Days In The Life by Aaron Krerowicz & John Krerowicz. AK Books, Carmel, IN.
Aaron Krerowicz is a
noted Beatles scholar and lecturer who travels around the country giving
presentations on the Beatles. This book, co-authored by his father, retired
reporter John Krerowicz, is about their life on the road during one of Aaron’s
lecture series tours.
This is Aaron’s
fourth book. His first book, TheBeatles & The Avant-Garde, was published in late 2014 (and reviewed in OG issue #26-1); his second, TheBeatles: Band of the Sixties, was released as a Kindle ebook in April 2015;
and third, From The Shadow of JFK: The Rise of Beatlemania in America,
was released in early June 2015.
Aaron travels extensively throughout the U.S. giving lectures
on the band and their music. He has appeared at numerous Beatles events as well
as many other locales as an individual presenter, giving more than 250
presentations. Aaron also has a vast array of subjects based on his research on
the Beatles and their music that he discusses throughout his touring. Although
he was born 15 years after the Beatles disbanded, Aaron received a grant in
2011 from the University of Hartford to pursue his passion for the band, and he
became a professional presenter and researcher in 2015. Krerowicz also holds advance
degrees in classical music and composition and publishes a Beatles blog and his
own newsletter.
Krerowicz’s previous books were written in an academic format
but Days in the Life is written in a much different style, a style where
both father and son kept journals of the experiences on the road throughout
this seven state lecture tour across the South and West. Their journals reveal
to the reader the two men’s passion for music, the Beatles, baseball, and
birding. In a sense, it is almost a travelogue of their life on the road.
Although there is some discussion in the book about the
topics Aaron presented on this road trip, what comes through loud and clear is
the interaction between father and son. There are discussions about music and
there is quiet time, as there is on any long journey. Aaron also got to indulge
his love for baseball and John spent time on his passion of birding. The
melding experiences of the trip expose the deep love, respect, and admiration
between the two men that most have between us and our parents, but rarely get
to experience in quite this way…alone together for an extended period. This is
at the heart of the book and gives the reader a warm feeling.
Although Days in the Life is not directly about the Beatles, it is the story of a father and
son who share the Beatles as a common bond that is one part of their
relationship, and this title is a very enjoyable read.