# Identifying mysterious character in photo of the Beatles, Donovan, Mia Farrow with the Maharishi **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439 "2011-04-06T19:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/21 "2011-04-07T14:25:05Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > In “The Beatles Anthology” (p, 286) there is a similar group photo (slightly different mix of people) with the same fellow. Unfortunately, there is no caption identifying anyone in it. > > In the text, there is mention of Neil Aspinall, Denis O’Dell, and Derek Taylor. It’s clearly not Aspinall or O’Dell. It doesn’t really look like [this photo](http://www.summeroflove.org/images/derek.taylor.p.frank.sm.jpeg) of Taylor, but I see a bit of resemblance with [this one](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_71dhc6LM1i4/SDJKbZSTElI/AAAAAAAAAW4/aOWO9EkeLjU/s200/Derek_Taylor.jpg) and even more with [this one](http://www.jfkmontreal.com/john_lennon/graphics/derek_taylor.jpg). So maybe it’s Derek Taylor? > [@Ms\_Boods](#): > > Sorry for the double post – the colour photo I linked to is the same as **Lute Skywatcher** ’s, but here is a crap photo of a photo of the original from Carr’s book > > [http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5597120439\_debc8c9b31\_z.jpg](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5597120439_debc8c9b31_z.jpg) [This is a better scan](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GlXplGJtcOM/TZ3Gq5mNjWI/AAAAAAAAEi4/baq9TUvF3oA/s1600/beatles3.jpg) of **Ms Boods** picture. It’s from page 286 of The Beatles Anthology, as noted by **Gary T**. I looked in this book first, but passed over this due to it being in color as well as flopped. (There are selected captions, in the back of the book, but they do not mention this image.) This is becoming quite the Soviet-style mystery. Who is this guy, and why was he removed? I’m also confused as to which version is the right-reading one? Did Paul part his hair on the left or the right? Check out Donovan’s guitar in the picture I posted here. Is it strung for a leftie or a rightie? (And was Donovan a southpaw?) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/22 "2011-04-07T16:42:15Z")
If only people wore the makers’ names all over their clothing in the 60s, we’d know immediately if it were reversed. Fie on them for being so behind the times! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/23 "2011-04-07T16:50:02Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > I’m also confused as to which version is the right-reading one? Did Paul part his hair on the left or the right? Check out Donovan’s guitar in the picture I posted here. Is it strung for a leftie or a rightie? (And was Donovan a southpaw?) That guitar is right-handed. Photos on Donovan’s website show that he plays right-handed, so I’d say the photo in question has not been reversed. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/24 "2011-04-07T16:50:56Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > :smack: Please disregard the comment about George, just realized you weren’t referring to the reversed photo. No worries 🙂 (Believe me, I can identify George in the wild, as he is my fave.) Thanks for the better scan, **postcard** s; mine was a quick ‘n’ dirty photo of a photo at 5am with a kitten on my lap. My vote is still on Magic Alex; perhaps the Saltzman book has better captions? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/25 "2011-04-07T17:23:02Z")
> [@Ms\_Boods](#): > > My vote is still on Magic Alex [Here he is clean-shaven](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4409901531_7ff807c014_o.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/26 "2011-04-07T17:30:51Z")
Could be, but the nose doesn’t look right and Magic’s chin doesn’t seem square enough. Of course the photo quality is poor. I’m anxious to see if this gets solved. I loves me a good mystery. Would the Beatles have the authority to have this done? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/27 "2011-04-07T19:50:45Z")
Nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/28 "2011-04-07T20:19:45Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [Here he is clean-shaven](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4409901531_7ff807c014_o.jpg). Okie doke; I withdraw my vote. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/29 "2011-04-08T00:04:20Z")
