née september april wife english musician john_lennon mother julian grew middle class section peninsula north west england age accepted junior art school later enrolled liverpool college art john_lennon attended college meeting class led relationship john performing hamburg beatles rented bedroom aunt legal guardian smith pregnant john married august mount pleasant register office liverpool lived surrey town kept house participated husband london based social life john left japanese avant garde conceptual artist result couple divorce legally granted november grounds john adultery married italian married john twist engineer lancashire divorced divorce twist changed deed poll met jim partner years later married charles night club owner death published book memoirs twist intimate biography john years staged memorabilia associated life john_lennon son julian attended las_vegas premiere production love theme music beatles death lived spain early years born september lancashire england youngest children charles wife née sons number years older charles anthony charles worked company lived liverpool pregnant women sent safer world war declared lived small room bed breakfast birth liverpool frequent target german air raids family moved semi detached house middle class area peninsula considered liverpool age won art prize competition organised liverpool echo year later accepted liverpool junior art school attended bill harry later editor liverpool beat newspaper art college father died long battle lung cancer died told job support mother able art school mother wanted receive education rented room apprentice september gained place liverpool college art studying graphics took lettering classes drawing tools constantly borrowed discovered teachers refused air moved different social circles future husband art school friend fun stopping conversation walked room saying quiet dirty jokes compliment girl blonde hair college looked similar french actress saturday turned college hair shades noticed straight away miss nickname miss miss dressed like boy brought guitar class sang ain sweet directly relationship john_lennon college party celebrate end term asked like quickly replied engaged young man replied didn ask marry later approached asked pub confused ignored evening eventually invited group joke began dating referring autumn ended engagement ended relationship art student jealousy manifest violent behaviour face causing head hit wall watching dance stuart incident broke months resumed relationship apology time cleaning woman college caught hitting suggested stay away work art school began suffer teachers told relationship good continued later saying sort blind rage years drunk fighting girl friends matter tony friend youth later said beautiful physically inside knew find love road totally dedicated success extremely influential insecure pump sort weak beatles hamburg residency took place writing frequent passionate letters home returning home aunt legal guardian smith threw hand mirror spending lot money coat smith later referred gangster unpleasant beatles went hamburg second time dot paul_mccartney girlfriend time visited weeks later easter holidays stay night long sets taking stay awake group taking stayed girlfriend mother house trip hamburg mother said cousin husband canada new born baby going studied teachers waited came hamburg asked smith taken avenue rent room smith rented box room door bedroom insisted house pay rent took job store liverpool student grant run year years old received aunt mater lived edinburgh went paris accompany studying final exams went hamburg april found house road liverpool shortly having failed art teacher diploma exam august found pregnant child later explained talked didn think time told said thing married marriage julian married august mount pleasant register office liverpool fellow beatles george_harrison attendance manager brian best man parents wedding soon ceremony began backyard building opposite started drill drowned said asked groom step forward harrison stepped forward instead photographs flowers wedding party celebrated invitation restaurant square restaurant parents alfred julia celebrated marriage years old honeymoon play engagement ballroom chester night travel hotel george paris honeymoon september accompanied invited join pregnancy offered couple use flat street later paid private hospital room pregnancy coming term completely unknown outside liverpool beatles following girls city condition follow marriage baby kept close secret upset fans time news wedding leaked group denied happy low profile wanting subject public attention way husband son john charles julian born april hospital tour time son days later finally arrived hospital said bloody gon famous rocker like dad explained going day holiday barcelona later referred julian saturday night special way people said son came bottle time julian birth beatles pop sensation britain phenomenon known members married son publicly known time beatles page new musical express detailed biographical facts member group gave hint married reporting girls press heard rumours wife child end swept europe descended mother house mother son staying november december friends neighbours protected approached journalists november son christened parish church didn tell tour time feared media circus told days angry hadn wanted son christened asked julian godfather long newspaper story secret wife baby boy told beatles best situation hoped newspapers pregnant marrying living aunt house months couple moved london found flat emperor gate road floor flat built floors meant climbing flights stairs building lift firstly carry julian flat collect shopping bags beatles fans soon found living find camping hallway push leaving arriving accompanied america beatles tour allowing press photograph infuriated wanted marriage secret tour left new_york beatles quickly car miami ask help fans convince security guard response don bloody slow time killed time tour emperor gate address situation grew worse fans sticking lock flat tearing article clothing leaving arriving american girls write letters proclaiming desperate love john women lives beatles received equivalent late beatles wives dealing occasional physical danger female beatles fans kicked legs demanded leave john touring recording supposed family holidays skiing producer george martin girlfriend staying castle ireland george_harrison harrison wife subject discovered fans having escape irish location dressed result long recording sessions tours usually slept days started filming won war spain promised wife son join weeks filming small apartment allocated swiftly replaced villa wife joined domestic life beatles told group members houses near bought house called july mock tudor style house acres cliff richard lived spent twice original purchase price renovations reducing rooms new kitchen modern complicated sent explain worked extensive renovations couple live attic bedroom months enjoyed entertaining larger rooms usually found small house overlooking swimming pool similar aunt liverpool cat called named aunt took care julian frequently employed cooking employed lived premises passed driving test bought white mini gold red ferrari green beetle usually surprises consulting enjoyed george_harrison wife wife lived nearby going holiday shopping photographed beatles movie special occasions julian home meant role wife mother went nightclub central london nearly dawn took julian school place visit beatles american musicians total strangers met previous night london opened door man looked like husband features explained alfred father supposedly seen years annoyed came home telling time father visited office business weeks years meeting office alfred years old turned fiancée year old student jones asked job hired help julian piles beatles fan mail father fiancée spent months living attic bedroom interview evening standard reporter said house famous loaded going don know know isn drugs knew husband took drugs like regularly smoked thought dangerous especially march dinner party given john riley harrison given knowledge told leave house harrison drove riley following taxi club thought lift club fire started screaming finally crawling lift waiting harrison later drove home mini cooper mph feeling effects drug stayed