And so he'd got this drummer Andy White ready, you know, a professional drummer, a session drummer. Well, he listened to the band with Pete Best and didn't think Pete was going to be on the session. Yeah, had another drummer all picked out because I guess he didn't know that you had been chosen to be in the band. concert tour.Īn interesting part of the story is that you showed up for the first recording session. Terry spoke to him in 1995, when he was on a U.S. Later, we'll hear excerpts of two interviews with Paul McCartney. Today, we feature interviews with the two Beatles who've appeared on FRESH AIR. Terry interviewed Giles Martin about the anniversary project on yesterday's show. Pepper's" album and many other Beatles recordings. Pepper's" recordings that's included in a four-CD box set of archival material produced by Giles Martin, the son of George Martin, who produced the original "Sgt. The track we just heard is from a new remix of the original "Sgt. Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends, get high with a little help from my friends.ĭAVIES: That's Ringo Starr singing on the Beatles' "Sgt. What do you see when you turn out the light? I can't tell you, but I know it's mine. Would you believe in a love at first sight? Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time. Could it be anybody? I want somebody to love. No, I get by with a little help from my friends, get high with a little help from my friends, going to try with a little help from my friends.ĭo you need anybody? I need somebody to love. What do I do when my love is away? Does it worry you to be alone? How do I feel by the end of the day? Are you sad because you're on your own? ![]() Going to try with a little help from my friends. I get high with a little help from my friends. Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS")īEATLES: (Singing) What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me? Lend me your ears, and I'll sing you a song. He set up one of several song intros he’s delivered dozens of times noting that many in the audience were probably seeing him for the first time.Įven for McCartney veterans, it’s endearing to hear him share stories of the rites of passage he experienced with John, Ringo and George Harrison and Martin, as well as encounters with Jimi Hendrix and others over the course of his long and winding road.Īnyway, it’s the way a Beatle wants on Twitter.This is FRESH AIR. If the between-song patter is familiar to anyone who’s seen one of McCartney’s tour in the last decade, so be it. McCartney certainly didn’t shortchange any gearheads in the crowd as he moved easily from his signature Hofner Beatle bass early on to acoustic guitar, grand and upright pianos, mandolin and ukulele for various numbers.Ī midshow semi-acoustic set was another highlight, with stripped-down versions of “I’ve Just Seen a Face,” “Dance Tonight” (enlivened by the spirited choreography exhibited by drummer Abe Laboriel Jr.), the primordial Quarry Men song “In Spite of All the Danger,” “Love Me Do” and one Beatles number he’s played live infrequently, “From Me to You.” Now if he’d just do the same by inviting a bona fide string quartet to serve up Beatles producer-orchestrator George Martin’s brilliant arrangement for “Eleanor Rigby,” although such an observation borders on nitpicking. This time around, several songs were, yes, freshened up by the muscle delivered by the three-man horn section featuring sax, trumpet and trombone, deployed periodically on songs including “Got to Get You Into My Life,” “Lady Madonna,” “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,” “Let ’Em In,” “Letting Go,” “Come On to Me,” “Let It Be” and, inevitably, “Live and Let Die,” the last also the vehicle for a requisite fireworks display near the end. The show also had extra vibrancy because McCartney has at last invested in a live horn section to handle parts he’s long delegated to synth horns usually dispatched by keyboardist Paul “Wix” Wickens. Whatever it was, McCartney was in top form, his voice effortlessly climbing to the heights it always hit so easily back in the day. It may also have been the familial feel of the evening that was heightened by shout-outs to his wife, Nancy, daughter Mary and two of his grandchildren who were in the house. ![]() McCartney’s recent concerts climax with a “Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End” medley from “Abbey Road,” and Walsh turned what’s usually a three-way exchange among McCartney and his regular guitarists, Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray, into an extended quartet of instrumental fireworks. Perhaps it was the fact that Saturday’s show was the last hurrah for this round of shows, and that it also featured Eagles great Joe Walsh - Starr’s brother-in-law - who lent his skills to the grand guitar battle that typically caps the show.
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