Curious… Who’s the guy on the far right in the scan \*\*postcards \*\*linked to? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/30 "2011-04-08T00:31:15Z")
It could be that he was just some guy they met there, who never subsequently became anybody, and he was airbrushed out because nobody can remember who he was. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/31 "2011-04-08T00:35:55Z")
I will jump in here and guess that the “mysterious character” is Mia Farrow’s brother, John Charles Farrow, who was 21 at the time & came along on the India trip. Here he is in a 1966 episode of To Tell The Truth - he’s the contestant on the left, 10 seconds into the clip: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/c-VHb0Rc71c/hqdefault.jpg "Don Schollander & John Charles Farrow on 'To Tell The Truth'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-VHb0Rc71c) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/32 "2011-04-08T00:40:08Z")
> [@Surbey](#): > > And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I love this board. > > “Hey, this photo I have taken in the late sixties is missing someone” > > “Oh that old photo? I have a copy of it right here in this book. Let me scan it for you a mere 3 hours and 16 minutes after your obscure request” 3 hours?? That long? Must have been a slow news day. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/33 "2011-04-08T00:54:23Z")
> [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](#): > > I will jump in here and guess that the “mysterious character” is Mia Farrow’s brother, John Charles Farrow, who was 21 at the time & came along on the India trip. Here he is in a 1966 episode of To Tell The Truth - he’s the contestant on the left, 10 seconds into the clip: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-VHb0Rc71c](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-VHb0Rc71c) Wow. If you pause it right as he smiles at around 6:52, it sure does look like the guy. And around 7:20. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/34 "2011-04-08T01:47:51Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I was going to guess Lavrenti Beria. I thought of Trotsky, or Pete Best. Ultimately I’d go with Michelle Phillips. John’s wrath was long. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/35 "2011-04-08T03:19:49Z")
> [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](#): > > I will jump in here and guess that the “mysterious character” is Mia Farrow’s brother, John Charles Farrow, who was 21 at the time & came along on the India trip… **Ellis** is correct. I have confirmation of that from someone who was there. Seriously. And in **Postcards** photo ([link](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jMEXgDurI74/TZzro9L_nLI/AAAAAAAAEi0/qaZFZQU_B1U/s1600/beatles1968.jpg)) the person on the far right is Nancy Cooke de Herrera, mother of Richard Cooke aka [Bungalow Bill](http://www.thealohabear.com/bungalow-bill-the-real-story/). ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/36 "2011-04-08T05:32:51Z")
> [@K364](#): > > **Ellis** is correct. I have confirmation of that from someone who was there. Seriously. > > And in **Postcards** photo ([link](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jMEXgDurI74/TZzro9L_nLI/AAAAAAAAEi0/qaZFZQU_B1U/s1600/beatles1968.jpg)) the person on the far right is Nancy Cooke de Herrera, mother of Richard Cooke aka [Bungalow Bill](http://www.thealohabear.com/bungalow-bill-the-real-story/). So that leaves the obvious question of why was he scrubbed out? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/37 "2011-04-08T07:10:57Z")
There’s a zillion pictures from that retreat at [this website](http://iamthechildofthemoon.blogspot.com/2008/09/beatles-in-india.html). ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/38 "2011-04-08T17:45:43Z")
