Liverpool The 5th Beatle : An African-American Odyssey

Liverpool, The 5th Beatle, An African-American Odyssey is a perspective on the rise of the Liverpool Mersey Sound and the Beatles by someone who drank in the same pubs and played in the same clubs as the Beatles. Mr. Pitts delves much deeper than the average rock journalist to present an amazingly original comparison of Liverpool with Black America of the 1950s and '60s, giving us an insight into how the social and musical conditions in our Black-American community found a direct heart-beat amongst the Liverpool youth who were singularly responsible for the rise of the Mersey Sound and the incredible success of the Beatles. Not only is his book inspiring to minority groups throughout America, but his novel insight into the Beatles and the ghetto conditions in which the Mersey Sound began has stirred avid interest in people of all ages who are mesmerized by the truth behind the Beatles' legend.