Ticket to Ride: Inside the Beatles' 1964 and 1965 Tours That Changed the World

This is a sterling, high caliber first rate work.Larry Kane, a veteran news reporter/broadcast journalist shares anecdotes of his year traveling with the Beatles. He covers the concerts from 1964 and 1965 and gives in-depth analyses of each individual Beatle. Kane's voice, the voice of a newsman rings pure and clear; he not only provides an objective reporting style, but he effectively includes his subjective feelings regarding... Read Full Review

I 've read almost every Beatles book out there, and this one ranks at the top. It's one of the few written by an insider, and you get to experience the Beatles N. American tours as real events and not just as hype.Larry Kane does a great job of capturing the daily madness of the tour, and adds interesting commentary about the sixties himself and in quotes by the band. Unlike all the other reporters, Kane got the Beatles to... Read Full Review

I 've read almost every Beatles book out there, and this one ranks right at the top. It's one of the few "Beatles books" written by a true insider, and you get to experience the Beatles tours of America as real events and not just as hype. Amazingly, the daily reality of the tours was even more outrageous than the hype!Kane not only does a great job of capturing the daily madness of the tours, but he also puts them in historical... Read Full Review

For a reader like me, this book personifies the best in writing. It was so exciting to follow this reporter on his travels, but especially to get his insight. As a twenty something, I never quite understood just how wild it was.I love the Beatles music. I love Kane's honesty in writing this book. That CD is awesome. Awesome.I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know what life was apparently like in those times... Read Full Review

This exuberant tale reads more like an adventure story than the factual record of the beatle's 1964 tour . It also serves as a sharply focused two way mirror for readers like me: The book offers a nostalgic, but crisp, retro-view of the people we were as the fab four was conquering America in 1964. It also provides a high buff insight into the enduring influences the Beatle's have had on us all, right up to today. I appreciate... Read Full Review