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Music FeaturesYou are in: Cambridgeshire > Entertainment > Music > Music Features > Living with The Beatles... behind the scenes with Hunter Davies  The Beatles, biography by Hunter Davies Living with The Beatles... behind the scenes with Hunter DaviesJournalist Hunter Davies spent 18 months with The Beatles to gather material for one of pop music's most famous biographies. BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's Mandy Morton goes behind the scenes with Hunter in a special two-part documentary. Hunter Davies on The BeatlesPart 1: Sunday 30th August 2009, 2-3pm Listen in to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire on 96 & 95.7FM, DAB and online. For 18 months, between 1967 and 1968, Times journalist and author Hunter Davies lived with The Beatles... He partied with them; he went to work with them; and he was introduced to all their friends and families to put together what is still regarded as the ultimate Beatles biography. With two Beatle deaths, and a number of infamous news stories on the remaining members of the band, Hunter has been sought after by journalists all over the world to tell the inside story behind the biography.  Hunter Davies, the Beatles' biographer Recently, he decided to update the original book for the final time, and it was early this summer when the Eclectic Light Show's Mandy Morton sat down with him to talk about one of pop history's most astonishing commissions. Listen to a taster clip...When the news of Brian Epstein's death broke in 1967, The Beatles were on their way to Bangor to see the Maharishi, and Hunter was there with them on the extraordinary 'Beatle Train': Help playing audio/video  Mandy Morton Many BBC Radio Cambridgeshire listeners will be aware of Mandy's continuing interest in The Beatles and her love of their music, and a conversation with the man who breathed the same air as John, Paul, George and Ringo was bound to be a unique and candid discussion. In a two-part documentary, broadcast on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire during the Bank Holiday weekend, Hunter Davies talks about the death of The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein; the impact that fame had on the band's family life and relationships; and gives a fascinating account of how the most famous musicians in the world wrote and recorded their music. Another fascinating taster clip...Hunter talks about being a fly-on-the-wall as The Beatles rehearsed at Paul's house, asking him to help with lyrics for 'A Little Help from my Friends'... He recalls hearing them sing without backing track and thinking they didn't sound very good! Help playing audio/video  The revised edition of Hunter Davies' The Beatles: The Authorised Biography is published by Ebury Press. last updated: 25/08/2009 at 14:16 SEE ALSOYou are in: Cambridgeshire > Entertainment > Music > Music Features > Living with The Beatles... behind the scenes with Hunter Davies BBC Introducing |
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