In 1967, Beatles manager Brian Epstein died from an unexpected overdose. He was central to getting the Beatles discovered, managing their finances, and keeping the peace. When he was gone, John, Paul, George, and Ringo didn’t know if they would be able to continue. They didn’t know how to continue as the Fab Four anymore, so they wrote and recorded an album with this thought in mind: but what if we weren’t the Beatles?
Sgt. Pepper, arguably the best greatest album of Rock history, was born from the spirit of a separate, undefined identity. This blog will be written in with that same concept in mind. Some stories will be factually and essentially true, some essays will written be by imagined characters, and some poems’ speaker will be indistinguishable.
So, let me introduce to you, the one and only Billy Shears….
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