{"id":513,"date":"2009-07-18T16:28:04","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T20:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/18\/elans-direct-connection-to-the-beatles\/"},"modified":"2011-06-15T16:40:05","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T20:40:05","slug":"elans-direct-connection-to-the-beatles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/elans-direct-connection-to-the-beatles\/","title":{"rendered":"Elans direct connection to the Beatles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many readers know that Elan, our 10 yr old son<\/a>, is recovering from a tough year<\/a>. Elan has a hip condition called Perthes<\/a>. While not life threatening, it is painful and long lasting.
\nElan has been praised<\/a> and written about<\/a>. As if that weren’t enough, Elan now has a direct connection to The Beatles<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nLast year, my wife<\/a> reconnected with a high school friend. He actually learned about our son through Elan’s website<\/a>. Turns out that my wife’s friend is business partners with none other than Allen Klein<\/a>, founder of ABKCO Music & Records<\/a>.
\nBeatles fans will remember that Klein was blamed in some circles for contributing to the breakup<\/a> of The Beatles<\/a>. Klein’s ABKCO Records<\/a> was immortalized in George Harrison’s Beware of ABCKO bootleg<\/a>.
\nABCKO records was kind enough to send Elan a Rolling Stones Greatest Albums In The Sixties<\/a> limited edition Japanese import boxed set. The record company was also responsible for having southern rock band Molly Hatchet<\/a> do special shout-outs to Elan while on a recent European tour. You see, Elan played drums<\/a> until this year’s surgery. Recently though, he has started to play again.
\nAllen Klein recently passed away<\/a>. The day he died, my wife received another e-mail from her high school friend. Klein suffered from Alzheimer’s<\/a>. One of the things he had asked about as he slipped in & out was “that little hip boy.” They told him that Elan was playing the drums again<\/a>. He understood nodded, and then smiled. Those closest to him said that for a moment, Elan’s guts and determination made a difference to Allen Klein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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