Insightful new book delves into why the Beatles broke up
Who or what REALLY broke up the Beatles? Ken McNab’s book “And In The End: The Last Days of the Beatles” hardly provides a definitive answer to that question and is all the better for it.
Of course, there is no single reason the band dissolved, although individuals have long pointed to the death of band manager Brian Epstein, John Lennon’s marriage to Yoko Ono or Paul McCartney’s attempts to steer the band’s creative ship with the “Get Back” project as THE cause. Those all come into play as McNab details, month by month, the lives of all four Beatles in 1969. But so much more is also at work, from the band’s Apple Corps becoming more of a financial boondoggle than creative hub, to factions warring over who should represent the group’s business interests, to all four Fabs finding creative outlets and music-making opportunities outside their unit.
Source: John Young /post-gazette.com
