TVD DVD Giveaway: Beatles Stories

I had been at a point where if a university had come to me and said, “Hey Jon, please teach a class in all things Beatles,” I would have responded, “Why sure, unnamed university—I’m a veritable font of information on all things John, Paul, George, and Ringo. “

That is, until Sunday night when I screened director Seth Swirsky’s Beatles Stories. Records and facts from books are one thing, but experiences of and with the Fab Four bring insight and depth and humanity to the four lads who have been fixtures in some lives—my life—from birth. Sadly, my class in Beatology would have been much like the art history classes I took at school—all facts and dates, minus the breadth of the individual artists at work.

Enter Seth Swirsky: “Director/Producer Seth Swirsky, an accomplished singer-songwriter and best selling author, grew up in the 60s and fell in love with The Beatles…Over a period of eight years, Swirsky traveled around the world filming an exceptional array of people – many themselves celebrities – who wanted to share their stories.”

Sometimes the stories even found him. He found stories in unexpected places, getting Beatles’ intimates to open up – neighbors, tour mates, business associates, and even former girlfriends – telling stories you’ve never heard before! Some of the featured storytellers include:

Luci Baines Johnson. Tony Bramwell, Iris Caldwell, Chris Carter, Ray Crump, Rod Davis, Jackie DeShannon, Henry Diltz, Jack Douglas, Bob Eubanks, Mim Flynn, Art Garfunkel, Frank Gifford, Justin Hayward, Susanna Hoffs, Mark Hudson, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, Larry Kane, Sir Ben Kingsley, Steve Kipner, John Kurlander, Denny Laine, Nancy Lee Andrews, The Doors’ Ray Manzarek, Sir George Martin, Joey Molland, Graham Nash, Rick Nielsen, Peter Noone, Jack Oliver, May Pang, Jimmy Pou, Smokey Robinson, Paul Saltzman, Cathy Sarver, Jerry Schilling, Brian Skiff, Norman ‘Hurricane’ Smith, Victor Spinetti, Jon Voight, Klaus Voormann, Mitch Weissman, Bernie Williams, Brian Wilson and Henry Winkler.”

Ready to add your your knowledge of all things Fab Four? Enter to win a copy of Beatles Stories by passing along some arcane bit of Beatles trivia in the comments to this post. The three with the “newest” bit of information will find the DVD in his or her mailbox.

We’ll choose three winners with a North American mailing address a week from today, 10/17! 

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