"If you want to know anything about the Beatles, ask Tony Bramwell. He remembers more than I do."
– Sir Paul McCartney

There have been many books written about The Beatles over the years. Most of these tomes were authored by people who had no part in the Beatles legend and depended completely on research, hearsay, and imagination to compile their pages. A few, however, were written by actual Beatle acquaintances, friends, or ex-employees. Tony Bramwell was there from before the beginnings of The Beatles, having been a neighborhood pal when they were just lads running amuck in Liverpool.

A chance meeting with old chum George Harrison on the top deck of a bus in 1960 was to change Bramwell’s life forever. Bramwell got into that evening’s Beatles gig for free by offering to tote Harrison’s guitar, effectively ending his plans to work in the local Ford plant. Bramwell would end up staying with The Beatles, acting as roadie, gofer, promoter, trusted friend and confidante until the breakup of the band in 1970.