The Beatles Unravelled
…..John Lennon’s Dirty Mac
John Lennon’s first performance outside the Beatles was with his band Dirty Mac, on the Stones‘ Rock’n’Roll Circus recorded in December 1968.
PODCAST – John Lennon’s Dirty Mac
First Appearance for John Lennon Outside The Beatles
For the extract for this story
…taken from the book Rock’n’Roll Unravelled
In December 1968 the Rolling Stones recorded a TV special, Rock’n’Roll Circus. John Lennon made his first appearance outside the Beatles.
He called himself “Winston Leg-Thigh” and his band the Dirty Mac; with a lineup of, the Stones’ own Keith Richard on bass, Jimi Hendrix’s drummer Mitch Mitchel and guitar legend Eric Clapton.
Rock’n’Roll Circus was finally released on a DVD in 1996.
Extract from Rock’n’Roll Unravelled
This podcast is based on one of the extracts from Derek Shelmerdine’s book Rock’n’Roll Unravelled.
With its unique three-part structure, the book tells the story of rock’n’roll from its roots to mid-1970s punk.
TO BUY – a signed copy of Rock’n’Roll Unravelled
Guest on the Mop Tops and The King Radio Show
Derek Shelmerdine presents the feature segments Elvis Presley Unravelled and The Beatles Unravelled on Steve Chelmsford’s weekly the Mop Tops and The King radio show.
Derek is a fortnightly guest on Steve’s show.
The MTK network of over 75 radio stations around the world carries the Mop Tops and The King show. This means that every day, someone, somewhere in the world is broadcasting the Mop Tops and the King show
For the broadcast time for each station – check out the weekly schedule. (The times in the weekly schedule are Eastern Time – the UK is five hours ahead.)
The Mop Tops and the King show is all about the music, lives and times of The Beatles and Elvis Presley.
For all the previous editions of…
The Beatles Unravelled and Elvis Presley Unravelled
First Broadcast – John Lennon’s Dirty Mac
This show was first broadcast 25 June – 1 July 2021 on the MTK network of radio stations around the world.
