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Walter Everett wrote a two-volume study: The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver through the Anthology (1999) and The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul (2001). He later co-wrote What Goes On: The Beatles, Their Music, and Their Time with Tim Riley, published in 2019.
Walter Everett teaches at the University of Michigan, where he also earned his doctorate in music theory.
Walter Everett received the Kjell Meling Award for Distinction in the Arts and Humanities.
The Foundations of Rock: From 'Blue Suede Shoes' to 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes' examines the structural principles underlying rock music across a broad range of popular songwriting. It was published in 2008-2009.
Gary Burns, editor of Popular Music and Society, called them a "monumental two-book set" that furthered a field of musicological study begun by Wilfrid Mellers in 1973. Michael Frontani, author of The Beatles: Image and the Media, described them as a "landmark of scholarship."
Everett holds a Bachelor of Science in music education with a piano concentration from Gettysburg College, a Master of Music in music theory from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a PhD in music theory from the University of Michigan.