night experiencing effects trip started taking regular basis daily use encouragement agreed try time adverse effects said time drug relented took time weeks later way party country house east sussex hated psychological effects drug point change taking place husband like living discovered religion tensions bad temper replaced understanding love confessed probably taken thousand times saying eat time decades ahead maintain john drug use beginning end couple july harrison assistant flew athens stayed overnight wife son jane girlfriend year old sister evans publicist taylor set athens looking island buy live chartered yacht later said whilst sailing greek islands everybody sat took beatles publicly renounced drugs completely initial meetings london wales aggressive edges childhood disappeared spent considerable amounts time sitting garden hours end somewhat people including beatles ability understand complained saying like holiday john julian replied know retire little cottage cliff cornwall right adding got bloody songs write work justify living understood temperament felt frustrated having developed career art college background india beatles scheduled fly india visit months meditation left found letters indicated contact period time denied involved explaining crazy artist wanted sponsored kept stream telephone calls visits february flew india followed beatles partners days later wife division sexes emphasised male musicians sitting outside night composing songs partners gathered rooms talking life wife partner shared poster bed playing guitar drawing writing poetry long sessions meditation magic alex greek born alex controlled apple electronics arrived later smuggling alcohol nearest village allowed weeks asked sleep separate room saying walked local post office morning received telegram sent daily found secretive trips later saying thought magical interlude making marriage reality end paul later published book photographs beatles showing deep thought confused expression despite later spoke time saying loved away fans people demands flashing cameras divorce flight england got drunk confessed involved women marriage went detail friends joan actress eleanor journalist thousands women globe wanting hear confession knew women attracted like flame weeks later suggested holiday greece friends busy recording songs white album arrived greece earlier expected clock discover sitting cross legged floor matching white robes staring eyes found outside bedroom door shocked asked spend night apartment apartment went straight bed drank alcohol trying convince run away bathroom collapsed bed spare bedroom joining trying kiss pushed away absolutely normal returned home day maintained love son saying love love went new_york shortly specifically invited trip italy arranged mother evening italian waiting hotel break news planning sue divorce grounds adultery seek sole custody julian send said mere fact magic alex arrived italy middle night prior knowledge staying extremely suspicious making easy accuse look bad initiated divorce proceedings prompted divorce grounds news pregnancy broke started divorce proceedings august financial settlement hampered refusing offer telling phone payment akin winning football pools worth settlement raised annually custody julian trust fund julian inherit time mother receive interest payments decree granted november trust fund provided children sean born julian inheritance cut lived months flat owned square central london returned preferred live instead isolated short meeting alongside accusing having affair india saying innocent little flower visited julian year way composed song head later hey talking divorce later said good friends millions years thought bit suddenly non life recalled truly surprised afternoon paul arrived touched obvious concern welfare journey composed hey car forget paul gesture care concern coming asked written songs time answered sloppy young anybody northern men didn days contrast said wrote song norwegian wood bird flown affair having rendered know subsequent life july married started dating parting couple divorced opened restaurant wales called oliver premises enrolled son school later joined local combined cadet force separation partner time actively tried spend time son forming friendship wife process continued reconciled meeting period time saw john previously julian allowed visit father twice year complained time wife wanted present saying thought walk wasn reconciliation complained son allowed visit married john twist engineer lancashire published memoir time twist telling life containing illustrations poetry tried stop publication book excerpt published newspaper december time whilst staying wife home received phone hours shot new_york memory words sound voice line crystal clear sorry john dead clear thought son son julian home bed tell father death memoir gained renewed interest went printing copies weeks death twist separated divorced sold changed deed poll later commenting financially necessary imagine awarded year contract design necessary earn living necessary bite bullet began relationship jim partner years business manager living said time jim felt living john_lennon shadow years younger wasn beatles scene later lived isle man normandy years separated kept years began death including personally drawn christmas card august finances state apart john men fallen love good earning living memorabilia went auction including said time enjoyed things years time change set items including drug brought later said think life collect baggage send car boot sale etc baggage demand sold pay bills proud years entered failed business ventures including named woman john_lennon song april restaurant named upper martin lane garden menu items rubber sole play beatles album sgt pepper penny lane short life business venture considered far expensive later blame efforts men life encouraging beatles hamburg days subject film portraying film relationship eventually doomed wanting different things life wanting hurt later complained film dim little girlfriend portrayed television film life john_lennon story negative aspects john treatment overlooked subsequently portrayed troubled centric american musical character played julia gaining little prominence life central role bbc film naked playing character absent british film boy purported cover story focused relationships aunt mother recording début rendition days produced number hit mary failed chart whilst living normandy exhibition drawings paintings displayed road gallery 1990s appearing beatles conventions appeared ambivalent practice times maintained moving life putting beatles past times embrace continued interest past inevitable daily_telegraph said profile essence suburban woman spite got caught extraordinary men modern times years marriage john_lennon ended later years death married charles night club owner september published new biography john examining life years including events following death writing guardian said book john attempt prove worth theory loyal partner fail valuable page potential son attended las_vegas premiere production love marked rare public appearance son opened exhibition memorabilia beatles story exhibition liverpool staged joint appearance opening center arts armenia september julian opened timeless exhibition photographs morrison hotel gallery new_york attendance julian sean time room john_lennon peace monument unveiled julian ceremony park liverpool october celebrate birthday lived husband island spain death march died april home spain age short struggle cancer son julian public messages saying lovely lady known early days liverpool good mother julian missed peace love julian god issued statement emphasizing position held common single parent strong intelligent boy easy understood way wishing sons future beatles biographer hunter davies spent considerable time john 1960s researching book remembered lovely woman totally different john quiet reserved calm


