McCartney Times

Jack Douglas was a pivotal rock producer in the 1970s, forging relationships with everyone from Patti Smith to the New York Dolls, from Aerosmith to Cheap Trick, from Miles Davis to The Who. Previously, he told us about meeting John Lennon and becoming friends with him during the making of Imagine. Below, he discusses how he was summoned by Yoko Ono to work on what would turn out to be Lennon’s final two records, Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey; the night Lennon was killed; and Lennon’s enduring love for The Beatles.So there was this four or five year period where John was basically off the radar. How did he approach you about wanting to record again? Listen, the way he approached the whole thing was so strange. I got a phone call one day and it was so mysterious. [He said] if I’m interested in doing something extra special, show up at 30th Street. There was a pier where sea planes used to land and I showed up and met a sea plane at noon. Now, how could you resist that? [I had] no idea what it was for.

Source: Producer Jack Douglas Talks About His Last Night With John Lennon: ‘Some A-Hole Shot Him When He Got Home’: Gothamist