Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly - The Beatlology Interviews

Episode Date: July 13, 2024

Join Terry O’Reilly for a brand new Beatles series, where he interviews celebrities and collectors on their love of the Fab Four. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, it's Terry O'Reilly. As you may know, we've been producing a lot of bonus episodes while under the influences on hiatus. They're called the Beatleology Interviews, where I talk to people who knew the Beatles, work with them, love them, and the authors who write about them. Well, the Beatleology Interviews have become a hit, so we are spinning it out to be a standalone podcast series. You've already heard conversations with people like actors Mark Hamill, Malcolm McDowell, and Beatles confidant Astrid Kershaw. But coming up, I talk to May Pang, who dated John Lennon in the mid-70s. I talk to double fantasy guitarist Earl Slick, Apple Records creative director John Kosh. I'll be talking to Jan Hayworth,

who designed the Sgt. Pepper album cover. Very cool. And I'll talk to singer Dion, who is one of only five people still alive who were on the Sgt. Pepper cover. And two of those people were Beatles. The stories they tell are amazing. So thank you for making this series such a success. And please do me a favor, follow the Beatleology interviews on your podcast app. You don't even have to be a huge Beatles fan, you just have to love storytelling. Subscribe now and don't miss a single beat. Hi, it's Terry O'Reilly. Back in the late 90s, I was the co-founder of a magazine called Beatleology. It was dedicated to Beatle fans and collectors of Beatles memorabilia.

We interviewed serious collectors in auction houses, as well as celebrity collectors and people who knew the Beatles. We told stories about those people, the items they collected, and what they were worth. Those recorded interviews stayed in my office drawer for over 25 years. So, we thought it would be interesting to dust them off. You're going to hear people like Mark Hamill talk about the Beatles, and Mark is a collectible himself, as well as Bill Maher and Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg. You'll also hear fascinating talks with people like Astrid Kerscher,

who not only took the very first photos of the Beatles, she inspired their famous mop-top hairstyle. And David Sheff, who did the famous Playboy interview with John Lennon, where Lennon went song by song through the entire Beatles catalog. The Beatleology Interviews, available July 20th.