Songwriting and Production
Good stuff here. I never realized what a big deal Tommy James was though I liked his music a lot. It’s the same with Hoyt Axton. A great songwriter with tons of hits, covered all over the place. But the business got to them. It’s brutal. Tommy James was a 19-year-old from Dayton, Ohio with…
A fun-loving guy for sure In his storied four-decade career in radio, that rainy September afternoon remains a highlight. “I’m so happy that it literally has stood the test of time,” Elsas said. “It was totally unscripted and off the cuff. John was just a musician up to chat about his new album, very happy,…
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Meanwhile, the follow‑up single to ‘Whatever Gets You Thru The Night’ began life with the working title of ‘So Long Ago’ and took its initial melody from the orchestral arrangement to Harry Nilsson’s version of ‘Many Rivers To Cross’, the opening track on his Pussy Cats album which Lennon had produced earlier in the year….
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Sir Ringo enlisted the help of Sir Paul, 77, to play bass on the track, which he admitted had brought him to tears when he first heard it. He said: “Jack asked if I ever heard The Bermuda Tapes, John’s demos from that time. And I had never heard all this. “The idea that John…
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