NOT QUITE THE BEATLES… BUT CLOSE ENOUGH FOR US($16.99Value)

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What was it really like to be young, reckless, and suddenly thrown into the Italian music scene of the Swinging Sixties? Not Quite the Beatles… But Close Enough for Us is Roberto Margaria’s funny, nostalgic, and deeply human memoir of his years with I Profeti , one of the Italian beat groups that came of age during an extraordinary era of music and cultural change. Four teenagers, a handful of instruments, enormous enthusiasm—and very little idea of what was waiting for them. From improvised beginnings to recording studios and national television, from encounters with unforgettable characters to absurd mishaps, disastrous nights, unexpected successes, and adventures that could hardly have been invented, Margaria recreates those years with affection, self-irony, and a distinctly Italian sense of humor. Behind the music are the stories nobody saw: the backstage chaos, the friendships, the arguments, the practical jokes, the people who would later become famous, and four young men trying to understand a world that was changing almost as quickly as they were. This is not the story of the Beatles. They didn’t have Abbey Road. They didn’t have George Martin. But for a brief and unforgettable moment, they had something just as precious: the absolute conviction that anything was possible. A memoir for anyone who lived through the Sixties—and for anyone who wishes they had. Music, friendship, youth, laughter and nostalgia: the backstage story of an unforgettable era.