Wings Over America tour. I can see how he had to separate from Mal for a few years because Paul knew all hell was gonna break loose. And he wouldn’t have work for him. It makes you dream for a moment has he gone on that tour how a lot may have changed for the positive for him. I think it just breaks all of our hearts like John that they were lost to early. And what a loss to the whole world as we know.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

It is a sad, sad story at the end. But what a life he led. Glad we have his story.

[@beatler11]

I so enjoyed this book. Had heard rumors over many many years of his notes about his days with The Beatles. I was very happy when it came out and loved the stories of Mal and his real life, first hand experiences with JPG&R.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

Glad you enjoyed it, it is a fantastic book.

[@JaneKellie-uh3mo]

In our city grew this lad. How he ended was so sad. At the Cavern he became renowned Belting Out The Beatles Sound. * Imagine * to the world he was to sing And now his name is upon a wing. To Our City his tribrutes come, Welcome Home To Liverpool Son _____ _____________ John Lennon

[@heinertillmann4783]

As german I read this book in english about a "lucky man who made the beatles-grade!". he loved all of them. i never forget the line where paul told him: "I don´t need you anymore Mal!". heartbreaking but mal explains that meaning right. Love. R.I.P. Mal.

[@mikemcf33]

I read the book, From inception through the end Mal was the band’s roadie, technician, road manager, chauffeur, sandwich maker, even organ player on one song. There are a ton of insightful stories and anecdotes. If you’re at all a fan of the band, pick it up. It’s great. 4.2/5 on Goodreads.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

I agree, it is a wonderful book about a big man who had a big influence on the Beatles.

[@TheLoghouseTeacher]

Thank you for this interview! Book is preordered and patiently waiting to receive it.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

A pleasure, you will love it.

[@howcotube]

I have pre-ordered a copy and truly can't wait to read this !! I too have been waiting a long time for this one !!! Great interview guys !!!

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

Glad you enjoyed the interview you will love the book!

[@walterrizotto8668]

So have I. Love Mal, the Gentle Giant. May I recommend "Good Ol' Freda", the Blu-Ray about Beatles' secretary Freda Kelly?

[@howcotube]

@@walterrizotto8668 Yes I have that one too ! I have an autographed photo of Freda with Paul that I like very much as well !!

[@walterrizotto8668]

@@howcotube Lucky you! And I've just found out about the "The Lost Weekend: A Love Story" BR.

[@howcotube]

@@walterrizotto8668 yes a very good movie and I learned so much from it ! Got to meet May Pang and a got a signed autograph poster from her!

[@wormsnake1]

I can’t wait to read this. Mail is a kind of mysterious enigma, who saw it all from the cavern days to end of the Beatles splitting up. Such a shame how his life ended but he will never be forgotten. This is a BRILLIANT channel. ❤️🙏.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

Thank you, and you will love the book! A great eyewitness to the Beatles.

[@amb2745]

I think you could say the same about The Beatles inner circle as well. Besides Mal, Neil Aspinall, Tony Barrow, Derek Taylor, etc. are these people whose names you may have heard of, but not much about their background or their time with The Beatles. There could be a whole other book on these "beatle people".

[@marine4lyfe85]

​@@amb2745Peter Asher as well.

[@ralphwest8156]

Great stuff, great and interesting video David, looking forward to reading the book. ...imagine today having only two roadies ' - that's a 'stack' each so the bassist and drummer have to carry their own '

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

Now they have a 38 tonner each!! More roadies than the crowd sometimes 😂

[@JaneKellie-uh3mo]

Hi Beatle's Legend. Thanks for your sharing this with us. As a scouser, i always thought that i knew more about The Beatle's. Listening to this interview opens up a deeper historical Beatle Legend Insights. I love the amazing workmanship of Julian Lennon together with Sean Lennon In America. Thankyou so much for this interview guys..( Or in a scouse version- Nice - One For this Interview Lad's ✌️👍🎸🎸👍🇯🇪🇬🇧. My Uttmost Respect & Love To Julian and Sean Lennon. Sean Lennon Was Left With Nothing From His Childhood Parents . This truth hurts my heart so much todate. Love & Respect To The Lennon Brothers Alway's

[@JaneKellie-uh3mo]

Bruce Springteen had nothing to do with any of the legacy..neither does Taylor Swift. The Beatlemania Began In Liverpool England. ..Before It Ever Became Americanised !! .

