Fine Tuning: Ep 7 Spanner in the Works

SYNOPSIS: Spanner in the Works shows how Paul is portrayed as uniquely difficult to manage and unjustifiably obstructive, even to the point of sabotaging the band. 

We use Tune In’s reporting of the early friction between Paul and Brian Epstein as a case study to illustrate how Tune In guides the reader to distrust and second-guess Paul whenever he comes into conflict with other major players in the Beatles’ story.

PLAYLIST Maybe THE CHANTELS Oop Shoop SHIRLEY GUNTER & THE QUEENS Tequila THE CHAMPS I’m Walkin FATS DOMINO Lucille THE BEATLES Devil in His Heart THE DONAYS Baby It’s You THE SHIRELLES Slippin and Slidin LITTLE RICHARD Too Much ELVIS PRESLEY Fast Freight RITCHIE VALENS I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES

SOURCES “Portrait of Paul” Mike McCartney Woman Magazine, 1965 McCartney the Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz, 1986 John Lennon Interview w/ Jann Wenner for Rolling Stone, May 14, 1970 John Lennon Interview w/ Lisa Robinson for Hit Parader, 1975 John Lennon and Yoko Ono Interview at St Regis Hotel by Peter McCabe and Robert Schonfeld, September 5th, 1971 Lennon Remembers by Jann Wenner for Rolling Stone, 1971 In My Life by Pete Shotten, 1983 Interview w/ Pete Best in Music Legends The Beatles Special Edition by The Rock Review Music Legends Library Sept 2, 2019