Last night, not far from here, Sir James Paul McCartney provided the music for a private party that was held by Trump buddy Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots. I wonder if Paul still keeps a diary?
Category: Music
A revolver for Revolver
Beatles recording engineer Geoff Emerick has died of a heart attack. When John Lennon described how he wanted his voice to sound in “Tomorrow Never Knows” — “Like the Dalai Lama chanting from a mountaintop” — Geoff, 19 years old, had an idea.
… perhaps there was one amplifier that might work, even though nobody had ever put a vocal through it. The studio’s Hammond organ was hooked up to a system called a Leslie — a large wooden box that contained an amp and two sets of revolving speakers, one that carried low bass frequencies and the other that carried high treble frequencies… In my mind I could almost hear what John’s voice might sound like if it were coming from a Leslie. It would take a little time to set up, but I thought it might just give him what he was after.
From Here, There and Everywhere, by Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey
The effect can be heard at 1:27.
Peggy Sue Got Buried
The title for this post is in bad taste, but I couldn’t resist.
Peggy Sue dies at age 78
Hippie Economics
John Sebastian and the Lovin’ Spoonful explain how the economy works.
Calling All Hipsters!
Millennials have come around to what we Boomers knew when we were young — for music, vinyl is groovy both figuratively and literally. For those who want to get into records, but without the hassles associated with hooking up all the gear, Yamaha is introducing a networked turntable.
Be True to Your Song
Radiohead was sued by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood for copyright infringement, over the song “Creep.”
The songwriters alleged it sounded too similar to “The Air That I Breathe.”
The song that I think “Creep” borrows from — intentionally or not — is from 1964, expressing support for the surfin’ Beach Boys against the rising Beatles tide.