On January 22 Beatles’ devotees, including rock stars and fans, transformed the Gibson Musical Instruments showroom in Beverly Hills, California into the Temple of The Beatles 50th love and burned down the house for hours with music, celebration and tribute at this very small, VIP gathering. I stood in a crowd of people – young, old and from all over the world, watching and listening as Brian Wilson with his bandleader Jeffrey Foskett, Kris Kristofferson, America, Micky Dolenz, Robby Krieger, Earl Slick and the astonishing Jimmy Webb each selected and performed one of their favorite fab four songs as the crowd literally swooned with excitement and joy. The Beatles had touched everyone there of course and everywhere else and not a person in that room, in particular, would have denied that the direction their lives took was influenced by the band.
Brian Wilson with his bandleader, Jeffrey Foskett
Just twenty-two images, from the amazing, and as yet unseen, photo collection by Beatles tour manager Bob Bonis, were unveiled and auctioned off with a portion going to charity. Bonis was with the band on the road from 1964 to 1966 and shot 750 intimate portraits with his Leica and each image was revealing and Continue reading
RONA ELLIOT 