#derek taylor

Otherwise though, it seems they worked together closely and enjoyed each other's company. Personally, I think the closeness in photos and such is because of the noise of the rooms they were in, they just needed to be close to hear each other. I just really don't see Brian being all that attracted to Derek. I mean, the man wasn't blind, I'm sure he recognized when a man was attractive, just likely wasn't attracted to Derek. I just don't see enough evidence of a closer relationship to assume they had something.

“George, who is also Dominic [Taylor]’s godfather, wrote [in the book I Me Mine]: ‘Dominic always seemed very familiar. He’s the first person I’ve seen all the way through from birth who I felt like I knew straight away.’ Dominic says of George: ‘He was my father’s closest friend. He is a lovely fellow who has been a wonderful and constant figure in my life.’” - article by Tanith Carey, Daily Mirror (March 31, 1998) Dominic is, of course, the son of Derek and Joan Taylor; and Dominic’s film credits also include an appearance in George’s “Crackerbox Palace” music video (as the gangster rat, according to IMDb). “Reading what Derek Taylor had to say about George was captivating once again. Perceptions of the man I dearly love by someone as insightful and articulate as Derek have become somehow more important to me. Derek and George exchanged a special banter that often left others in the room completely bewildered by their verbal shorthand. It took time if you wanted to join in because their points of reference were wide reaching and covered decades of colorful and obscure characters and events, many shared during the phenomenal days of the Beatles that gave them a private world of experiences from which to draw. George quoted the wisdom of the great swamis, the Bhagavad Gita and the ancient Vedas, as well as the humor of Lord Buckley, The Goons, Lenny Bruce, Mel Brook's 'The Producers' and Monty Python. At the same time, Derek regaled us with history lessons on both wars, commentary on current events and politics. If anyone in our household had a question pertaining to one of those subjects, George always said, ‘Call Derek and ask him.’ He was very well read and shared with us information of all sorts, some of which we did not really wish to know, but all of it presented amusingly. I wasn't always certain what was fact or folly (although it didn't seem to matter).” - Olivia Harrison in the introduction to the 2002 edition of I Me Mine

It Was Thirty Years Ago Today, Terence Spencer (1994)

I will have to consult my mclennon penetration timeline. I heard record keeping for this fell to Derek Taylor which perhaps led to his resignation

to celebrate Derek’s birthday, here’s my favourite extended bit of his writing: the time he and Joan first took acid, at Brian’s housewarming party in May 1967 (from Chapter 11 of Fifty Years Adrift (1984) - the italicised sections are George)