Ron Onesti: Being at the Beatles last concert

How do you separate fact from fiction about the group that has arguably become the world's biggest band, the Beatles?

Since the band's inception well over 50 years ago, there have been thousands of accounts from the international tabloids, overwhelmed venue owners, miniskirted blondes, flabbergasted hotel maids (what they were called at the time), intense production people and countless other "firsthand" resources. Even though the band was really only together just a few years (formed in 1960, first hit in 1962, "Love Me Do" exploded in America in 1964 and they broke up in 1969-70), the number of behind-the-scenes stories outnumber the amount of days the band was in existence altogether.

Rarely do you get a firsthand account of anything major when it comes to an iconic group such as the Beatles. And not only was Alan Parsons (from the studio session band, the Alan Parsons Project) one of the very few people to witness the Beatles' very last public concert, he told me all about it before a show he was about to perform at the Arcada Theatre.

Source: Ron Onesti/dailyherald.com

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