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@CutiePie-hh3gg]

Tq for honouring Mal

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

It's my pleasure

[@beeetleboy518]

This is an amazing interview David wonderful stories such a great listen ! This book is my perfect Christmas present 👍👍🎸😎🎸BB 👍88

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

It is worth the wait. Ken has done a fantastic job with it, as expected. 👍🎅🎄

[@SakariLehtonengopromo]

Just reading the book, did I hear another book (part 2) ? Oh yeah, tya !

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

Yes part 2 will include excerpts from Mal's diaries etc. Should be superb.

[@michaelbartnek5090]

I have pre-ordered this book can't wait to start reading I'm sure this will make for some great reading

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

It is an excellent book, you will really enjoy it.

[@PeKe999]

I bought the book and ut's a good readjust like Womacks other Beatles books.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

He's a great writer! 👍

[@keithm.7335]

Everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn't end, but everything ends. That is life.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

Sad, but true

[@Kieop]

Paul likes to frame events as stories and he loves wordplay, so I wouldn't infer from his story that he's actually claiming that Mal didn't know what salt and pepper were, any more than we should believe that Paul could only blow air before Little Richard taught him how to "ooh". In Richard's story, he is claiming Paul and giving him his blessing -- that he makes him sound hopeless is meant to show that he had invested time in teaching him (which never happened), and thus that Paul was worth the investment. Richard was quick to chastise those he felt had stolen from him and this story is meant to show that Paul -- who stole a lot -- is not in that category. He is claiming him as his own. In Paul's Sgt Pepper story, he is acknowledging Mal's contribution and one can totally see them looking at the salt and pepper shakers and having a laugh, perhaps inspiring the name. It is similar to his Jimi Hendrix story, the point of which, is that he was impressed and flattered that Hendrix performed Sgt Pepper so soon after its release. But the story as he tells it, involves Jimi needing to retune his guitar mid-song and not being able to do it. It makes Jimi look bad and incompetent (he was more than capable to tuning his own guitar, even mid-song) , but it's just meant to be a bit of funning to highlight Jimi's mastery of the whammy bar.

[@ponzo1967]

I.found my next book, just waiting on Mark Lewishon's follow up after this.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

Hope you're patient! Enjoy this book.

[@ponzo1967]

@@BrightmoonLiverpool sounds really interesting and yeah I hope Mark gets that thing out soon it's been too long.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

@@ponzo1967 10 years and counting!!

[@ponzo1967]

I'm sure whatever was in those diary's was sifted through by Yoko before anything got out. Mal had his book ready but the lawsuites were waiting too. I know John softly warned Mal about releasing anything to the public that powerful people like himself wouldn't want made public. Sad story about a guy who gave everything to help propel the greatest act in show business.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

All four Beatles gave Mal permission to do what he wanted, but Mal died before anything could be done, sadly. It is a great insight into one of those closest to the Fab Four. A tragic story in the end.

[@ponzo1967]

@@BrightmoonLiverpool I read a book with John Lennon's letters and post cards he'd sent people over the years and I remember one to Mal about being careful of what he put in his book. The guy knew their deepest secrets and I'm sure they were all a little nervous he was putting out a book. Anything to do with John has gone through Yoko for years and she has her connections. I wouldn't doubt she set McCartney up to be busted in Japan. Fred Seaman, johns P.A at that time ,said they were laughing about Paul's arrest and saying something like that will teach him etc...

[@yei-jopbities6100]

(I speak spanish) Please ask to Ken Womak if he'll make his book version in spanish

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

Ken says that will hopefully happen soon.

[@lamper2]

28:44 Keith, as a boy, loved Roy Rogers

[@vadimopalev3433]

👏 !...Спасибо за Праздник! Огромная радость Ваш Супер пост! Тысячу раз спасибо!..✨🥰🥰🥰

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

A pleasure

[@spaceengineer1452]

Fascinating but far too many ads.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

Sorry, that is KZbin, not us.

[@spaceengineer1452]

OH, ok. Will def be buying the book, after hearing this. Nicely done interview. Learned heaps. Thanks..from Sydney. 👌@@BrightmoonLiverpool

[@JaneKellie-uh3mo]

I live not to far from Strawberry Field..Aka Strawberry Field Childrens Home. Wherever im walking in the Allerton Area..I Always Stop For A Minute - Giving My Respects To George Harrison.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

And to John, especially?

[@beatler11]

I stayed for 5 days in Georges childhhood home last year, 25 Upton Green in Speke Liverpool. One of the clear highlights of my life.