ride ride american country music band initially composed terry lead vocals bass guitar ray background vocals guitar billy thomas background vocals drums percussion group founded assistance record producer tony brown ride albums road gold certified sacred ground hurry released respectively issued nashville albums produced hits billboard country charts including hits sacred ground highest peaking number going mind night love loose heart run label removed thomas group renamed terry ride remained lead singer members replaced keith edwards drums kenny electric guitar steel guitar jeff keyboards bass guitar member band road respectively replaced bob shortly fourth album terry ride ride disbanded hiatus issued compilation called country best wrote singles artists thomas reunited ride releasing sky records splitting joined backing band duo brooks wrote duo singles self released solo album history ride created tony brown executive vice president records decided establish new country music band order compete alabama thought falling favor country radio time guitarist ray born july serving backing musician recording artist brown suggested join lead vocalist terry born september know new band brown planned musician childhood worked backing musician father later fan fair nashville tennessee brown introduced drummer billy thomas born october previously played harris mac davis band lineup place musical career ride performed concert detroit michigan band released single peaked number rpm country charts canada enter country charts step way failed chart countries band dropped roster poor chart performance release count peaked number billboard country charts music video song success led release ride debut album road wrote songs single album old star peaked number album release band began touring united_states highway thomas played drums country vocal group featuring bread member jimmy griffin debut album blue frontier thomas sang background vocals stuart album tempted sacred ground band second album came album ride successful singles reaching country charts sacred ground number followed going mind wrote night number sacred ground written brooks previously released song self titled debut album capitol records joining form brooks ride received best new vocal group duo nomination country music association vocal group year nomination academy country music years release sacred ground certified gold recording_industry_association_of_america shipping copies ride album hurry released produced band fourth final hit number love loose heart run wrote title track single release love loose heart run later released david ball single album lounge band charted hit leo wrote soundtrack film seconds album featured john anderson rendition title track road year ride recorded cover version southern rock band saturday night special compilation album featured country artists renditions songs change terry ride disbanding march thomas left group label decided shift band focus want push background according members parted friends new bass guitarist brought label decision focus previously member road recorded album liberty records completing new lineup keith edwards drums kenny lead guitar steel guitar jeff keyboards previously played ride road band bought naming rights band renamed terry ride album titled terry ride singles released new leo serving producer time album release replaced bob replaced additionally performed rest instruments performed session musicians album singles high hopes pockets somebody failed reach band broke released compilation package entitled country best included singles river road later released version somebody self titled debut album worked songwriters ride hiatus wrote kenny single skip wrote singles brooks hits man got number featured guest vocals thomas worked backing musician gill went join trent new row mob reunion second disbanding september reunited thomas meeting party restaurant bar arizona celebrate club 25th anniversary performed suggested officially reunite ride saying thing gut telling right time trio recorded demo tapes began searching record deal signing independent records working pianist record producer matt ride recorded album titled sky released september year unlike previous albums band wrote songs played instruments according thomas terry thought band like situation wrote bring unit lead single touches reached number country charts representing band final chart entry following non charting singles squeeze box cover song famous sky written big kenny john rich later form duo big rich later recorded jason self titled debut album version released late peaked number country charts early included sky track written previously found david ball album play ride members disbanded second time release sky disbanding bass guitarist brooks road band continued write songs including number hit play country proud house built don cry album cuts wrote single stay brass bed hughes james self released solo album entitled dream late album included rendition background vocals duet black grain salt written james thomas toured little river band musical critical reception ride sound defined close vocal harmonies vocal styles crisp gentle albums contained ride compared rock influenced country vocal bands alabama southern pacific book encyclopedia country music writer paul describes ride having found success series middle road singles tight harmonies collaborated wrote songs brooks said fan band joined duo road band interview said tight group heard radio early 90s shortly single liked terry singing style familiar texas said enjoys writing texas natives similar upbringing musical influences band albums received mixed reception music critics entertainment_weekly reviewer nash criticized albums lacking strong material outside sacred ground ballad male narrator tries convince man commit adultery narrator wife gave hurry rating saying filled catchy hooks tight harmonies soulful songs collective personality allmusic critic jason gave half stars second albums noting hurry continue group close harmony style sky received star review allmusic critic robert considered tight seamless bit critic matt said wonderful collection songs members terry lead vocals bass guitar ray background vocals electric guitar billy thomas background vocals drums keith edwards drums bass guitar steel guitar jeff keyboards kenny electric guitar bob lead guitar keyboards discography studio albums compilation albums singles music videos

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evans frederick evans january road manager assistant friend beatles early 1960s evans employed telephone engineer worked time club beatles manager brian later hired evans group assistant road manager tandem peter brown staff later wrote evans menacing looking young man evans contributed recordings appeared films group beatles stopped touring evans carried assisting break evans found work record producer notably hit matter evans killed police january home los_angeles officers called girlfriend police told evans confused gun police air rifle evans holding rifle shot dead early life details evans early life unknown apart birth date book written wrote memoirs living beatles legend extracts released march known starts evans married liverpool girl lily meeting new brighton opposite liverpool child born year beatles resident group liverpool club evans heard perform lunch break living road hill working telephone engineer post office committed fan musical hero time elvis_presley befriended george_harrison forward evans club manager ray needed year old evans accepted wore thick framed glasses mainly frame asset holding fans door later nicknamed gentle giant big evans wrote wonderful year lily wife son house car working club wrote post office engineering union diary information concerning law post office pay rates beatles months starting club evans hired brian road manager august evans duties drive van tour set test equipment telephone engineering experience valuable setting maintaining electrical equipment beatles driven liverpool london evans heavy fog january hit evans break large hole road ahead winter group lie bottle try stay warm freezing temperatures later referred sandwich evans duties acting bodyguard sent buy needed suits boots meals drinks said evans rush local store buy pairs cotton evans wrote diaries bought visit doctor beatles memorabilia continuous demand set evans sign harrison busy beatles started european tour january evans allowed wife son involved big punch photographers paris protecting associate taylor asked driving austin princess rolls evans explained beatles forced choose austin tested car wide doors