PETER ASHER — A Life in Music
a biography by David Jacks
"I loved the tape and I said, 'It just so happens, I've just become head of A & R for this label. I'd like to sign you.' So, it was peculiar for him – because within two weeks of arriving in London as a penniless folkie junkie, he was hanging out with The Beatles."
– Peter Asher on meeting James Taylor
A few sample photos from the book
(Click on the dots in the lower right corner to move back and forth between images.)
Massenberg and Asher
Working with engineer George Massenberg
Photo by David Goggins/Mr. Bonsai ©1997
Elton John and Asher
At the Grammy Awards
Courtesy of David Furnish
Steve, Edie and Peter
Recording Martin and Brickell's Love Has Come For You, 2012
Photo, ©Frank Filipetti
Asher Miles and Dunbar
Outside of the Indica Gallery, London, 1966
Photo by Graham Keen/TopFoto.
Peter and Gordon
In August 2005, Peter and Gordon reunited onstage for the first time in more than 30 years.
Photo ©Bobbi Lane
Hanging with 10,000 Maniacs
Peter and the band members, 1989
Photo by Barbara Gustafson
Peter Asher
Laying down a bass part, 1970
Photo ©Henry Diltz
Peter Asher
Recording Heart Like A Wheel, 1974
Photo by Andrew Gold, ©Leslie Kogan-Gold
Peter and The Section
The Section —Kunkel, Sklar, Doerge and Kortchmar, 1973
Photo by Maureen McGillan-Sklar
Peter and Friends
James Taylor, Peter Asher and Terry Manning
at Ardent Studios, Memphis, 1972.
(©2021 Terry Manning)