Aniversário do Mal Evans/ Mal Evans' Birthday

Mal Evans era um grande cara com um coração ainda maior, a sua alcunha era o Gentle Giant. Ele também era um homem muito tímido. Evans estava trabalhando como técnico de comunicações para os Correios, em 1962, quando ele ouviu pela primeira vez os Beatles se apresentar no Cavern Club de Liverpool. Ele se tornou amigo da banda e logo foi contratado como roadie. Ele gostava de trabalhar com os Beatles e fazer filmes e música com eles. Apesar de surdo, ele contribuiu para muitas gravações dos Beatles, emprestando sua voz para "Yellow Submarine ", tocando órgão Hammond em "You Won't See Me", contando as medidas nos intervalos da música "A Day in the Life" (Evans também foi um dos cinco pianistas simultâneo a bater o último acorde da canção), gaita em "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!", pandeiro em "Dear Prudence", trompete em "Helter Skelter", e backing vocals em "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" e a faixa inédita "What's The New Mary Jane". No filme Let It Be, Evans também pode ser visto tocar o bigorna durante as primeiras versões do "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" de Paul McCartney, embora ele não tenha tocado na gravação.
  Ele era motorista dos Beatles, guarda costa, gerente de equipamentos e amigo. Ele arrumava as coisas coisas para os shows e amava todas as meninas gritando nos primeiros dias. Ele passava as férias com os caras e não gostou da despedida também. Não foi uma coisa tão boa para o Mal como se ele conseguisse dizer quando ele bebia e havia algumas brigas.

Quando os Beatles sairam em turnê em 1966, Evans continuou a ser amigos da banda e a trabalhar com eles no estúdio. Em 1968, Evans descobriu a banda Badfinger (então conhecido como The Iveys) e apresentá-los para os Beatles, que acabaram assinando com a Apple Records.

Mal Evans foi baleado e morto pela polícia de Los Angeles em 05 de janeiro de 1976, quando a polícia por engano pensava que a pistola que ele estava segurando um revólver era real.
 

Mal Evans was a big guy with an Even bigger heart, his nick name was The Gentle Giant. He was also a very shy man. Evans was working as a communications technician for the Post Office in 1962 when he first heard the Beatles perform at Liverpool's Cavern Club. He eventually became friends with the band, and was soon hired as roadie. He love working with the Beatles, and making movies and music with them. Though tone deaf he contributed to many Beatles recordings, lending his voice to "Yellow Submarine", playing the Hammond organ on "You Won't See Me", counting off the measures in the breaks of the song "A Day in the Life", (Evans was also one of the five piano players simultaneously hitting the last chord of the song), harmonica on "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!", tambourine on "Dear Prudence ", trumpet on "Helter Skelter", and background vocals on "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) " and the unreleased track "What's The New Mary Jane ". In the Let It Be film, Evans can also be seen playing the anvil during early versions of Paul McCartney's "Maxwell's Silver Hammer ", although he did not play it on the actual recording.

He was The Beatles' driver, body guard, equipment manger and friend. He got things set up for the shows and loved all the screaming girls in the early days. He went on holidays with the guys and did quite a bit of parting as well. Not such a good thing for Mal as he would get mean when he drank and there were a few fights.

When the Beatles quit touring in 1966, Evans continued to be friends with the band and to work with them in the studio.In 1968, Evans discovered the band Badfinger (then known as The Iveys) and introduced them to the Beatles, who eventually signed them to Apple Records.

Mal Evans was shot and killed by the Los Angeles police on January 5, 1976, when the police mistakenly thought that the air pistol he was holding was an actual revolver.

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