open literally dive car escape fans america philippines beatles introduced bob_dylan new_york remembered asking evans write newly found influenced thoughts life repeating write evans affected drug everybody took long time find pencil piece paper morning evans gave sheet paper read dictated seven levels life later explained beatles attended night stars london july evans constantly supplied delivered balanced wooden found backstage beatles assisted evans american tours played shows hollywood bowl summer arranged day rest luxurious shaped house canyon drive los_angeles spent time smoking joints evans swam large outdoor swimming pool cigarettes mouths longest recording sessions london harrison houses belt southern england evans drive late night club eat chips bag nails nightclub favourites street london presented live music memoirs evans wrote january ended smashed bag nails paul number people attached happen freak time baby july beatles toured philippines unintentionally nation lady supposed broadcast philippine television radio beatles police protection disappeared group entourage way manila airport airport road manager evans beaten kicked group members pushed hostile crowd group boarded plane tony evans ordered evans said tell love thinking jailed killed forced money group earned allowed plane kenya sgt pepper beatles concert park san_francisco august evans continued work studio run recording revolver went holiday france asked meet evans church corner victor hugo james exactly pre arranged time clock evans standing church clock arrived drove madrid feeling bored office london asked booked holiday kenya arrived visited reserve foot mount stayed exclusive hotel rooms built branches trees spent final night returned london beatles according needed new flight england evans played words come new evans asked letters stood meal explained salt pepper led sgt pepper lonely hearts club band arrived london november cover sgt pepper completed peter blake evans sent find photographs people shown cover spring album completed evans flew los_angeles fiancée jane acting old theatre company went trip returning frank jet evans left denver frank jet loaned beautiful job dark black leather delight stocked bar invited visit house john phillips brian wilson working beach boys smile album evans wrote singing old wilson impressed wilson avant garde attitude music brian wilson affair walking water filled glasses trying arrange sort session greece magical mystery tour beatles evans flew greece late encouragement greek born magic alex director apple electronics buy island group islands general idea beatles live islands separate homes connected tunnels leading central dome evans family included plan abandoned refused participate evans moved avenue john wood near abbey road studios avenue bought old english martha evans complained dog beds evans later bought house thames situated harrison houses working magical mystery tour film evans wrote work duties requests different things time case relying instinct experience awarding priorities right days realised going smoothly routine recording find time numerous cups tea baked beans listen recording control room magical mystery tour recordings evans flew nice shoot fool hill promotional film set passport got past customs saying know evans allowed hotel restaurant nice didn look eat dinner evans room money spent clothes supposed send arranged credit nights nightclub evans took advantage credit standing money arrived england news paul visit club previous night spread place jammed paul generous sort person built bar bill manager club arrived demanding pay immediately explaining paul happened answered pay bill police certainly looked like going thrown jail sitting club millionaire unable pay bill india apple beatles flew india february visit meeting august london hotel evans arrived india days earlier inspect soon got plane demanded evans find doctor shots causing pain evans arrived local hospital tried immediate treatment told indian doctor special case wait turn pay private doctor privilege hearing right evans wrote diary february press tried kicking gates indian people called half way soon indian reporter told bloody going stop country cooled evans diary says enjoyed time india hard believe week passed suppose peace mind meditation makes time fly enjoyed food unlike brought baked beans leaving india harrison evans flew new_york visiting bob_dylan band big pink house studio apple formed evans promoted road manager personal assistant weekly salary remained evans january paul cutting apple staff members elevated office boy evans apple briefly feel hurt sad inside big boys don cry feel hurt reason writing ego thought different people relationship beatles loved treated nice felt like family carry find difficult live home week love like friends buy fantastic homes alterations going ask rise tell look everybody wants satisfied try receive time content happy loving trouble want serve feel bit better ego evans financial problems started problem ask harrison money april tell george harrison broke miserable red bills coming poor old wife suffers don want rise true don want ask rise having pretty tough time evans member apple entourage invited attend witness married registry office march evans wrote diary brother michael train birmingham late peter brown evans passed register office saw photographers ardent fans standing rain left wedding crowd people beatles played roof apple offices row evans told delay policemen arrived stop concert long possible evans responsible signing apple label rock band assigned label portrait photographer les acquired national portrait gallery allen evans enjoyed executive position apple allen hired manager company evans fired year complained evans living like kings like fucking emperors evans later reinstated harrison complained september evans accompanied white toronto canada toronto rock roll revival concert later wrote enjoying years loving minute setting stage making sure right wanted particularly allen flown organised john performance filmed video taped dan musical contributions evans contributed recordings including singing chorus yellow submarine played single organ notes won harmonica benefit explained showed evans notes organ head wanted evans play shook wanted stop day life evans controlled alarm clock counting measures original bar pause piano players simultaneously hitting chord song played dear trumpet played double solo proficient instrument evans contributed background vocals stirred bucket gravel rhythm know look number contributed white album new mary jane hit silver hammer lift hammer high right sound time song according evans diaries helped compose songs sgt pepper album wrote january sgt pepper started writing song paul upstairs room piano lot rain comes lyric fixing hole hope people like started sergeant pepper february sergeant pepper sounds good paul tells royalties song great news new home february recording voices captain sic pepper chorus middle worked midnight keith author beatles record referred tape recording evans speaking shortly death evans reiterated statements diary according evans asked time problem credited writer writing hot item reasons unclear evans receive royalties stayed week pay modern currency film evans appeared beatles films filming beatles feature film hard day night evans appeared cameo role carrying upright bass john_lennon backstage scene mistakes help evans played confused channel swimmer pops ice hole austria beach bahamas evans asked find hire actors needed perform magical mystery tour film hire old coach told paint magical mystery tour logo designed evans later appeared film cast mysterious spells passengers bus let film evans seen playing early versions silver hammer seen talking police officers row rooftop came stop performance concert evans placed camera microphone corner apple reception area police came complain noise expected filmed recorded beatles filmed evans time sound collection film recordings later released dvd beatles evans seen group known play live suggested signed apple evans produced songs notable matter charted billboard december evans discovered group splinter brought apple label subsequently george_harrison dark horse records evans production credits include single new day apple tracks keith moon solo