Every now and then a show-business documentary comes along that catches my fancy and lingers in my mind for days. Such a film is Peter Asher: Everywhere Man. If you’re old enough to remember the musical British invasion led by The Beatles, you may recall a popular singing duo known as Peter and Gordon. They unseated the Beatles from the number-one position on the charts with a mournful song called “A World Without Love.” The irony is that it was written by Peter’s good friend Paul McCartney, who was then living with the Asher family. That’s just the first of many surprising and colorful stories revealed in this highly entertaining, unabashedly nostalgic film. If it makes Asher seem like the Zelig of the music world, that’s…READ MORE >
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