Once again the SDMB comes through! Thanks a lot everyone! I think we have a final correct answer, John Charles Farrow, as discovered by Ellis Aponte Jr. Many thanks to all who participated in the thread, but especially postcards, Ms Boods, Gary T, K364 and Ellis Aponte Jr. A synopsis of the thread: **Photo 1** : airbrushed photo from Donovan CD B&W Photo (photo 1) from Donovan CD picture book is shown here. Photo has someone airbrushed out. [http://nouilles.info/sdmb\_questions.html](http://nouilles.info/sdmb_questions.html) Photo 1 shows (left to right) Donovan, Mia Farrow, George Harrison, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Paul McCartney, John Lennon. Someone standing in the back between Donovan and Mia Farrow has been airbrushed out (and also, if you look closely, someone standing to the right of John Lennon from the viewer’s perspective.) **Photo 2** : similar group photo in colour Lute Skywatcher in post 4 shows a colour photo (photo 2) that clearly comes from the same photo session (note clothing and accessories) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35935603@N03/4402347874/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/35935603@N03/4402347874/) Photo 2 shows, from left to right: Cynthia Lennon, John Lennon, Mike Love, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, George Harrison, Mia Farrow, Donovan, Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Patty Boyd. Exapno Mapcase in post 8 shows us some photos of Donovan’s friend Gyp aka Gypsy Dave. (Which, as we will find out, is not the missing person.) P.S. Exapno, I didn’t think he would have been the one airbrushed out because in my CD booklet, Gypsy Dave is mentioned and there is a photo of him. Why show him in one photo and airbrush him out of another photo? **Photo 3** : Bungalow Bill Harvy the Heavy (post 9) says “maybe it was Bungalow Bill” which at first I thought was a joke, until I learned that “Bungalow Bill” (the song) was inspired by a young American who was at Rishikesh in 1968. The young American was named Richard Cooke and K364 (post 13) links to a photo of Richard Cooke here: [http://www.thealohabear.com/bungalow-bill-the-real-story/](http://www.thealohabear.com/bungalow-bill-the-real-story/) **Breakthrough** **Photo 4** : unairbrushed photo postcards in post 11 finds the photo unretouched (in the Phillip Norman book _SHOUT The Beatles in Their Generation_), showing the missing person! Thank you postcards, I owe you one. You can see the photo (photo 4) here: [![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jMEXgDurI74/TZzro9L_nLI/AAAAAAAAEi0/qaZFZQU_B1U/s1600/beatles1968.jpg) ](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jMEXgDurI74/TZzro9L_nLI/AAAAAAAAEi0/qaZFZQU_B1U/s1600/beatles1968.jpg) Photo shows (from left to right) Donovan, Mystery person 1 (the question in the OP), Mia Farrow, George Harrison, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Mystery person 2. **Photo 5 (a and b)**: Derek Taylor Gary T in post 15 thinks it might be Derek Taylor. Links to several photos, thinks these are the closest to the Mystery person: [![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_71dhc6LM1i4/SDJKbZSTElI/AAAAAAAAAW4/aOWO9EkeLjU/s200/Derek_Taylor.jpg) ](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_71dhc6LM1i4/SDJKbZSTElI/AAAAAAAAAW4/aOWO9EkeLjU/s200/Derek_Taylor.jpg) [http://www.jfkmontreal.com/john\_lennon/graphics/derek\_taylor.jpg](http://www.jfkmontreal.com/john_lennon/graphics/derek_taylor.jpg) **Photo 6** : similar group photo in colour, same as Photo 2 Ms Boods in post 17 finds a full-colour photo which happens to be a mirror image of Photo 2. She says you can find this colour photo in Roy Carr’s _The Beatles: An Illustrated Record_ (2nd edition, pg 72). Her suggesion: check the book _The Beatles in Rishikesh_ by Paul Salztman. [![](http://www.madamepickwickartblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/beatles7.jpg) ](http://www.madamepickwickartblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/beatles7.jpg) **Photo 7 (a and b)**: similar group photo, in colour, showing our Mystery Person Linked to by Ms Boods in post 18 [![](https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5597120439_debc8c9b31_z.jpg) ](https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5597120439_debc8c9b31_z.jpg) from left to right: John Lennon, Mike Love, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, George Harrison, Mia Farrow, Mystery Person 1, Donovan, Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Patty Boyd postcards (post 21) comes through again with a better scan of photo 7 a. He finds it in _The Beatles Anthology_ (p. 286) as mentioned by Gary T in post 15. [![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GlXplGJtcOM/TZ3Gq5mNjWI/AAAAAAAAEi4/baq9TUvF3oA/s1600/beatles3.jpg) ](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GlXplGJtcOM/TZ3Gq5mNjWI/AAAAAAAAEi4/baq9TUvF3oA/s1600/beatles3.jpg) from