Other Voices: Hidden Histories of Liverpool's Popular Music Scenes, 1930s-1970s

At times it appears that a whole industry exists to perpetuate the myth of origin of the Beatles. There certainly exists a popular music (or perhaps ''rock'') origin myth concerning this group and the city of Liverpool and this draws in devotees, as if on a pilgrimage, to Liverpool itself. Once ''within'' the city, local businesses exist primarily to escort these pilgrims around several almost ico...