[@1rwjwith]

Regarding credits for songwriting…There should be an understanding that there is a creditable or valid point between crediting one songwriter and the modern and now current vogue of crediting a ridiculous amount of collaborators like 11 people writing a POP SONG…TOTALLY LUDICROUS. In my opinion it comes down to WHO WROTE THE MELODY…the TUNE , and the Lyrics..too me over say 4 people being credited writing a simple song is dumb. I think MAL EVANS possibly should have gotten one or two but it’s still hard to say…just changing one word or adding an idea probably does not constitute songwriting ..a lot of folks might think everyone should get credit when it’s adding to an arrangement not the composition so that is my opinion. I know he had the credit for YOU AND ME BABE with GH on the RINGO album. Thanks.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

Yes, suggesting a word or so here or there isn't writing. It is a contribution.

[@50scap3]

This book makes Mal look pretty bad as a family man, super douchey actually. His obsession with being in the middle of everything was pretty sickening he was super kind to a ton of people that were NOT his family. Poor Gary should have been raised with Julian Lennon they had a lot in common.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

It is an honest account through his diaries and with his children's recollections too. He wasn't a great husband or father a lot of the time, sadly.

[@4-dman464]

You won't like this, my friend, but I wish some other author had got this gig, Lewisohn maybe or else someone with Scouse roots that could lock into Mal's pre-Beatle life authentically. Having read *very detailed reviews* citing evidence & examples about how the 2-volume George Martin books were botched by bad writing, bad research & bad editing, I'm wary of Ken Womack. I'm not a patient man with bad writing or research that cannot cross the Atlantic to get authenticity. And it's not evident anywhere that the author has learned from those mistakes over the Martin project. So this time around I'm wary. I'll risk it for research purposes if I see a reduced price. If the book is done right, if the perspective STAYS with Mal & does not stray to Beatles without Mal, if it avoids a 'little did Mal know that...' just to info-dump about the Beatles everything we already know (please God avoid that rat-trap), then this is an overdue & well worthwhile project. The relationship with Neil Aspinall would be interesting to learn about.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

To be fair, one of Lewisohn’s failings was that despite travelling to Liverpool regularly, he didn't get the spirit of Liverpool at all. I also think he spent too much time giving us his opinion. Womacks George Martin books, I thought, were really good and I'm wary of reviews. As The author has worked closely with Mal's son and daughter, working from Mal's diaries and original manuscript, he has done a superb job. I highly recommend the book, being from Liverpool. In fact, Mal lived 2 minutes from my house in Mossley Hill. I learned a lot from the book.

[@4-dman464]

@@BrightmoonLiverpool Well, David, maybe we can return to this topic once I've read it. I've already been disappointed by the new Bob Dylan book, which had new access to his archive, so I hope I'm not bloodywell stung twice in one month. You could do a Mal Evans video tour navigated purely by Liverpool locations that have a specific Mal connection.

[@lamper2]

I'd rather read Mal's ACTUAL diary. And if he's describe Linda as a musical partner, I'd be wary of buying his book!

[@4-dman464]

@@lamper2 Well, if I understand the interview correctly, that's the plan for Volume 2 edited by Ken Womack, sometime next year? a big book project if it's going to include Diary, photos, facsimiles of letters, I'm guessing. It will take some layout to pull together, especially because Mal's abbreviated Diary form might not be very cursive. I'm thinking something like the exquisite layout of the new Bob Dylan book (the only good thing about it aside from Luc Sante's all-too-brief great writing). Expensive, but done right will be a touchstone to the life & times of Mal Evans.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

@lamper2 You will be reading extracts from his diary, and from his manuscript of his story told by Mal.

[@davidg2122]

30 min in and no taste of what's in this. Must be a boring book you cannot share even 1 story.

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

Should stay with it as we discuss stories, but have to set the scene.

[@davidg2122]

@@BrightmoonLiverpool 30 minutes?

[@javiergilvidal1558]

Is THAT Paul Mc Cartney on the cover? Looking NOT AT ALL like Paul, and holding his ciggie in his right hand?

[@BrightmoonLiverpool]

Yes, that's him. They were good friends.

[@javiergilvidal1558]

@@BrightmoonLiverpool Your answer is very strange. In normal conditions, it would be obvious that the guy standing next to Mal was Paul; and their friendship is well-known, and documented to saturation point. But the whole Beatle saga is FAR from normal. What I meant (and said) is that THAT guy doeasn´t look AT ALL like Paul, and his holding the ciggy with his supposedly "bad" hand is fishy at least