Why We Care: An Aside

I was reading Larry Kane's book, Ticket To Ride  Inside The Beatles 1964 Tour That Changed The World (Running Press, 2003.)  Kane is a former radio station manager and television broadcaster and he travelled with The Beatles to every city on their 1964 and 1965 American tours.  He got to know each of The Beatles well and there are several telling impressions he had about The Beatles.  Here are two:

P. 172:  "One of the untold stories of the early Beatles years was their outright appreciation for their fans, demonstrated by their attempts to guarantee them access when security said otherwise."

P. 179:  "So when people ask, 'What were they really like?' I have an easy answer.  They were decent, caring nice people who were even richer in character than they ever would be in financial success."

And that's why--some 47-to-50 years later-- millions of people around the world still care about The Beatles.