{"product_id":"the-other-fab-four-the-remarkable-true-story-of-the-liverbirds-britains-first-female-rock-band-hardcover","title":"The Other Fab Four: The Remarkable True Story of the Liverbirds, Britain's First Female Rock Band - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary McGlory\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSylvia Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Sheila Weller's \u003ci\u003eGirls Like Us\u003c\/i\u003e comes a fiercely feminist, heartwarming story of friendship and music about The Liverbirds, Britain's first all-female rock group.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The idea for Britain's first female rock band, The Liverbirds, started one evening in 1962, when Mary McGlory, then age 16, saw The Beatles play live at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, the nightclub famously known as the \"cradle of British pop music.\" Then and there, she decided she was going to be just like them--and be the first girl to do it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Joining ranks in 1963 with three other working-class girls from Liverpool--drummer Sylvia Saunders and guitarists Valerie Gell and Pamela Birch, also self-taught musicians determined to \"break the male monopoly of the beat world\"--The Liverbirds went on to tour alongside the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, and Chuck Berry, and were on track to hit international stardom--until life intervened, and the group was forced to disband just five years after forming in 1968. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, Mary and Sylvia, the band's two surviving members, are ready to tell their stories. From that fateful night in 1962, when Mary, who once aspired to become a nun, decided to provide for her family by becoming a rich-and-famous rocker, to the circumstances that led to the band splitting up--Sylvia's dangerously complicated pregnancy, and the tragic accident that paralyzed Valerie's beau--\u003ci\u003eThe Other Fab Four\u003c\/i\u003e tackles family, friendship, addiction, aging, and the forces--even destiny--that initially brought the four women together.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMary McGlory\u003c\/b\u003e are founding members of \u003ci\u003eThe Liverbir\u003c\/i\u003eds, an all-female rock band from Liverpool active in the 1960s. Their feminist memoir of music and friendship, recounting their rise to success, will be published in 2024 by Faber in the UK and Grand Central in the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 9.18 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748865016096,"sku":"9781538739969","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e8e766ec083b7f0f15936535576cc6c7.webp?v=1779918596","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-other-fab-four-the-remarkable-true-story-of-the-liverbirds-britains-first-female-rock-band-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}