The first time I think I even thought about death was when Hank Williams died back in 1952. New Year’s Eve it was, but I only remember the headlines. I was five years old and Hank was a regular part of my day. Dad, the curator of the famous Gutch record collection, had only a few records at that time and Never Again (Will I Knock On Your Door) was one of them. I loved that song so much that I begged and begged Dad to play it every time he headed toward the record player and, usually, he obliged. I remember Dad humming along in a grunting kind of way, almost as if the music was going to bust out of him at any moment, but it seldom did. Dad was a lot like myself in that when the music was playing, singing along seemed a lack of respect.
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GARY PIG GOLD says, “IT’S JOHNNY’S BIRTHDAY!!”
Posted in Opinion with tags Beatles first recordings, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Pig Gold, Hamburg, John Lennon's Birthday, music, Records, The Beatles, Tony Sheridan on October 7, 2013 by segarini
John Lennon was born on October 9, 1940. Seventy-three long, long years ago.
But rather than again dust off all our hallowed “Imagine” and/or “In My Life” recordings in remembrance this year, let’s go right back to The Source, shall we?
Every Sixties recording artist seems to have ’em, you know: There’s the Beach Boys’ Hite Morgan tapes, the Stones’ IBC demos, the Byrds’ notorious Jet Set sessions, and even the Velvet Underground’s attempts at becoming East Coast studio stringers for Gary Lewis and the Playboys (…just kidding about that last one) (I think).
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