he so far out there that people
down the hall truly wondered if
he knew what he was doing?
Yes and part of it is he doesn’t
know what he’s doing. That’s
the biggest thing he has going
for him. He knows music, but
he’s not like a Geoff Emerick
who was trained a certain way. I
don’t want to underscore Geoff’s
own skills in being an innovator
learning how to read music may
have helped with his experi-
mentation?
Oh yes. He wasn’t as wedded to
it as someone who had that train-
ing from when they were very
young. He knew how to be in a
scratch band, so he understood
what The Beatles were doing and
how he could be their translator.
In many ways, his son Giles now
How did they have this artistic trajectory like nobody
else that goes straight up? Nobody does that.
himself, but George didn’t come
from all that training. He’s a mu-
sic guy and part of the reason
I think he appeals to a guy like
John Lennon is that he doesn’t
see the boundaries. Even when
he does, he realizes with a little
ingenuity you can probably
usurp them.
Do you think that never fully
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is far more adept at understand-
ing music because he’s had a dif-
ferent kind of training.
What continues to drive you to
learn more about the Beatles’
story?
I still have central questions I’m
trying to answer. How did they
have this artistic trajectory like
nobody else that goes straight
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