album sides moon evans separated wife moved los_angeles moved live separation evans credited harrison things pass john_lennon plastic band album providing tea sympathy evans harrison track appeared solo album splinter song lonely man musical little apple feature film produced harrison evans asked produce group natural gas working book memoirs called living beatles legend deliver publishers january evans depressed separation wife asked divorce christmas living new girlfriend hughes rented apartment west 4th street los_angeles death january evans hughes evans biography john asked visit saw evans evans told sure finished living beatles legend helped evans upstairs bedroom conversation evans picked air rifle struggled evans evans stronger held weapon hughes police told evans confused rifle policemen arrived david robert lieutenant went bedroom later reported soon evans saw policemen pointed rifle officers repeatedly told evans rifle know time air rifle evans constantly refused police fired shots hitting evans killing instantly evans previously awarded badge honorary sheriff los_angeles county los_angeles_times referred road manager beatles evans cremated january los_angeles beatles attended funeral harry friends harrison arranged evans family receive evans maintained life insurance entitled pension aftermath trunk containing evans diaries effects found basement new_york publisher sent family london original pages lyrics day life sold evans estate london double sided sheet paper containing hand written lyrics notes day life sold auction new_york anonymous american buyer lyrics collected evans subject legal action years went high_court england prevented sale original lyrics little help friends evans wife tried sell claiming lyrics collected evans duties belonged beatles collectively report discovery collection evans beatles memorabilia proved false wrote lyrics hey sold contains lyrics sgt pepper lonely hearts club band need love contained lyrics notes drawings poems harrison evans new man play evans called legendary band presented edinburgh festival fringe august previously previewed club liverpool wednesday july members family audience featuring actor wood jones role play took form looking time beatles presented entertainment original music


philip david december april american protest singer preferred singer songwriter known sharp wit humor earnest political activism lyrics distinctive voice wrote hundreds songs 1960s 1970s released albums performed political events 1960s era including anti vietnam war civil rights rallies student events organized labor events course career addition concert appearances venues new_york_city town hall hall politically described left social democrat early revolutionary protests democratic national convention chicago led police riot profound effect state mind years prolific writing 1960s mental stability declined 1970s eventually succumbed number problems including disorder alcoholism took life major musical influences woody pete buddy holly elvis_presley bob gibson young best known songs include ain marching anymore changes draft love liberal outside small circle friends power glory fortune war biography early years born texas jacob jack physician born new_york august born february scotland parents met married edinburgh jack attending medical school marriage moved united_states jack drafted army sent overseas near end world war treated soldiers battle war experiences affected mental health received honorable medical discharge november suffering disorder depression return home jack unable establish successful medical practice instead worked series hospitals country result family moved frequently far new_york teenager upstate new_york studied music columbus ohio grew older sister known born younger brother michael born family middle class jewish religious father distant wife children hospitalized depression died april cerebral mother died march teenager recognized talented player evaluation music instructor wrote exceptional musical feeling ability transfer instrument abundant musical skills allowed play orchestra capital university music ohio rose status principal played classical music soon interested sounds heard radio early rock icons buddy holly elvis_presley country music artists including young hank williams johnny cash spent lot time movies especially liked big screen heroes john wayne murphy later developed interest movie rebels including james dean student military academy rural virginia graduated returned columbus enrolled ohio_state university unhappy quarter took leave absence went florida miami year old jailed weeks sleeping park bench incident later recall course days decided writer primary thought journalism flash decided writer major journalism returned ohio_state study journalism developed interest politics particular interest cuban revolution ohio_state met jim fellow student folk music introduced music pete woody taught play guitar debated politics began writing newspaper articles radical themes student paper refused publish radical articles started underground newspaper called word main interests politics music soon merged began writing political songs formed duet called singing later renamed duo broke professional performance went new_york_city parents brother moved columbus cleveland started spend time performing professionally local folk club called room opening act number musicians summer including brothers met bob gibson summer according dave van gibson seminal influence writing continued ohio_state senior year disappointed appointed editor chief college newspaper dropped quarter graduating left new_york arrived new_york_city began performing numerous small folk eventually integral village folk music scene emerged passionate vocalist wrote pointed songs current events war civil rights labor struggles topics described music protest songs preferred term songs described singing journalist saying built songs stories read newsweek summer sufficiently known folk circles invited sing newport folk festival performed written bob gibson talking birmingham jam power glory patriotic esque anthem brought audience feet performers folk festival included peter paul mary joan bob_dylan tom return appearance newport performed draft songs widely praised invited appear festival performed farm electric guitar folk world choice admired courage folk establishment performed new_york hall town hall solo appearance hall career perform wide range venues including civil rights rallies anti war demonstrations concert halls contributed songs articles influential broadside magazine recorded albums records news fit sing ain marching anymore concert critics wrote album better predecessors fans agree record sales increased new release records accompanied acoustic guitar albums contain songs ain marching anymore draft musical older poetry poem alfred bells poem concert includes introspective songs changes gone early period career bob_dylan friendly rivalry said keeps getting better better better occasion criticized crawl window threw saying journalist married alice skinner pregnant daughter city hall ceremony jim best man jean ray witnessed girlfriend alice separated divorced like people generation deeply admired president john kennedy disagreed president issues bay pigs invasion cuban missile crisis growing involvement united_states vietnamese civil war kennedy assassinated november told wife thought going die night time saw cry managers career albert managed peter paul mary followed arthur close ties groups americans democratic action student coordinating committee students democratic society writing songs amazing pace songs wrote period held recorded later albums managed brother michael left records moved los_angeles california recorded studio albums pleasures harbor tape california rehearsals retirement ironically titled greatest_hits actually consisted new material albums moved away simply produced solo acoustic guitar performances experimented ensemble orchestral instrumentation baroque folk hopes producing pop folk hybrid hit critic robert_christgau writing pleasures harbor consider new direction good turn describing nice guy went bad voice shows effective range half octave guitar playing suffer right hand pleasures harbor continued infected pop sgt pepper musical settings