Beatles & Outlaws: Ken Mansfield Comes Down From The Roof

Ken Mansfield has been "in the room" for several major cultural
watershed moments. After a meteoric rise through the ranks at
Capitol Records in the 1960s, where he worked with artists like
Lou Rawls, The Band, and The Beach Boys, Ken was personally
chosen by The Beatles to head their Apple Records enterprise in
the US. He happened to be working at the Apple offices in London
during the sessions that were captured for the Let It Be album
and film, including their now famous live concert finale on the
roof. Ken, long dubbed "the man in the white coat" was one of
just a handful of people on that roof with The Beatles on that
historic day – a day that long defined his illustrious career in
the music business.


 


A few years later, Mansfield found himself in the midst of yet
another musical reformation as his simultaneous production of the
Waylon Jennings' album Ready For The Country and Jessi Colter's
smash single “I'm Not Lisa" helped solidify the "Outlaw” sound as
Country artists reclaimed Americana music from the overproduced
and over-commercialized Nashville machinery. Join us for this
expansive conversation – which traces Ken Mansfield's
professional and personal journey – from the farm country of
Idaho to the Hollywood Hills – to the "top of the world" a time
or two. As he chronicles in his recent book, The Roof; The
Beatles' Final Concert, Mansfield returned to that London rooftop
to contemplate the impact of that day, those musicians, his
varied experiences and relationships, and what it all might mean
all these years later.


 


Full Show Notes, Music List, and a special Ken Mansfield Playlist
are available HERE or at TrueTunes.com/BeatlesRoof


 


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