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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Tune Up
May 31, 1964
Is this how most people tune a bass guitar? I really don't know, but I see photos of Paul doing this. I have played an acoustic guitar (poorly I may add), and I never held the guitar up to my ear to tune it.
Monday, May 30, 2022
Paul and Ringo keep up with the Beatles news
May 30, 1964
We learned from the Get Back documentary that The Beatles really kept up to date with the Beatles news. Here Paul and Ringo are looking at a Beatles book that was mailed out only to members of the Official Beatles Fan Club in the U.K.
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Get Back soon!
As I type this, it is Thursday, May 26, 2022 -- but you are reading this in the future. Hello Beatle fans of the future!
By the time you read this -- I will have flown to Florida and have seen Paul McCartney in concert. And I can already tell you -- it was amazing! Paul is awesome. He is the best! What a show!
Needless to say -- I am on a much, much-needed vacation for a few more days. While this is getting posted, I am most likely sitting on a beach chair in a beachy area with a fruity drink in my hand. I planned for a couple of photos to post while I am away, but not a whole lot because I ran out of time.
I will be back very soon with more stories and photos. Unless Paul McCartney asked me to join his tour and sing Linda's harmonies on stage with him, then forget MTBFR and hello Paul!
See you really soon!
Sara
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Rest in Peace Alan White
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Sad news today -- drummer Alan White who played with John and George has passed away.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
BMI Awards Dinner 1972
May 25, 1972 -
I bought these negatives about a year ago. For some reason I always thought they were later in the 1970s, but come to find out they were taken 50 years ago today.
Wings Over Holland (Part 4)
The 4th and final part of the story of when Wings came to Holland in March of 1976 from the point of the writers for the Beatles Unlimited Magazine (March/April 1976 issue). This last part tells what happened after the concert and the next morning.
I Can’t Tell You How I Feel
Paul was going to do an interview for the press and television
after the concert. After we had
recovered from the concert, we drove to Alphen to get some more sets of Beatles
Unlimited. We planned to give these sets
to Paul when we could. At ease, we drove
back to Amsterdam to the Hotel and we arrived there at about a quarter past
midnight.
We parked the car and started waiting again. At one o’clock Koos came back and to our
surprise, he said that Paul and company had already gone to sleep! It seemed the interview was done right after
the show and that the group had hurried to the hotel to get to the
showers. A big disappointment we went to
bed.
Every Morning Brings a New Day
The next morning, we were back early at the hotel
again. We talked to Koos for a while and
to Jan, the head of the security services.
As nothing happened at 10 o’clock and it didn’t look like
something would happen, we went away to do some shopping for a ballpoint and
flowers to give to Paul and company when they would leave the hotel.
When we came back to the hotel at 10.30, it appeared that
the departure had been delayed again.
They would take a plane later and if they would miss that one too, the
whole arrival in Paris would go wrong.
At last, a few minutes before 12 o’clock they seemed all in
the hall of the hotel, and also the limousines were ready.
And there they came out:
First Denny and wife. I gave him
a bundle of flowers and he thanked me and shook my hand. Then Paul came. “Oh, this is wonderful!” he said as I gave
him the flowers. “Thanks for the very
good concert,” I said. “Thank YOU, sir,” I said the same thing to Linda as I gave her
the flowers. “I’m glad you liked it,”
she said.
“Joe, thanks for the very good concert yesterday.”
“You liked it, ey?”
Jimmy said he would give his flowers to Linda, but when I
told him she’s already had flowers he gave them to Myra Amiel, one of the fans
outside the hotel and a subscriber to Beatles Unlimited.
Ride On My Fast City Line
Quickly we jumped into the car (again) and followed the
limousine through Amsterdam to the airport.
Near the motorway, I passed the car Paul was in and drove ahead of the
limousine to Schiphol Airport. I stopped
in front of the first door of the departure hall, but unfortunately, the
limousine stopped in front of the second door.
Jan ran outside to the second door to shoot some pictures, while I went
into the first door and ran across the hall.
It took some time before they entered the hall, so I was
ready when at last they entered. I took
a pic of Paul coming through the door and as he passed me, I said, “Paul, I
have another present for you.” I gave
him two sets of Beatles Unlimited and said, “Next issue will be called Wings
Unlimited.” “Are you publishing this?”
he asked. “Yes.”
Then I heard a female voice beside me: “You should do a
Wings special now!” It was Linda. At that very moment, I was standing between
Paul and Linda. Apparently, she hadn’t
heard what I said to Paul, and I told her we would do a Wings special
now.” “Here’s Jimmy, you should take a
picture of him for the special,” Linda said.
But I tried to make one of Linda, but I had some trouble focusing on her. I said something and Linda noticed
that.
“Is it too close?” she asked and she stepped backward and
gave me the possibility to focus. At the
same time the Wings party was walking slowly to the customs. We were making pictures all the time and took
a shot of Paul walking with Mary, holding the sets of Beatles Unlimited in his
hands. (see cover of this issue)
Before they walked through the customs, they waved at us, and
then they walked around the corner and disappeared. Exactly 43 hours after they entered Holland
they left again. They left some very
happy people behind who are proud to have experienced this.
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