MUS 16 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Allen Ginsberg, Mal Evans, Double Tracking
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Allen ginsberg major influence on modern cultural thinking; influenced dylan & the beatles. During the fall of 1966, they went largely separate ways: no longer interested in beatlemania, maintaining any kind of public image, being the beatles as they knew it. John: went to spain, acted in how i won the war , lounged on beach w/ guitar: george: went to india in search of musical and spiritual enlightenment, ringo: joined john in spain bc he said he was lonely . Paul: donned disguise and traipsed first around loire valley in france, then kenya: came up w/ idea for the beatles but not the beatles w/ alter egos; on flight back frm kenya w/ friend mal evans created sgt. Pepper"s lonely hearts club (from salt and pepper packets) This transition was hard for epstein, also business-wise. Ex-lover started blackmailing him (summer 1966) w/ nudes. Stress of this and the beatles" upcoming emi/parlophone contract renewal started stress-induced depression and alcohol abuse.
