Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween have a fun and spooky day. 

Stay safe and eat lots of candy

New York City!

This famous photo session of John Lennon in front of Statue of 

Liberty, happened on today's date in 1974. 

Wednesday morning October 30th.

The Photographer was Bob Gruen 

Beatles Interview With Ivor Davis

Its been a long time since we have done done of 

these interviews, but today we are back and with 

the one and only Ivor Davis.

When you first heard you were going to

 be with the beatles how did you feel? 

It sounded like a nice assignment. Travel with them 

on their private jet for five weeks—eat, sleep and 

hangout with them. And write George Harrison’s column. 

 I had seen them on the Ed Sullivan show in Feb 

1964 and they were a smash hit. But communications 

around the world were not that big and I only knew 

they were very popular in Europe. 

If you were to describe all the beatles how would you?

They were very friendly with me—and I soon felt 

part of their family.

John was provocative from the beginning—he liked to needle

 you and kept calling me Ivan the Terrible. Paul was smooth 

and would serve me a gin and tonic on the jet.  George warmed

 up-he was a bit sullen to start with but improved as he got to

 know me.  And Ringo was the new boy with the Beatles, and 

didn’t have a lot to say for himself back then. But he became 

the most popular Beatle by the end of the North American trip.

Who was the beatle you were closest to? 

I should have been closest to George but wasn’t. He was the 

least communicative of the four. John was funny, witty and had

 a really wicked sense of humor. I enjoyed his unpredictable 

company. He’d call me at 3 in the morning and say “we’re 

playing Monopoly—come over.” And I’d walk to  his suite for

 middle of the night games of Monopoly.

Was there anything that shocked or surprised you about 

the band in person? 

Not really. They were remarkably sanguine considering it 

was crazy bedlam at every show with girls screaming 

from start to finish so I couldn’t hear them

 sing—and neither could the Beatles.

What is something about the beatles that not 

many people might know but you found out? 

Ringo liked beans and toast for breakfast, so Neil Aspinall

 their road manager brought canned English beans

 along in his bag for Ringo. They liked to drink rum 

and coca colas. Ughh. They liked beautiful young women. 

But who didn’t. And beautiful young women loved them. 

And the girls  came flocking. None of the Beatles liked 

soccer, which was odd considering they all came from a 

soccer-crazy city like Liverpool. And I loved their sense 

of humor. They were funny—and that sense of humor 

kept them sane from all the madness swirling around 

them. They were never swell headed, and they never 

were mad about meeting all the celebrities who 

wanted to hold their hands. Only Jayne Mansfield got 

through, and they liked Bob Dylan and Joan Baez 

(particularly John liked Joan) And they all wanted to 

meet Elvis. And they did in the Summer of l965.

Would you say they were the best band in history? 

Absolutely. Today, amazing as it may seem they are almost

 more popular than they were back then. Beatle frenzy

 continues unabated 50-odd years later. And I meet fans 

from grandparents to kids. They are an evergreen 

phenomena.

If you could go back, would you have done 

anything differently? 

First, I would have kept all the autographs I gave away to

 friends. Then I would have bought a lot more of the 

merchandising stuff—Beatle wigs and programs and 

stored them in the attic. Then unpacked the box—and 

become a very rich man peddling the memorabilia and 

not worrying about social security. But who knew they would 

last so long! Oh. Dammit.Yes. I wish I’d taken my 

I-phone camera with me!!!

How long did it take to write your book? 

About a year (but it was simmering in my skull for 50!) I was busy 

covering other big stories and traveling  all over the 

world as a foreign correspondent for the London Daily 

Express, and the Times of London—and one day I woke 

up and thought, ‘why not write a book!”

Why should people buy your book and give it a read? 

Because I was there. I witnessed first hand what came down. 

I sat front row at every concert and saw the bedlam, 

the craziness and Beatlemania unfold before my very 

eyes. And 90 percent of Beatle authors never met all the 

Beatles. What you read is what I saw—seasoned I hope 

with some humor and an element of maturity.

So Busy! To Busy

I can't believe it's been another week since my last post. 

and two weeks since John's Birthday. 

Okay, so the reason i have not been here much is, 

I have been working on my art (fun) and helping my family 

with their job delivering parcels (not fun at all) 

But on a good note. I am hoping to have an interview with 

the famous IVOR DAVIS! About how he knew the beatles!

Stay tuned and have a great week!

A week on.

A week ago today it was John Lennon's 76th 

Birthday, and i celebrated it in style.

That's right i went to abbey road!!

Not only me. But a few others also turned up. 

Its the only place in the world that people get excited 

and look forward to crossing a busy road. 

The wall is covered with the millions of names of people 

that come there. People get their pens out and openly 

scribble all over the wall. And get away with it. 

Each Name has its own story, but all these names within 

a month at the most wont be there. Painted over for the 

next million fans to write on a wall touched by the Beatles.

To look at, this place is nothing special, but there is a 

feeling,  as a Beatle fan. Noisy London is no longer noisy.

All you focus on is this building, the wall, and of course the

crossing.

I loved crossing, And for some reason i did get a bit of 

attention, after all i was dressed like a tribute artist. 

Happy 76th Birthday

Today John Lennon would have been 76! 

Can you believe it? I mean its hard to think of him as 

any older then 40. I mean come on, its hard to even 

think of him as that, with so many reminders of beatlemania,

i'm pretty sure he will always been 24 in everyone's heads. Lol.

He had the best voice for rock and roll, and his music

will live forever. Every day millions of new people will

hear it, and fall in love with his voice as i myself have 

and countless others.

So happy birthday to the amazing, talented and 

often hugely misunderstood Beatle. 

May his spirit shine on. And may is music and words

live forever in all of our hearts.

Happy Birthday John Lennon

Peace and Love

Lennon Photos

No excuse or reason behind it. Just random Lennon 

photos for everyone to see and enjoy.

Busy Doing Very Little

Been a while since i posted, and i have been very 

busy, helping family and painting and i'm to tired to

post when i eventually have the time.  

So here are some of my recent paintings i have been 

working on. 

Enjoy.