by Steve Turner
Donovan 66, 84, 103
Dylan, Bob 99, 178
Eastman, Linda 80, 90, 92, 110, 134, 136, 142-3
Epstein 36, 41, 43, 44, 64, 162, 165
Harrison, George, 20, 28-9, 45, 48, 55, 59, 64, 70, 86, 92, 99, 102, 114, 124, 130-1, 134, 136, 154, 155, 172, 173, 179, 178-9
as composer 6
deteriorating relationship with Beatles 115, 172;
with PM 108 drugs 29, 48
Eastern thought 28, 79, 113
George Harrison 172
meditation 96
religious view 124
songs by 28, 45, 54, 55, 61, 79, 86, 99, 102, 113, 119, 124, 126, 129, 131, 178
visiting California 55,
San Francisco 42-3
Jagger, Mick 41, 100
Leary, Timothy 23, 127-8, 129, 179
Lennon, Cynthia 17, 34
Lennon, John 6-7, 13, 16-17, 19, 20-21, 26-7, 35, 36, 45, 47, 56, 57, 71, 78, 80-1, 90, 92, 93, 94, 103, 105, 127, 133, 134, 135, 138, 139, 164, 165, 173
aggressive tendencies 21
annoyed with PM 89
anti-semitism 43
death of mother 91
deteriorating relationship with Cynthia 93, 95, 112;
with PM 108
diminishing role in Beatles 6,
dissatisfaction with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 96
divorce 62, 93, 116
drugs 9, 18, 34, 80, 107, 116
early writing with PM 118
early years 10, 13
Imagine 155
laziness 34
marries Yoko Ono (and honeymoon) 121-3
moving to USA 95
plagiarism, 135
poetry, influenced by the Goon Show 19
Rape 122
social change, views on 100-1
songs by 40, 41, 127, 154, 153, 154, 155
states of mind 12, 13, 83, 93, 153
sued for plagiarism 128
views on ‘All You Need Is Love’ 41,
‘Birthday’ 92,
‘Dig A Pony 111,
‘Hello Little Girl’ 164,
‘Hey Jude’ 62,
‘Oh Darling’ 132,
‘Sun King’ 137,
‘Teddy Boy’ 177,
The Beatles 65,
‘The End’ 147,
‘When I’m Sixty-Four’ 32;
the analysis of Beatles’ songs 57-8, 71-2
visiting India 77, 83, 100, 103, 173
Lennon, Julian 18, 62, 63
Lennon/McCartney songs see Beatles Lyttleton, Humphrey 59
Manson, Charles 86, 98, 105
Martin, George 14, 19, 20, 32, 37, 38, 41, 58, 109, 118, 126, 154
McCartney, Paul, 19, 20-1, 31-2, 33, 35, 37, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52, 56, 62-3, 66-7, 73, 74, 75, 78, 84-5, 87, 92, 94, 96, 97-8, 105, 126, 129, 130, 136, 142-3, 144, 145, 155, 165, 169, 174-5, 177, 181, 180-1
conceives idea for Sgt Pepper 14
conflict within Beatles 115, 146
death, rumours of 71
early writing with JL 118
early years 10 first solo album 109
girlfriends 82; Jane Asher 22, 49, 82
increasing influence in Beatles 7
jamming for Jefferson Airplane 42
leaves Beatles 108
McCartney 171
reconciliation with JL 152
songs by 7, 84, 160, 171
views on ‘All We Need Is Love’ 41,
Anthology 150,
‘Get Back’ 120,
‘Hello Goodbye’ 44,
‘Hey Jude’ 62,
‘The End’ 147; Beatles’ songs 89 visiting India 87,
Moscow (meeting Putin) 68,
San Francisco 42
writing songs 44
meditation 70-1
Melly, George 10
Milligan, Spike 19
Oko, Yono 6, 19, 34, 62, 80, 81, 83, 91, 93, 95, 104, 107, 115, 116, 121, 123, 127, 133, 135, 150, 152, 155, 173
psychedelia 15, 31, 38, 42, 46, 50, 103, 156, 178
Quarry Men 91, 157, 163, 164
Richard, Cliff (and Shadows) 161
Rolling Stones 74
Scott, Jimmy 74
Shankar, Ravi 28, 119
Sinatra, Frank 9
Spector, Phil 108
Starr, Ringo 20, 21, 45, 89, 90, 92, 96, 130, 133, 135, 154, 155
dissatisfaction with Beatles 115
songs by 88, 132
Summer of Love 38, 41, 100
Transcendental Meditation 64
Vietnam War 40, 67
Who, The 97
Wolfe, Tom 50
Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh 48, 52, 61, 64, 65, 66, 69, 78, 94, 96, 99, 112
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
For interviews carried out specifically for this book I thank: Al Aronowitz, Diane Ashley, Marc Behm, Margo Bird, Tony Bramwell, Prudence Bruns, Iris Caldwell, Pattie Clapton, Allan Clarke, Maureen Cleave, Melanie Coe, Richard A Cooke, Nancy Cooke de Herrera, Meta Davis, Rod Davis, Pat Dawson, Richard DiLello, Royston Ellis, Peter Fonda, Johnny Guitar, Paul Horn, Kevin Howlett, Michael Hurll, Stephen James, Rod Jones, Tony King, Timothy Leary, Donovan Leitch, Julian Lennon, Dick Lester, John Duff Lowe, Angie McCartney, Roger McGough, Thelma McGough, Elliot Mintz, Rod Murray, Delbert McClinton, Denis O’Dell, Lucy O’Donnell, Alun Owen, Little Richard, Jimmy Savile, John Sebastian, Helen Shapiro, Don Short, Joel Schumacher, Lucrezia Scott, Derek Taylor, James Taylor, Doug Trendle, Dr John Turner, Jan Vaughan and Gordon Waller.
I also drew on past interviews conducted with Lionel Bart, Hunter Davies, John Dunbar, Cynthia Lennon, George Martin, Barry Miles, Spike Milligan, Roy Orbison, Ravi Shankar, Bruce Welch and Muriel Young.
For supplying information or setting up interviews I thank: Tony Barrow, Penny Bell, Gloria Boyce, Eleanor Bron, Lynne DeBernardis, Liz Edwards, Mike Evans, Peggy Ferguson, Roberta Freymann, Sarah Jane Freymann, Lynda Gilbert, Matt Godwin, Adrian Henri, Corinna Honan, Shelagh Jones, Andrew King, Martha Knight, Carol Lawrence, Mark Lewisohn, Brian Patten, Mrs Juan Mascaró, Robby Montgomery, Peter Nash, Iona Opie, Peter Rhone, Bettina Rose, Juliet Rowe, Phil Spangenberger, Alvin Stardust, Jean Stein, Sue Turner, Lisa Ullmann, Linda Watts and Paul Wayne.
I used facilities supplied by the following organizations: American Federation of Musicians, ASCAP, BMI, Beatles Shop (Liverpool), Bristol Library, Bristol Old Vic, British Library, Chiswick Library, Highland Bookshop and Wildlife Art Gallery (Traverse City, Michigan), National Newspaper Library, National Sound Archives, Nigerian High Commission, Performing Rights Society, Rochdale Library, Theatre Museum, UCLA Library and Westminster Library.
Finally, I would like to thank my agent Lisa Eveleigh who never gave up on the project and Piers Murray-Hill and Jonathan Goodman at Carlton Books.