a what if-from a beatles fan

a what if-from a beatles fan

fiction
edward w pritchard
a Beatles fan

Here's the brief scenario presenting itself to a young man of about 18 in 1961.

A young man was fortunate enough perhaps as a result of the direct advice of his Father to land a job at the local wire factory, and its a job that can lead to a manger trainee program of sorts and is a bona fide opportunity to the good life.

Previously the young man had been playing music in Hamburg Germany and has just returned to his hometown in England. Music is the man's passion and is exciting and challenging to the young man. Additionally as a small time musicians the young man's income from music is irregular and undependable. While in Hamburg the environment is less than desirable at times although electrifying and romantic in a bohemian way. Sometimes bad associations and dangerous habits could leave even the iron willed young man exhausted and called into question with himself the legitimacy of a life on the road.

It is the young man's first day on the job at the wire factory and his mates, musicians from the Hamburg trip who he has played in a group with for three or four years come to see him at the wire plant. Everyone has been laying low for a few weeks after the Hamburg trip and one of the friends was in fact deported from Hamburg and there is some question about where the band will go from here. Of course the mates want to start to practice again and the founder of the band is anxious and focused to get on with their music career of which the young man is an integral part.

The young man, Paul Mc Cartney, left the wire plant, jumped the fence, either literally or figuratively, helped to market and promote the band, and went on to be the most successful popular musician of all times.

What if - What would you advise the young man to do---to stay at the promising job at the wire plant, thereby avoiding bad associations and making music a hobby like it was for his Father who the young man listened to and respected,---or take the long shot chance and rejoin the band, the Beatles, which was not officially dissolved after the Germany trip but which would never be the same without him if he was to stay at the wire plant.

this is a work of fiction in admiration to the Beatles inspired by real life events but with some poetic license