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Barry Miles (born 21 February 1943) is an English author known for his participation in and writing on the subjects of the 1960s London underground and counterculture. He is the author of numerous books and his work has also regularly appeared in leftist newspapers such as The Guardian.
Barry Miles (born March 28, 1947) is an American pianist, record producer, and author. Life and career. Miles was born Barry Miles Silverlight to Arthur and Hermine (née Klein) in Newark, New Jersey and grew up in North Plainfield, New Jersey .
Learn about Barry Miles, a key figure in the London underground scene, who was a bookshop manager, editor, publisher, author, music journalist, and archivist. Explore his archive, which includes correspondence, projects, publications, and reference material on the Beat Generation, the '60s and '70s culture and music.
‘Miles is like a breathing refutation of the gag that if you can remember the 1960s, you weren’t really there: he was right at the epicenter of a cultural earthquake, and he remembers it in surprisingly exact and engaging detail…
Barry Miles was a central figure in the counterculture milieu. He wrote Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now, as well as The Beatles: A Diary; contributed to I Want to Take You Higher,...
Jan 1, 2001 · Now comes the definitive biography of Zappa by Barry Miles, best-selling author of Hippie and Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now, who knew Zappa personally and was present at the recording of some of his most important albums. Miles follows Zappa from his sickly Italian-American childhood in the 1940s (his father worked for the military and ...
Author of several books and biographies, most pertaining to musicians and the sixties. Miles has written biographies of Paul McCartney, The Beatles, William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Frank Zappa, Charles Bukowski and Allen Ginsberg, in addition to books on John Lennon, The Beatles and The Clash.
