Threetles press conference

 

Hanging out with the Beatles in their suite

 

September 4, 1964

This one is for the John fans

 

September 5, 1964 - Milwaukee 

Big Beatle heads on a stick

I wonder what the Beatles thought as they saw this as they arrived in Milwaukee.  They are a little frightening if you ask me.   

The one without John

September 4, 2019

Front row seats

Can you even begin to imagine what it would have been like to have FRONT ROW seats to a Beatles concert?   Three friends in Milwaukee had front row seats and took this amazing photo!  They also shared their story and it is well worth reading.   What an experience.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/for-3-friends-at-milwaukee-show-beatlemania-lasts-50-years-yeah-yeah-yeah-b99341061z1-273327901.html

The Milwaukee fans go wild!

I have no idea why, but it seems like I have more photos of fans at the Milwaukee concert than any other venue.    And while these are from the September 4, 1964 date, the really could be from any stop on the tour because the mania and the love the Beatles experienced was universal at every stop on the tour.

It was common (but dangerous) for fans to stand on the backs of the chairs in order to see the Beatles

Often bars, such as this one would get pulled up because so many fans were grabbing onto it and pulling. The girl on the side looks like she is in deep thought.

This emotional Ringo fan's name is Shelley.   Here s her story. 

Screaming and screaming some more---police cover their ears.

Snapping a photo and praying it turns out.

the Beatles make you almost pull your hair out!

So overwhelmed with emotion one fan doesn't even realize that she is flying her Beatles banner upside down.

One police officer tries to sneak a peak to see what the fuss is all about

Fans try to get closer to the Beatles....and one photographer is caught in the midst of it all!

The concert in Wisconsin

This is obviously before the Beatles came on stage...everyone seems pretty calm.

The Beatles view....

Maybe you will get a call from me....

Poor 14 year old Christy Cutler....she had tickets to the see the Beatles in Milwaukee and wouldn't you know it---she got sick.   Christy came down with an illness that landed her in the hospital in the middle of August 1964 and she was still there two weeks later when the Beatles were set to play in her town.   She had an illness that was not diagnosed, even after extensive tests were ran.  At the time of the concert, her condition was very serious and her doctor was not sure if she was going to live or die.   As an adult, Christy believes that the illness that caused her to to miss see the Beatles in 1964 was caused by exposure to the pesticide DDT.   Regardless of what she had, the fact that she was missing the concert made her feel even worse. 

Wanting to raise the sick teen's spirits, her aunt pulled some strings with the newspaper and Paul McCartney was talked into calling the girl in the hospital.   Paul was the Beatle that usually did the phone calls to sick children in the hospital, as Ringo recalled later.     The staff was told that Paul would call around 2:15pm, but not to let Christy know in case the plan fell through and she would be even more devastated.

Because the switchboard at the Motor Inn Hotel was blocked with calls from fans trying to talk to a Beatle, Paul had a difficult time making the phone call to St. Francis phone call, but at 2:30p.m. the call went through.

Christy recalls that the phone call only lasted about 2 minutes and it was very difficult for her to talk because her throat hurt so much.    Paul asked her how she was feeling and she said fine.   Christy recalls that Paul had a strong English accent.  She asked him if the Beatles were planning on returning to Milwaukee and he said, "Our manager makes those decisions."   Before he ended the short call with the fan, Paul told her, "Well now, I've got to hang up, you see, but you will smile though. That's the main thing, you know."

Nurses were huddled in the doorway listening to Christy's side of the conversation and when she hung up, it was reported that the nurses cried.

After her story about talking to Paul appeared in the newspaper, Christy began to get bags filled with letters from Beatle fans all around the country who wanted to be her penpal.  

Christy had one request for the hospital:  she wanted to keep the princess phone that was used to speak to Paul McCartney.  The hospital allowed for her to take it home with her, however when her family moved out of their home, the telephone company claimed the famous phone as their property and would not allow her to keep the phone.  

Christy's health did improve and she believes that talking to her favorite Beatle on the phone helped her heal, at least a little. 






Information found
 http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/57119567.html

 http://www.jsonline.com/news/63898972.html

 http://www.fab4milwaukee.com/Christy.html

The original threetles

If you recall,  the day before the concert in Milwaukee, during the press conference in Indianapolis, George was asked if the Beatles ever get sore throats when touring.   George says something about how he had a sore throat and so did John.    John's throat problems must have gotten worse overnight because it was so bad that he did not attend the press conference in Milwaukee.   For the only time in Beatles American press conference history, only three Beatles were present.   And the one Beatle who was resting in the hotel suite was the one Beatle that usually did all of the talking during the press conference.   Paul, George and Ringo were left to fend for themselves and answer questions about why they did not wave to fans at the airport.  

Fans didn't get to see them!

When the Beatles landed at Geneal Mitchell Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at 4:20pm, around 700 Beatle fans were waiting to greet them.   They were holding their signs and waving their banners, ready to see the Beatles come down off the plane and wave to them before being taken off by a police officer to a car

However, fans were disappointed, because for the first time in the U.S. tour history, the Beatles did not get to wave to any of the waiting fans.  The Beatles' plane was taken to the far side of the field and out of the eyesight of the fans.

Paul  was sure to tell that it was not the Beatles' idea to snub the fans and it was the police who said they could not wave to the fans.   The media tried to lay the blame on Brian, which Paul was quick to say was a lie.   Sorry Milwaukee Beatle fans!