The wisdom of The Hall continues to amaze me. For as many knowledgeable individuals who dazzle with their rock knowledge, it is the collective wisdom of our participants that I find most dazzling.
It is in this spirit that I want to allow for further amazement—not only for the people but by the people. Rather than turn this into my own original post, maybe even do a few minutes of research on the Web, I thought better of it. Instead, I’d like to pose a question on behalf of a fellow Townsperson to the collective wisdom of The Orockle.
Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein, who was believed to have died of an accidental drug overdose in 1967, is now believed to have staged his death to join a Soviet-era psych-pop band. The following video has surfaced of a band in Sgt. Pepper’s-inspired (yet perfectly matching) outfits showing a thinner, more haggard looking Epstein (to the right of the screen) singing lead vocals. Little is known about the band and even less is known about the pronunciation of its name. Sov-pop experts suspect his knowing wink at the 46-second mark was a sign to Red-loving Paul McCartney, who had been toying with staging his own death and fleeing to the U.S.S.R. To date, no other signs of Epstein’s musical career or life beyond this point are known.
