Michelle's Musings: music

Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans by Kenneth Womack
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Mal’s presence is heavy in photos of The Beatles and most recently in the Get Back movie. If you have read books about The Beatles you know who Mal is and why he was important to the Liverpool lads. What you may not know until you read this book, is that life was glamorous, but not easy. This book is going to take you deep into the famous roadie’s life, deep. I 100% admit that I knew who Mal was, I could recognize him in photos, Help and knew exactly what his job for the lads was and knew about how he died, but I knew nothing about his life when he went home. Mal lived two lives, that of a guy deeply imbedded into a mayhem world and a guy married with children.

I am going to recommend this for any Beatles fan, but maybe not someone just looking for a bio to read, it is deep in the Beatles world. I very much enjoyed it.

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I wanted to choose an audiobook for you that was fun, quick, something that would make you laugh or smile. This one is perfect for a car ride, cleaning the house, or a good walk.

"Me and Patsy" is all about Loretta Lynn and her good pal, Patsy Cline. You can tell by the title that there was nothing boring about these two girls when they got together. If they weren't causing a scene in a bar, they were trying on makeup or talking about sex.

I have not read Coal Miner's Daughter in a long time, so I can't remember, but this book is very candid and honest. Loretta doesn't leave anything (and I mean anything) out. I am not a fan of country music, and probably can't name any Loretta song other than the ones she mentioned in the book, but I found this book fun. The whole time I was reading it I kept thinking about how my friends would LOVE this one! I will tell you that I read the book and it was a very quick read, and then I followed it up with the audiobook. I am encouraging you to try the audio version as well. The narrator tries to sound like Loretta, her accent is perfect for this book!!!

I hope you enjoy this one! Let me know what you think.