There are bands that last a lifetime. Not only does their music resonate across generations, but other artifacts and relics contribute to a band’s longevity. The Beatles are arguably the most popular and successful band of all time. Now more than 40 years after their dissolve, their footprints are still being uncovered.
During the Beatles's first U.S. visit in February 1964, drummer Ringo Starr snapped a photo of a carload of teenagers as they passed the band on the freeway. Forty-nine years later, Starr looks back on the picture with admiration and would like to meet the kids featured in the photo.
“It’s just a great shot,” Starr writes in his new photo book, appropriately named “Photograph,” which he released on e-book earlier this year and will be available in print November 22. “They’re looking at us and I’m photographing them.”
"The first couple of years, we saw a lot of places from the car because we couldn’t go out anywhere," Starr says. "We were just too big time. Everybody wanted a piece of us, so getting out was a big day."
Starr’s memory has faded over the years, but he believes that he took the photo in Florida, Miami. The subjects would now be in their 60s. If you have any information regarding the identities of those featured, let it be known. Ringo is on the hunt. These lucky guys and gals just became a piece of rock history, a piece that fits into the story of one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Check out the photo here.
The photo is among 240 others that Starr published for the first time in his limited edition leather-bound “Photograph.” The pictures are scattered throughout Starr’s long and excited life that take the reader on a long journey from childhood to his present day fame. Get the e-book now or wait until it drops November 22 for your own hard copy. The perfect Christmas present for Dad, anyone?
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