inspire nostalgia chord ironic sense humor included hand comment war page titled critics opposite page picture standing large metal garbage despite sense humor unhappy work receiving critical acclaim popular success hoped joke cover greatest_hits fans fans wrong sarcastic reference elvis_presley album million fans songs hits outside small circle friends received good deal airplay reached billboard national hot prospect listing pulled radio stations lyrics suggested smoking marijuana fun drinking beer closest came joan hit august reaching cover song fortune nominated grammy award best folk recording peaked billboard charts good showing hit trying new things musically abandon protest roots profoundly concerned vietnam war performing anti war rallies country organized rallies declare war everybody sick war case friends thousands americans declare war los_angeles june new_york november continued write record anti war songs war white boots marching yellow land songs period include outside small circle friends inspired murder stabbed death outside new_york_city apartment building dozens neighbors reportedly ignored cries help william butler visits lincoln park escapes unscathed despair felt aftermath chicago democratic national convention police riot writing personal songs compared deaths jesus christ assassinated president john kennedy cycle sacrifice people build heroes celebrate destruction chords fame warning dangers corruption fame pleasures harbor lyrical portrait lonely sailor seeking human connection far home boy ohio look childhood columbus lifelong movie fan worked narratives justice rebellion seen films music describing songs cinematic disappointed bitter hero john wayne embraced vietnam war saw blind patriotism wayne film green john wayne major artistic psychological figure american scene point movies soldiers certain validity certain sense honor soldier cavalry movie historically thing indians feeling meant man meant sense duty today actor making new war movie war corrupt seeing movie sure perfectly safe technically robot view definition country deteriorated think interesting double feature good old wayne movie like wore yellow ribbon green striking comment happened america general involved creation youth international party known jerry albert paul time actively supported eugene mccarthy mainstream bid democratic nomination president position odds radical point view helped plan festival life place democratic national convention demonstrations anti war groups including national committee end war vietnam despite warnings trouble went chicago guest mccarthy campaign participate demonstrations performed lincoln park grant park chicago witnessed violence chicago police protesters arrested point events martin king robert kennedy police riot chicago election richard_nixon left feeling disillusioned depressed cover album rehearsals retirement portrays words trial chicago seven december testified defense testimony included lyrics song ain marching anymore way courthouse sang song press corps amusement singing broadcast evening walter cbs evening news riot chicago subsequent trial changed direction events convinced average american listening songs responding tactics thought playing sort music moved teenager speak directly american public turned musical roots country music early rock roll decided needed elvis_presley commissioned gold suit elvis_presley wore gold suit cover album greatest_hits consisted new songs largely rock country styles went tour wearing gold suit backed rock band singing material songs buddy holly fans know respond new drew hostile reaction audience march concerts hall successful end night second won crowd recorded released hall period taking drugs performances taking years help control nerves drinking heavily pianist lincoln said period physically badly tour drinking lot wine taking wine pulling way pulling way kind mess pills seen like tried cut pills alcohol remained drug choice rest life depressed lack widespread appreciation suffering writer block record albums slipped deeper depression alcoholism personal problems notwithstanding performed inaugural benefit october pacific vancouver recording performance performances mitchell james taylor released august went chile elected election met chilean supporter friends october left chile visit argentina later month singing political rally american traveling companion david arrested detained overnight returned argentina arrested got airplane brief stay prison sent commercial authorities previously warned leftist friends authorities sent disappear forever arrived american captain international aircraft allowed stay aircraft barred authorities entering aircraft flew peru disembarked detained fearful authorities arrest returned united_states days later having difficulties writing new songs period occasional updated sarcastic song state mississippi state richard_nixon cutting lines speeches clown reference nixon vice president sung speeches president clown resignation personally invited john_lennon sing large benefit university_of_michigan december behalf john activist poet arrested minor drug charges given severe sentence performed john freedom rally wonder allen david rally culminated making public performance united_states breakup beatles election left deeply disillusioned continued work election campaigns anti war candidates george unsuccessful presidential bid asked write theme song film kansas_city bomber task proved difficult struggled overcome writer block song soundtrack released single decided travel went australia new_zealand traveled africa visited kenya south_africa night attacked damaged vocal causing loss notes vocal range attack exacerbated growing mental problems increasingly paranoid believed attack arranged government agents cia continued trip recording single kenya september government chile overthrown coup état died bombing presidential palace singer victor publicly tortured killed heard manner friend killed outraged decided organize benefit concert bring public attention situation chile raise funds people chile concert evening included films singers pete bob_dylan political activists attorney general clark agreed perform minute heard concert sold tickets danger canceled participation announced event quickly sold chile benefit discussed possibility joint concert tour playing small came plans idea eventually evolved rolling thunder revue vietnam war ended april planned final war rally held new_york central park people came hear joined harry pete joan sang duet fortune closed song war finally true declaration war decline death drinking problem behavior increasingly erratic frightened friends drunken fbi cia claiming want manager colonel tom parker kentucky fried chicken colonel manage career took identity john butler train told people train murdered john butler train replaced train convinced trying kill carried weapon times hammer knife lead pipe friends tried help brother michael attempted committed psychiatric hospital friends pleaded help voluntarily feared safety getting fights bar patrons unable pay rent began living streets months train persona faded returned talk suicide disturbed friends family hoped passing phase determined biographers explains motivation thinking died long time ago died politically chicago violence democratic national convention died professionally africa years later felt longer sing died chile overthrown friend victor brutally murdered finally died psychologically hands john train january moved far new_york live sister activities watching television playing cards saw psychiatrist diagnosed disorder prescribed medication told sister taking april committed suicide hanging home years death revealed fbi file nearly pages information files relates association figures protest organizers musicians people described fbi subversive fbi sloppy collecting information frequently files continued consider potentially dangerous death democrat new_york outspoken anti war activist appeared war rally entered statement congressional record april speaker weeks ago young music protest mood 1960s took life original compositions compelling moral statements war southeast_asia apparently felt run words tragic action undoubtedly motivated terrible personal despair death political artistic tragedy believe indicative despair