Seth Rogovoy: Within You Without You

NOTE: This co-presentation takes place at neighboring North Adams Public Library (74 Church St., North Adams, MA) not at MASS MoCA.

Join MASS MoCA’s Research & Development Store and the North Adams Public Library for a free reading, presentation, and book-signing with Seth Rogovoy, author of Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison.

How did the most reluctant member of the Fab Four put his mark on all of their music? This book helps listeners hear how George Harrison shaped the sound of The Beatles and how he carried that sound forward into his solo career. Within You Without You is a highly personal exploration of George Harrison’s essential contributions to the Beatles and his solo work, as well as his significant role as a Western proponent of Indian music and beliefs.

Drawing upon the insights of the author — a rock critic and historian of over forty years standing — as well as those of expert observers including Beatles filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg and English rock singer-songwriters Robyn Hitchcock and John Wesley Harding, among others, this book extensively examines Harrison’s contributions to the musical world. Within You Without You will forever change the way readers hear the music of the Beatles and view Harrison’s role in the group, as a cultural figure above and beyond his work as a musician.