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Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Not quite Get Back Session
These photos do not fit in with the January 1969 Get Back Sessions. Does anyone know anything about this recording session? What were they recording and when did it take place?
Monday, November 29, 2021
20 years without George
The world lost George Harrison 20 years ago today. I say that "the world" lost him because his music was appreciated all around the world. George was a special person. He was an amazing musician and songwriter. He had a very funny, dry sense of humor. His parents taught him to be kind to strangers, and he extended that kindness to his fans. He was grumpy -- but that just added to who he was.
Having spent the past few days "with the Beatles" with the Get Back documentary, I feel like I have gotten to know George on a deeper level. I think he held a lot of his feelings inside because it was so hard to bring your new ideas to John Lennon and Paul McCartney. But he also was a great friend.
I cried when I got the phone call early on November 30, 2001 that said that George had lost his battle with cancer. I cried again today when I realized that it has really been 20 years without him.
Let's all remember George's last words: Love one Another.
Sunday, November 28, 2021
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Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Are you excited?
I cannot explain how excited I am to see "Get Back." Barely anyone in my "real life" seem to understand my excitement. "What are you doing over Thanksgiving break?" I want to yell "What do you think I'm doing!" I am sure that you are just as excited. Footage of the Beatles that we have never seen before!
In light of Thanksgiving and Get Back, I am going to take a brief break from this site for the rest of the week, although I might share a few Thanksgiving-themed photos on Thursday.
What are you thankful for this year? Besides the usual things (family, friends, health, a job, etc) I am extremely thankful for the Beatles!
Two - Faced Man
November 23, 1971 - George and Gary Wright (aka Wonderwheel) perform the song "Two Faced Man" on The Dick Cavett TV Show
All Thanks to a Panda Bear
You know I love that big stuffed panda bear that became one of Julian Lennon's toys. Here is a story about the fans that gave it to the Beatles. It was found in the newspaper website, Express, in March 2019.
The Beatles AMAZING Story of how one fan met the Fab 4 thanks to a stuffed toy
By George Simpson
November 20th 1963. The Beatles superfan Jacquie Graham was sixteen years ago and couldn’t get a ticket to the Fab Four’s show in Manchester. Nevertheless, she’s revealed to Express.co.uk in an exclusive interview how she ended up meeting The Beatles thanks to her panda toy. Jacquie can’t quite recall why she had the plush animal with her, but she and her friends tried their luck at the concert venue. She said: “We got to the Apollo. Knocked on the stage door and this chap came out and took the Panda.”
Jacquie continued: “He just took it out of our hands and shut the door.
“We were absolutely furious. Very, very upset.”
As a result, the girls took a taxi to the Daily Mirror in Manchester and explained to the paper what had happened.
They ended up back at the Apollo with a photographer, who managed to get into the venue and retrieve the panda toy – but that’s far from the end of the story.
Jacquie revealed: “And the next thing we know, we’re invited into the foyer of the Apollo.
“We were interviewed and then led off to another room and they were there!
“Obviously I don’t remember it in fantastic detail as it was all a blur.
“It’s all just too wonderful, like a dream. We were all just lost for words. John and Ringo gave me a kiss on each cheek.
“I can remember them fooling around and throwing the panda about.”
And incredibly for Jacquie and her friends, they were allowed to watch the show from the side.
She said: “There were no tickets available but they took us into the theatre and we stood at the side of the stage, standing, and we watched the whole show from there.”
But having given The Beatles her panda, its whereabouts are now unknown.
In fact, Jacquie’s daughter has set up a Where Is Panda Now? Facebook page to find it.
The panda did appear in later photos, with the last being of John Lennon with his son Julian in the mid-1960s.
No one’s got back to Jacquie yet, but who knows, maybe it will eventually show up.
Jacquie’s photos were sent into The People Beatles Project, which aims to crowdsource an archive of Beatles fan pictures for a book in May. (Note from Sara: The People Beatles Project book only printed a few copies and then it was shut down for reasons unknown to me. )
Jacquie revealed: “And the next thing we know, we’re invited into the foyer of the Apollo.
“We were interviewed and then led off to another room and they were there!
“Obviously I don’t remember it in fantastic detail as it was all a blur.
“It’s all just too wonderful, like a dream. We were all just lost for words. John and Ringo gave me a kiss on each cheek.
“I can remember them fooling around and throwing the panda about
Monday, November 22, 2021
Hearing the news
November 22, 1963 - I would guess that Paul is watching the shocking news of President John F. Kennedy's death on that little televison backstage.
Sunday, November 21, 2021
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