Jim Berkenstadt: Author, “Mysteries in the Music, Case Closed”

Rock & Roll Nightmares by Staci Layne Wilson

Episode notes

Jim Berkenstadt is the author of “Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed” and “The Beatle Who Vanished.” He’s known as the Rock & Roll Detective and he joins Staci to talk about everything Beatles (he acts as an archivist for the George Harrison Estate), including a fascinating story about a rare, unique, and very mysterious John Lennon guitar. Jim, whose background as a trial attorney helps him gather hard-to-find facts, also discusses the stories in “Case Closed”—including a “viral” story from Rolling Stone Magazine back in the ’60s about a supergroup involving The Beatles, The Stones, and Bob Dylan, plus how the FBI spent a fortune trying to decipher The Kingsmen’s “Louie, Louie,” the murder  ... 

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the beach boysthe beatlesjim berkenstadtrock music mysteries