August 18, 2026
By: Janis Cole
Everywhere Man is a feel-good documentary celebrating Peter Asher, the legendary musician, producer and music industry pioneer whose influence on music, culture and art spans six decades.
Billed as the ‘everywhere man’, Asher is getting around with his hit cabaret show, Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond. His live performance centres on behind-the-scenes stories from encounters with some of music’s greats, which he enhances with songs, guest musicians, photos and video clips. The filmmaking team of Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine saw his cabaret and knew it would make a good film. Coming off their successful Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song they decided to dive straight into a more expansive music doc covering Asher’s entire career, who is still rocking in his 80s.
They do a terrific job of spinning key cabaret moments from Asher’s live show with well-sourced archival footage (his mother even kept journals of his every career highlight). A star-studded cast of interviews ties past to present for a fascinating journey through a chapter of music history that informs while entertaining.
Following a stint as a child actor Asher turned his interest to music. He performed in the 60’s harmony act Peter and Gordon, striking it big during the British Invasion with their #1 hit, A World Without Love penned by Paul McCartney, a friend of Asher’s. The duo recorded more hits but tired of touring, and by ‘68 parted ways. Asher was given an executive position to find new artistic talent at the Beatles’ Apple Records in London. He discovered James Taylor, signed him and produced his first record but soon realized Los Angeles was a better place to manage Taylor’s career. Along with shaping Taylor’s more massive hits after relocating, Asher produced records for numerous major artists, and he added Linda Ronstadt to his management roster, guiding her explosive 70s success.
Some difficulties in his life get mentioned only in passing, possibly to keep the documentary light but more probably because Asher holds parts of his private life under wraps. There’s no danger of a tell-all book. However, he opens up about former musical partner Gordon Waller, giving Waller his side of the story with heartfelt honesty. There are also plenty of little-known insights, such as it being at Asher’s London gallery where John Lennon famously attended Yoko Ono’s exhibit that changed their futures.
Asher is charming in the spotlight, charismatic with hints of shyness, traits that are present as he fondly recalls his historic moment with Rolling Stone. The magazine was about to publish a feature profile calling him “producer of the year”, and wanted to feature him on the cover — with one caveat. Since it would be their first time having a non-performing producer on the cover, he was asked to bring his famous artists, James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt to the photo shoot. Chief photographer Annie Leibovitz sandwiched the reserved producer between his two recognizable superstars, and Peter Asher, in a rare, historic moment got his picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone.
2026, 2 hours. Directors: Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine. Producers, Cast and additional crew: IMDB. Editor: Darren Lund.
It’s been playing at select theatres since June, including the historic Fox Theatre in Toronto where I saw it.
Streaming on Apple TV and other VOD platforms starts August 21, with a blu-ray release in October.
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man official trailer.