Peter Asher "Musical Memoir of the 60's & Beyond"

Sat. Apr 11, 2015 at 9:00pm EDT
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Peter Asher  "Musical Memoir of the 60's & Beyond"

Peter Asher

 "Musical Memoir of the 60's & Beyond"


Sat. April 11 @ 9pm

$50 adv. $60 dos



“Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond”
featuring the music of Peter and Gordon



“As Mr. Asher regaled a delighted audience with stories…he conjured history in the making, before it was set in stone”.-New York Times

“…the exuberant Mr. Asher knew anyone who rocked and everyone who mattered.” -Wall Street Journal


“An all-around charming and delightful fellow — he reminisces about his whole career and it is highly entertaining” - Steve Martin


“Everybody should go and see it — I’ve seen it myself twice” – Linda Ronstadt



 


“Peter has finally put his storied career into a one man show.”-Showbiz 411



“I loved this show. Peter lived history.”-Capitol FM

“Asher sprinkled magical mystery dust over a full house of mesmerized baby boomers”-Minneapolis Star Tribune




“He has turned down all offers to write his memoirs. He’d rather sing them”.-New York Daily News



“Terrific clips, and all the inside stories of so many important events of rock history”-Showbiz 411



“Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond” featuring the music of Peter and Gordon

We first came to know him through the global smash “World Without Love” as one half of the British Invasion duo Peter & Gordon. He returns in “Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond” which brings a multimedia experience to the stage, hosted by the two-time Grammy winner for Producer of the Year. Peter Asher moved effortlessly from his role with Peter & Gordon to Music Executive with the Beatles’ Apple Records, then famously- (as in cover of Rolling Stone magazine level famous)- to Producer and Manager, handling the careers of James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and a host of others. Books abound, documentaries with half truths (and worse) are all too common, but, now, finally, Mr. Asher tells first hand his tales from the eye of the cultural hurricane in this intimate evening.

“Memoir” includes film footage and photos from Peter’s considerable personal archive, brought to life with a storyteller’s gift, transporting audiences back to the heart of 60s popular culture. Icons such as Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Marianne Faithful, Yoko Ono, Carole King, James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt are among the cast of characters in this narrative – along (of course) with the greatly missed Gordon Waller. The evening is filled with the music of Peter & Gordon, including “I Go to Pieces”, “True Love Ways”, and “Lady Godiva”. The songs given to Peter & Gordon by Paul McCartney are also front and center: “Woman”, “I Don’t Want to See You Again”, Nobody I Know”, and “World Without Love”, all of which were US Top 40 hits. Peter – backed by a four piece band-presents these timeless classics along with other old favourites from that golden era.


The show brings the audience through the earliest days of Peter’s journey all the way to the present day, and projects such as the Peter Asher-produced CD celebrating Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”  -released in March 2014 – and featuring Ed Sheeran, Hunter Hayes, Fall Out Boy, and others.  Covered as well is Peter’s production of the “Love has Come for You” CD by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell — the title track a Grammy Winner in 2014- and the stage show based on it, “Bright Star”, which premiered at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre in the fall of 2014.  Peter takes you behind the curtain of the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, where he inducted two old friends, the Rolling Stones’ first manager Andrew Loog Oldham and the Beatles’ Manager Brian Epstein. The PBS special “Buddy Holly: Listen to Me -The Ultimate Buddy Party” is still being aired regularly, and its sister CD, “Listen to Me: Buddy Holly” remains a favorite. His work on soundtracks, alongside the legendary Hans Zimmer, is touched on as well-recent releases include “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″, “Man Of Steel”, and “Rush”. In fact, Peter sang and produced the only original song in the Dreamworks motion picture “Madagascar 3″, which Peter co-wrote with his friend Dave Stewart. “Memoir” includes a live performance of the song, the love theme “Love Always Comes As a Surprise” .


Now in its fifth year, “Memoir” continues to thrill, as the reviews attest. On a more personal note, friends such as Liza Minelli, Eric Idle, Paul Shaffer, Ray Davies, Bill Wyman, Ken Follett, Edie Brickell, Billy Connolly,  Jeff Lynne, Paul Simon, Bob Balaban, Joan Collins, Steve Martin, Tony Shalhoub, Linda Ronstadt, and Michael Feinstein have been among the audiences in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London that have given standing ovations to “Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond”.