left to right: George Harrison, Mia Farrow, Mystery Person 1, Donovan, Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Patty Boyd **Photo 8 (a, b)**: Magic Alex Ms Boods (in post 17) guesses it may be Magic Alex. > **[The Many Faces of “Magic” Alex Mardas](http://lifeofthebeatles.blogspot.com/2006/06/many-faces-of-magic-alex-mardas.html)** > > Lennon was to have many gurus over the space of his ten years in the Beatles, but none was to cause him such acute future embarrassment as o... Lute Skywatcher (post 25) shows another photo of Magic Alex and Ms Boods retracts her guess. [![](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4409901531_7ff807c014_o.jpg) ](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4409901531_7ff807c014_o.jpg) **The winner** (or at least so I think) Video: John Charles Farrow Ellis Aponte Jr. in post 31 links to a youtube video showing Mia Farrow’s brother, John Charles Farrow, who according to Ellis was 21 years old in 1968 and was present in Rishikesh when the Beatles visited. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/c-VHb0Rc71c/hqdefault.jpg "Don Schollander & John Charles Farrow on 'To Tell The Truth'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-VHb0Rc71c) John Charles Farrow is the contestant on the left, 10 seconds into the clip needscoffee (post 33) adds: If you pause it right as he smiles at around 6:52, it sure does look like the guy. And around 7:20. K364 (post 35) confirms that Mystery Person 1 is John Charles Farrow, according to “someone who was there”. K364 also says that Mystery Person 2 (see Photo 4) is Nancy Cooke de Herrera, mother of Richard Cooke aka Bungalow Bill. My conclusion: I am convinced that Mystery Person 1 is John Charles Farrow, from seeing him in the youtube video. It also would seem logical since the mystery person is standing right next to Mia Farrow. Question: why was he airbrushed out? My first thought was, this is someone Donovan doesn’t like, but now I think, as suggested by Exapno Mapcase (post 8) that he was airbrushed out because it increases the sheer awesomeness of the photo if only major celebrities are show. GuanoLad (post 30) says “maybe he was airbrushed out because no one could remember who he was” but I doubt that if he was the brother of Mia Farrow. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/39 "2011-04-08T17:51:16Z")
> [@Surbey](#): > > And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I love this board. > > “Hey, this photo I have taken in the late sixties is missing someone” > > “Oh that old photo? I have a copy of it right here in this book. Let me scan it for you a mere 3 hours and 16 minutes after your obscure request” I know, right? postcards, you’re a prince amongst posters! Do you mind if I copy your scans showing this mystery person and put them on my site page as seen in my OP? I would give you credit. I am now going to try to find a copy of the book _The Beatles in Rishikesh_ that Ms Boods mentioned to see if this person is identified in there. K364, how confident are you in the word of this person who “happened to be there”? (It would not be impossible for someone to want to pretend that they were present at a historic event.) Mystery Person 2 (seen in Photo 4 scanned in by postcards and shown in post 11) is said to be Nancy Cooke de Herrera but when I saw that person at first I thought it was another young man. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439/40 "2011-04-08T18:23:43Z")
This has been a most interesting thread, and I must admit, I have to admire the teamwork/groupwork, especially as I have been going over my students’ ‘thesis statements’ for their rock history group presentations (which is nothing but complaining, whining, and vague bleurgh). I wish you guys were in my class instead ☹ **Arnold** , the Rishikeshi book is still floating around, so do report back once you’ve snagged it. I have shedloads of Beatles’ books, but not that one. Maybe he was airbrushed out because he was someone Frank Sinatra didn’t like 😃 > **[The Beatles in Rishikesh: Paul Saltzman: 9780670892617: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Rishikesh-Paul-Saltzman/dp/0670892610)** > > The Beatles in Rishikesh \[Paul Saltzman\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. The Beatles in Rishikesh [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439.md?page=3)