activists 1960s experiencing perceive government continues distortion national priorities exemplified military budget poetic larger effort generation taking action prevent war racism poverty left legacy important songs continue relevant war year ago week anniversary end vietnam war recruited appear war celebration central park spoke particularly appropriate week commemorate contributions extraordinary young man robert_christgau critical pleasures harbor guitar skills years earlier wrote warmly obituary village_voice came liking music guitar included wrote affection doubt worth noting observers care folk music remember compositions tenor close peak genre legacy years death songs remain relevant continues influence singers fans worldwide saw perform live lists online discussion groups dedicated music websites music samples photographs links articles books continue written published sister runs series song nights rotating group performers music legacy alive singing songs cities michael photographic 20th century music entertainment personalities lee worked michael produce box set music titled fantasies title taken sign tape california fantasies folks son named alice skinner photographer died november february north american folk music dance alliance gave lifetime achievement award september announced father archives woody center oklahoma included journals performances gold suit photographs documents memorabilia preserved death covers updates songs covered scores performers including joan collins john denver gilbert john jason jim jean lewis gordon moore ray pete giants eddie jean performed state mississippi documentary soundtrack revolution bread records released hear songs set covers artists includes billy john pat tom dave van walker peter yarrow liner notes indicate record company profits sale set divided american civil liberties union foundation southern_california sing magazine wood records released indie rock experimental rock tribute album titled poison tribute kind like released album learn songs consisting covers songs written pay tribute music raise awareness artist felt overlooked mojo nixon album prairie home invasion recorded version love liberal lyrics updated clinton era riot folk collective later updated song george bush era ryan harvey riot folk remade world updated lyrics clash lyrics united fruit song heaven appeared album performance vh1 pearl jam covered state mississippi updated lyrics include jerry dick john roberts george bush agreement sister richard thompson added extra verse ain marching anymore reflect recent american foreign policy jefferson starship recorded ain marching anymore additional lyrics band member richardson release jefferson tree liberty young performed changes farm aid included tour set lead track letter home vinyl album covers tributes learning death tom wrote touching song titled recorded album heroes subject dreamed saw night billy album based alfred earl robinson song joe hill helped different song joe hill early 20th century union activist songwriter thin wild mercury peter cooper infamous clash getting thrown mentioned williams song heroes dead song song love giants song day group recorded tribute album useful music schooner fare recorded don stop rest song album closer wind latin quarter song album long pig john recorded song titled bob_dylan steve david blue title reference song bach singer songwriter wrote song entitled radio fragile english folk punk songwriter baker recorded song entitled news fit sing reference title album musician wrote song entitled broadside singer songwriter standing memory harry parade passing tributes fish recorded mountain dedicated album punk band bait cited major creative influence liner notes album heaven cover tape california influenced greek folk rock songwriters unstable dedicated memory kind like album red songwriter ben included song sheriff inspired reading biography april jim performed tribute mother musical florida popular culture short story writer actor sean penn lee worked sean penn personal assistant wrote foreword fantasies penn discussed years possibility making movie father plan come fruition penn expressed interest project recently february author jim autobiography basketball diaries dedicated memory cover lost album grant wore shirt words car reference incident involving film monkey makes reference suicide mentioned stephen king novels hearts atlantis films michael directed biopic chords fame featured bill film included interviews people known including jerry manager mike owner folk city chords fame included performances songs folk musicians knew including bob gibson pete tom dave van filmmaker directed documentary film fortune premiered film festival new_york theatrical run began january theater village new_york_city opening cities canada film features extensive archival footage pivotal events 1960s civil rights peace movements interviews friends family colleagues knew music politics pbs american masters series opened season edited version film film chicago played actor lead singer bands professional member american federation television radio artists affiliated music publishing company formed arthur music company discography studio albums live recordings compilations albums


american band formed denver colorado band comprises vocalist steve brian drummer john bassist nick released studio albums toured north_america europe japan play technically proficient style progressively experiment genres incorporate songs joke nature albums parodies black metal refer rocky mountain grind history exploiting formed denver colorado vocalist guitarist joe duo recorded demo titled lungs took break recruited drummer john guitarist steve bassist williams collaborated secret chiefs soon reformation second demo released financed tour united_states band caught attention italian record label records released band debut album year williams left joined origin replaced band toured milwaukee dallas ohio denver signed american heavy metal record label records released second album exploiting included tour death escape plan interval interval band album recorded early released august year band toured month later canada subsequently german metal veterans destruction band undertook north american contamination tour alongside september supported north american rise brutality tour september band recorded album producer dave directed promotional music video dying death premiered mtv ball song parodies american music lyrics vocals march released band toured north_america exited january education acts band soon found replacement nick march band recording studio robbed played shows united_states april extensive european tour followed june hour band recorded studio album november december release set title march band supported dates subsequently embarked world tour started continental europe continued united_kingdom ireland resumed summer slaughter trek dubbed summer laughter band members june july band filmed music video song endless cycle violence november band van robbed recent earnings tour close music software programs loaded personal items stolen reissued records april participated mini tour japan performing osaka tokyo june cattle pulled tour organization problems said getting writing length finishing construction late night stand serve country fried eggs favorite french canadian specialty october band released music video song writing new album announced planned concert dvd entitled live mom house certainty present began recording new album certainty released august records reissued interval september musical style allmusic describes style crazy truly experimental death metal jazz music varies death grind technical death metal occasional surf rock instrumental violin ambient jams early style typically progressive technically proficient comedic songs later work developed experimental complex direction known humorous songs popmatters points examples past albums band taken satirical overtly image oriented black metal black metal angst ridden sound dying death live settings taking odd spontaneous bring situation notorious youtube clip fight starting pit toronto inspired moment band launches excerpt eye tiger ovation kids members timeline discography


