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On September 16, 1964, the Beatles performed in New Orleans' City Park. The city already played a large role in the music of the Fab Four, with John Lennon first hearing a New Orleans R&B record in 1956. This fun and meticulous look at the unique relationship between the Beatles and America's most important musical city includes chapters on the local teen reporters who interviewed the Beatles and covered the show, the band's stay at a motel far from downtown, the press conference where the mayor presented the group with the keys to the city, the present-day status of places the musicians visited, and much more.
About the author
Steve grew up in Baton Rouge in the '60s listening to rock and roll on New Orleans' two powerful AM radio stations, WNOE and WTIX. They played the oldies he came to associate with the Crescent City, songs recorded in New Orleans by New Orleans artists, such as Ernie Kado's, Mother in Law, Frogman Henry's Ain't Got No Home, and Fats Domino's Blue Monday.
He is a graduate of LSU Law School and is a practicing real estate attorney in Baton Rouge where he lives with his wife, dog, cat, Cavern Club brick, and a piece of Abbey Road. .
Steve will be a featured author at the 2019 Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge on November 2nd.
