I recently read The Lost Beatles Photographs The Bob Bonis Archive 1964-1966 by Larry Marion (!t [HarperCollins] publ., 2011). Bonis was the tour manager for all three of The Beatles' U.S. tours. He loved photography and took almost 900 photographs of John, Paul, George and Ringo. I pored over the photographs and have grimly concluded that Paul (and John) never made it to America on the 1966 tour.
In the mockumentary about The Beatles, The Rutles All You Need Is Cash, they interviewed Mick Jagger. He said that The Beatles played so far away from the fans that they could have put anyone on stage and who would know the difference? I believe that is what happened to Paul (and John) in 1966.
The common timeline of Paul disappearing has been sometime in September, 1966. From what I saw in these photographs, I would push back the date to AUGUST, 1966.
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There are people who believe Paul McCartney was permanently replaced in 1966. I'm one of them. What happened to him? That's what this blog will explore.
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- For original Beatles fans, 1966 was a strange year. The "Butcher" cover and John's "more popular than Jesus" comment signaled that something was wrong with The Beatles. By 1967, we heard a different voice than Paul's on Penny Lane and we saw a different face in photos. Most of us abandoned Beatle fandom. In 1969, the "Paul is Dead" clues surfaced and were so strong and consistent, that many people wondered if that was the answer to the puzzling changes in Paul's voice and looks. People have been looking into that possibility from 1969-on but have not been able to document what happened to Paul. My generation deserves to know the truths about the group that we loved and made famous. So the search is on . . .
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