republic loose republic loose irish funk rock band dublin formed band consisted lead vocalist bass guitarist vocalist benjamin loose keyboardist vocalists dave additional percussion vocals provided emily rose self described musical style stuff dad likes band signed big cat records recording debut album tomb juice released named hope awards singles comeback girl know received significant airplay irish radio republic loose second album released april reached number irish albums_chart achieving platinum sales choice music prize nomination process spawned successful singles including break achieved notoriety south_africa radio station banned following complaints allegedly explicit lyrics vol johnny dance evil republic loose album released album produced highest chart performer date steady song peaked number stayed irish_singles_chart thirteen weeks bounce devil band fourth album released having earned admiration musicians including members snow patrol connor recorded released performed duet awards band music played radio stations africa asia europe north_america irish times placed number thirty seven list best irish acts right published april referring ireland original bands led singer extraordinary soul voice simultaneously spirits james brown james fell aside bell irish band airplay native country august vocalist confirmed band split history formation performed self described rubbish rock bands years formation republic loose time according depressed brains listened artists street experiencing termed huge value system developed fascination musicians james brown rolling_stones stuff dad likes change musical interest prompted create johnny alter ego according normal lifestyle irish kid alter ego later develop johnny rock coma dave mark cole band recorded featured songs later appeared republic loose album tomb juice following departure guitarist cole wrote song black bread bassist mark texas respectively johnny rock coma split year later republic loose formed benjamin loose studied theology trinity college dublin performing country band dave play guitar joined play keys republic loose settled dave combined benjamin loose tomb juice band break according came result days recording time won competition fucking battle bands republic loose signed big cat records single girl gon fuck released late largely ignored daytime radio ireland commenting early hot press interview going type band larry play regardless lyric band debut album tomb juice partially recorded days studio time won aforementioned competition tomb juice recorded released year republic loose new band stage festival regularly performed singles comeback girl know released july october respectively achieving significant airplay irish radio entering thirty irish_singles_chart band toured ireland united_kingdom performed festivals park france performed sound festival nice jazz festival les performed alongside veteran rock band vicar street january cost band second album released sunday journalist called original progressive irish albums reached number irish albums_chart going platinum process received regular airplay irish radio produced singles including song girlfriend features vocals break single ireland single south_africa temporarily banned south african radio station female declared air promoted anal sex comment led complaints listeners band summer tour included performance fans danced outside despite rain irish independent saying scheduling main stage testament big army fans republic loose performed festivals ireland united_kingdom including reading leeds festivals headline slot indie released united_kingdom october january republic loose acts recorded ballad drew dublin lane studios sessions led meeting connor band recorded released duet performed live awards following month vol johnny dance evil march republic loose announced title album vol johnny dance evil released featuring contributions connor rapper styles hip millionaire run release band uploaded free downloadable songs myspace profile including sides live tracks songs vol johnny dance evil spent months thirty irish albums_chart spawning successful singles like music steady song highest chart performer date having peaked number stayed charts thirteen weeks described vol johnny dance evil album band feel proud support album release band embarked small national tour received invitation perform sell month long residency dublin academy consecutive ending habit playing dublin year involved hour sets featuring new material connor song compares thin song dancing academy residency led award nomination best irish live performance following year return performance venue september couple engaged bbc television series prior sunday evening appearance republic loose stage performance featured collaborator styles whilst band performed journalists backstage performed set headlining festival august republic loose featured today ray charity album better disco thing released december finishing year shows republic loose acts perform cover versions academy titled inspirations held honour actor paul newman irish charity february june band collaboration musicians calling recorded cover version song trouble capital charity recording session raw sessions song performed late late band performed green spheres stage supporting tour concert dates park july republic loose participated international celebration birthday known arthur day took place september bounce devil july republic loose returned fourth album bounce devil released later year led appearance late late album recorded baltimore blends influences plastic soul sort big hair rock 80s according irish independent reviewer john describes good occasionally bordering influences praise style republic loose genre defined sources blues funk metal pop rock soul influenced acts bobby brown james brown green wolf michael_jackson prince rolling_stones perform piece band complete backing singers chant loose loose loose commonly heard crowd performances republic loose earned admiration musicians called best band ireland performing alongside connor mail irish independent asked member described simply best irish band described sophisticated soul proclaimed celtic twilight turned celtic soul van morrison republic loose grabbed celtic tiger tail swung heads threw window snow patrol called best band country year years come snow patrol remixed comeback girl praise come musicians including jake sisters marcus russell manager oasis reported having called republic loose exciting new band oasis novelist welsh referred comeback girl greatest songs recorded actress fan paul writing british newspaper guardian july described republic loose irish filed wilson hall likely compared john writing irish independent april said band step entirely prevailing trends like stopped listening music hearing young prince early midnight runners vocalist commented musicians performing authentic modern soul band aim combine energy new_york dolls funk soul qualities roots writing piece script august brian irish times claimed irish sounding republic loose sic internationally established fan bases london new_york achieved regular airplay los_angeles radio united_states france indonesia philippines murray productions licensed music use american television refused indie contracts united_states members current members lead vocalist dave guitar vocalist drums percussion additional members backing vocalist keyboards guitar previous members benjamin loose bass guitar vocalist drums percussion backing vocals mark bass guitar vocalist keyboards eve ill jones backing vocalist percussion emily rose backing vocalist backing vocalist live bass discography albums singles tomb juice girl gon fuck hold tell lies comeback girl know shame break translation vol johnny dance evil like music steady song ritual awful cold bounce devil man feat bounce non album singles pay love thinking punishment awards choice music prize republic loose second album nominated choice music prize award won divine comedy album victory comic muse band performed award ceremony vicar street february surprise expressed industry nominated award music awards republic loose won hope award awards nominated best irish band category awards republic loose nominated best irish band best irish live performance categories awards lost script respective categories addition performed awards ceremonies involved duet connor curtis song people darker blue