Black and African American Influence on the Beatles

In this episode, Hettie V. Williams discuses the Black and African American influence on the Beatles with Dr. Kenneth A. Womack one of the nation’s foremost scholars of the band. Ken is a writer, literary critic, and music historian as well as a Professor of English and Popular Music at Monmouth University. He is the author of the bestselling book Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles, John Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life, and Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin and several essays on literary criticism and four novels.