Kenneth Womack's books include Maximum Volume, Long and Winding Roads, The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles, The Beatles Encyclopedia, and New Critical Perspectives on the Beatles. He delivers some fifty invited Beatles talks a year to audiences across the nation, while sharing his insights with media of all stripes, including National Public Radio, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Voice of America.
"Even though Paul McCartney dubbed him the 'Fifth Beatle,' George
Martin was always more than the Beatles' producer, and Kenneth
Womack's highly detailed and immensely readable second volume again
captures the talent, determination, and warmth of one of popular
music's great innovators and true gentlemen." BRIAN SOUTHALL,
author of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
"Through a generous helping of firsthand accounts and his
insightful storytelling skills, Kenneth Womack brings to life the
creative process by which the Beatles' late music was presented to
the world. Covering 1966 to the end of George Martin's life, Sound
Pictures captures the imagination, expertise, and humor in the
Beatles' partnership with their production and engineering team,
connecting the dots with interpretations of Martin's important side
projects and post-Beatles work. Fascinating reading!" WALTER
EVERETT, author of The Beatles as Musicians
"Fulfilling the promise of his first volume, Kenneth Womack
narrates the high season and post-Beatles portion of Martin's
career with enough engineering details to please sound geeks,
framed inside inviting prose for the general reader. While the Fab
Four dominated Martin's work, his many outside projects ranged from
soundtracks, arrangements, and arch professional diplomacy to
inexplicably overlooked bands like the Action. In Womack's telling,
Martin emerges as something far more than a footnote in the
Beatles' story." TIM RILEY, author of Lennon
"Kenneth Womack's engrossing biography of George Martin offers a
fascinating and compelling look at the producer's careerfrom his
remarkable partnership with the Beatles to the pioneering work he
composed and produced in the decades after the breakup. Womack
celebrates Martin's humor, talent, and genius, providing new
insights into the man who exerted such a profound impact on music
history. A must-read for musicians, producers, Beatles fans, and
music lovers." SCOTT FREIMAN, filmmaker, Deconstructing the
Beatles
PRAISE FOR MAXIMUM VOLUME "They seemed an unlikely partnershipthe
Beatles, who knew everything about rock and roll music, and their
classically trained producer George Martin, who knew very little.
But as Kenneth Womack uncovers in this engrossing and forensically
detailed biography, the recording studio became a 'magic workshop'
and George Martin a musical wizard when it came to the Beatles'
songs. A fascinating read." Ray Connolly, author of Being Elvis "An
authoritative account of pop-music history and the man who helped
shape it." Kirkus Reviews "George Martin transformed the role of
'producer' as much as the Beatles transformed our idea of a 'band,'
so Kenneth Womack's engaging account of Martin's life fills a major
hole on pop music's shelf. For a rich, illuminating understanding
of how the Beatles catalog transcends song, performance, and
arrangement, jump through this hogshead of real fire: tonight,
George Martin tops the bill." Tim Riley, author of Tell Me Why and
Lennon: Man, Myth, Music "A marvelous magical mystery tour behind
the wizard's curtainone that leaves us with a deep understanding of
one of the key architects of pop culture. Essential reading for
anyone who's ever had a soundtrack to their dreams." Vivek J.
Tiwary, author of The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story "The
book contains enough fresh information and informed insight about
the group's early years to satisfy the most devout Beatlemaniac."
ForeWord Reviews "Beatles fans will love this and look forward to
Womack's continuation of the Martin story." Booklist Online
"Complete the Martin set with this strong addition to Womack's
impressive list of Beatles books." Booklist
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