Photo by Mary Ellen Matthews for Saturday Night Live – December 11, 2010
There's an interesting article on CNN's website about the many celebrity portraits Matthews has taken over the years.
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Photo by Mary Ellen Matthews for Saturday Night Live – December 11, 2010
There's an interesting article on CNN's website about the many celebrity portraits Matthews has taken over the years.
Photo by Mary Ellen Matthews for Saturday Night Live – December 11, 2010
There's an interesting article on CNN's website about the many celebrity portraits Matthews has taken over the years.
Thanks, garp. I really enjoyed that article about Matthews' photo sessions, especially Paul's, of course. It prompted me to search up these further points of interest about that night.
A kind of "Paul's diary" of that SNL show:
And, of course, video of his entire musical performances that night:
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Yeah, Zon, I guess that's his "just got paid" dance, after business first:
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Usually I've already seen the "rare images" in articles like this one. But, I don't think I have seen these before! Man! Talk about having that "lean and hungry" look, fresh from Hamburg in '61! Was this the last siting of George's Futurama?
Usually I've already seen the "rare images" in articles like this one. But, I don't think I have seen these before! Man! Talk about having that "lean and hungry" look, fresh from Hamburg in '61! Was this the last siting of George's Futurama?
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It reminds me that they were just kids back then. The Fender tweed amps are still popular today.
Says they were then aged between 18 and 20. But they were already "payin' their dues" with no idea how much it would eventually pay off! Hmmm, what were we doing at that age?
Yeah, those old
In fact, how many countless thousands (or millions, even) of us have had such aspirations, and gear(!), over the decades since, or even still?!?
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Says they were then aged between 18 and 20. But they were already "payin' their dues" with no idea how much it would eventually pay off! Hmmm, what were we doing at that age?
Yeah, those old7ender tweed amps certainly are coveted collectors items now! And the style is still a popular look, but with more modern guts and drivers these days.
In fact, how many countless thousands (or millions, even) of us have had such aspirations, and gear(!), over the decades since, or even still?!?
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Fender tweeds are still being sold as new reissues. I have a Bassman and a Deluxe.
I believe that John’s amp was a 1959 Fender Tweed Vibrolux with a 10” speaker. George commented that John had both an American made Rickenbacker guitar and a Fender amp which impressed everyone else in the band. Up untill that point, they only had crappy equipment.
Hohner has released a Beatles tribute Harmonica. $49 at Sweetwater. John stole the one that he used on Love Me Do.
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Of all the photos of John & The Beatles with a harmonica, I find it amazing they couldn't license a single one of them for this product! I assume they've licensed the images they did use, even though there's no harmonica in them.
It looks like Revolver is getting special edition treatment releasing on October 28th.
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Of all the photos of John & The Beatles with a harmonica, I find it amazing they couldn't license a single one of them for this product! I assume they've licensed the images they did use, even though there's no harmonica in them.
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Marketing not clear on the concept. I recall a statistic that Hohner produced their 1 billionth harmonica in 1980. The price has gone up. When I bought my Marine Band harmonicas, they were around $5.
It would be cool to have a Bass and Chord harmonicas like the Beatles used on Mr. Kite.
I’ve pre-ordered the 5 CD Super Deluxe digital set from iTunes. They’ve released two songs so far, Taxman and Tomorrow Never Knows (take 1).
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The calliope on "Mr. Kite" always overshadowed the harmonicas, IMO.
My favorite bass and/or chord harmonica parts have always been on "Fool on the Hill", especially the bridge part, beginning here and continuing thru the "flutters":
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Can’t wait to hear the remixed (and speed-corrected?) version of Rain. If it’s like Taxman, McCartney’s bass might be front and center.
I am he
as you are he
as you are me
And we are all together
Btw
the Walrus was Paul
as you are he
as you are me
And we are all together
Btw
the Walrus was Paul
Nothing groundbreaking, but a fun overview nonetheless:
I wouldn't call Paul's early playing boring. It suited both the songs and the era. That's an important consideration. They were basing their songs on what was done by Holly, Orbison, Perkins, etc. Part of what they were trying to accomplish was to make a sound that was bigger than the sum of the parts from the combined instruments and vocals. This involved the two guitars playing different parts and the bass adding to it to compliment them all, vocals were part of the blending. This was tought out and I think that they achieved their goal. Buddy Holly did the same to make a bigger sound.
