S1 E2: The Beatles Look and Feel
Storied: The Untold Jewish Stories Behind Your Favorite Music · benji Rosenzweig
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Show Notes
In Episode 2, we talked to Leslie Cavendish, known in The Beatles world for his book The Cutting Edge: The Story of the Beatles’ Hairdresser Who Defined an Era.
This isn’t a story about Leslie, it’s Leslie’s story!
As you will hear, Leslie shares his experience as The Beatles' barber. The history, the lessons, the behind-the-scenes.
He talks about Vidal Sasson and his life as a visionary hairdresser, plus his inspiration as a Zionist.
He also confirmed many of my theories and insights about some of the other stories in this season.
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Storied was started in The J Detroit in partnership with The Berman Theater
Credits:
Host and Executive Producer: Benji Rosenzweig.
Producer: Ryan Storm
Editing: Andrea Rizzuto
Production and Project Management: Eric Nelson - [email protected]
Booking by Leanne Deutsch of 16 Mile Talent [email protected]
Design: Tessa Hewitt
Research by Avishai Bauman
Music was recorded by Evan Sherman
The song was written by Benji's late father, Rabbi Yosil Rosenzweig, as the original opening of the song that he wrote for the diaspora Yeshiva band, Pitchu Li
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