How many degrees of separation are you from a Beatle?

Is it wrong that my brain instinctively added "SHOCKAH" to the end as I read this?

My Mum: "Why don't you give Kim that copy of "I me mine" for George to sign?
Me: "Ach, I'd rather give her my demotape.."
myMum: "YOUWILLDONOSUCHTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

So, I had to claw her off the ceiling and explain I was only joking, and had no intention of asking Kim to do either thing.

Oh, and I did touch Paul's shoulder once, but that's another story (I told already on oldILX)

As for degrees of sep, oh I dunno. Pete Best is probably my cousin or something.

ON THE ISSUE OF "RAYMOND JONES", THE YOUNG MAN WHO WENT INTO BRIAN EPSTEIN'S STORE AND ORDERED "MY BONNIE":

It appears that "Raymond Jones", who asked Brian Epstein for the record "My Bonnie", is indeed alive and well and living in a farmhouse in Spain! Through information provided by Bob Wooler, Leigh managed to track down Raymond Jones and interviewed him for a spot on the "BBC Radio Merseyside" and Raymond's testimony is found in the book. During the interview, Raymond Jones explains why he is annoyed with Alistair Taylor's recent accounting of the events in the media. As fans will recall, Alistair Taylor, who was Brian Epstein's personal assistant at the time, has claimed that the fictitious person, "Raymond Jones", was himself and that he just made up the name so that Brian would order copies of the Beatles single called "My Bonnie". Brian Epstein did indeed end up ordering copies of "My Bonnie" which is supposedly how Mr. Epstein first became aware of the Beatles.

2. My stepmother's third husband was part of the entourage on the Beatles' first tour of the US in 1964.

3. My partner's parents saw the Beatles supporting The Searchers in 1963.

I heart that album so much!

agreed, but we are but a few who accepted his change in direction sir.

you really should go find A Punk Rock Version of God Mark. it's superb, despite the fact the label wont release it.

Anyway, the best I can do is 7 or 8 degrees: My GRANDFATHER's boyhood friend was JAMES DOOHAN; who, as (Star Trek's) "Scotty", was a frequent co-star of WILLIAM SHATNER, an occasional guest on "Late Night With DAVID LETTERMAN"; whose musical director PAUL SHAFFER met PRINCE CHARLES (and possibly the QUEEN HERSELF) at Expo '86 in Vancouver; and those royals have certainly had their encounters with the FABS over the years. So, there: about 7-8 degrees. (ILMers who live in England/Scotland would obviously have far less convoluted connections.)

Dimebag Darrell got me drunk once.
He was shot by a fan.
John Lennon was also shot by a fan.

And 3: had chinese food w/ AfriRampo who played in Yoko Ono's band at the ATP fest.

After it finished and we were milling round outside, he came up to a group of us and asked us if we'd enjoyed it. He was waiting for his mercedes to arrive.

(Incidentally, he looked a little overweight in real life that day - he must be quite photogenic).

2. I was once in a band (which was based in Henley) with a drummer part of whose drumkit had allegedly been "liberated" from George Harrison's mansion, and with a gutarist who was arrested for spraying "FUCK THE REGATTA" on the garden wall of that same property.

He was. The original (posted in his contribution), and Band Aid 20 where he played the bass.

So that gives me two degrees of separation if we count tenuous meeting with people he's worked with, i.e. he was on BandAid 20 with
Neil Hannon who I have borrowed a lighter from and Thom Yorke who I have interviewed.

I met Stella once.

David Bowie, Big Country and Holly "I can't do the laugh right Bob" Johnson.

The company I used to work for made the staircase for her design studio.