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John Lennon Had Described A Very Adult Pre-Show Routine For The Beatles

John Lennon Had Described A Very Adult Pre-Show Routine For The Beatles

John Lennon Had Described A Very Adult Pre-Show Routine For The Beatles
February 07
11:40 2022

The four Beatles are generally regarded by people who knew them as kind, good-hearted people, but their wholesome image during the ‘60s was largely due to savvy publicists.

By the time the Fab Four hit their mid-20s, John, Paul, George and Ringo did plenty of celebrating in their own way.

Longtime Elton John guitarist Davey Johnstone got a brief window into the Beatles’ rather ~adult~ pre-show routine minutes before taking the stage with John Lennon at Madison Square Garden in 1974 — Lennon’s final live performance.

“It was comical because John was so nervous, obviously … since the Beatles, he hadn’t played a show; he was incredibly nervous,” Johnstone recalled.

“He came into the tune-up room where I was doing Dee [Murray’s] bass and all my guitars and stuff. He brought his guitar and said, ‘Davey, will you tune me guitar. I can’t even think straight right now.’

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Martin Nethercutt

Martin Nethercutt

Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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