PETER ASHER, CBE


 


Peter Asher, CBE was born in London June 22, 1944, the son of a doctor and a professional musician.  He was educated at Westminster School in London and at Kings College, London University, where he studied philosophy.


 


Peter’s entry into the world of the performing arts was as a child actor.  At the age of eight he starred in his first film, “The Planter’s Wife” as the son of Claudette Colbert and Jack Hawkins.  He went on to act extensively in various film, TV, radio and stage productions.


 


His legendary music career began in 1964 as one-half of the singing duo Peter & Gordon, who amassed  nine Top 20 records during their career. Their debut single, “A World Without Love” –a song given to them by Paul McCartney – went to number one in over 30 countries, including the U.S. and U.K. In 1968, Mr. Asher became head of A&R for the Beatles newly formed record company, Apple Records, where he found, signed and produced James Taylor and worked closely with the Beatles on their individual projects.  During this period he became a key figure in the “revolution” of The Sixties, founding the book shop and art gallery “Indica” (where John and Yoko met and where Allen Ginsberg and William Boroughs visited) and found himself at the centre of an era of profound social and artistic change.


 


In 1971, Asher moved to the U.S. and founded Peter Asher Management, representing James Taylor and, beginning in 1973, the management and production of Linda Ronstadt as well.  Peter Asher Management became one of the most successful Artist Management companies in the US, handling artists such as Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, and Carole King as well as James and Linda.


 


As a producer, Mr. Asher has worked with such diverse artists as James Taylor, 10,000 Maniacs, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Ringo Starr, Linda Ronstadt, Cher, Morrissey, Robin Williams, Jane Monheit, Kenny Loggins, The Dixie Chicks, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Hans Zimmer and Billy Joel, among many others.  He has been awarded 37 RIAA-certified gold albums and 22 platinum albums in the U.S., and many more internationally.  Mr. Asher has produced thirteen Grammy Award-winning recordings, and in 1977 and 1989 was honored individually with the Grammy Award for “Producer of the Year”.  He won a further Grammy in the category of “Comedy Album of the Year” for his production work with Robin Williams.


 


After a 37 year gap, Peter & Gordon reunited in New York for one benefit concert for a friend on August 2, 2005 which was very successful and they went on to perform together on various special occasions just for the fun of it until Gordon’s untimely death in July of 2009.


 


Since then Peter has continued to be in high demand as a record producer, consultant, lecturer and as a performer again in his successful one-man show, “A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond”.  He has also received various international awards, is a member of Mensa and of SAG-AFTRA, a National Trustee of the Recording Academy and has been a frequent keynote speaker at industry events.


 


Other projects in recent years include “Carole King & James Taylor Live at the Troubadour”, an album from guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela (“Area 52”, recorded in Cuba), the Buddy Holly tribute “Listen to Me” (an album and PBS TV Special) and the album by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell “Love Has Come For You” (winner of the Best Roots Song in the 2013 Grammy awards) which has also generated a PBS special and inspired a stage musical, “Bright Star”, of which Peter is the music supervisor.  “Bright Star” recently completed a highly successful run at the Old Globe in San Diego, directed by Walter Bobbie


 


With Hans Zimmer, Peter produced music for “Pirates of the Caribbean 4”, “Sherlock Holmes 2”, “Madagascar 3”, “Man of Steel” and “Rush”.In fact, Peter sang and produced the only original song in “Madagascar 3”, the love theme “Love Always Comes as a Surprise” which Peter co-wrote with his friend Dave Stewart. He also collaborated with Zimmer and Pharrell Williams on the production of all the musical elements of the Academy Awards show 2012 and recently completed a production project with Elton John, with current artists singing the songs from “Yellow Brick Road” on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of that album.  The artists include Ed Sheeran, Miguel, The Band Perry, John Grant, Fall Out Boy and Hunter Hayes and the album was released in March 2014.


 


Along with some current record projects, Peter also directed the Hans Zimmer live concert “Hans Zimmer Revealed”, which took place in London on October 10th and 11th 2014, and is producing the music for the forthcoming Barry Levinson movie, “Rock the Kasbah”.



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