On That Note: Without The Beatles
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Entering this in the category of truly obscure and only found this out 100% by a chance google a couple of weeks a go. Can't even remember why I googled this song.
George Harrison ended up playing on a song on a 1973 Cheech and Chong album. "Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces" which was later remade with Barry White and Chris Rock but the original started in the studio with just Cheech and Chong playing/singing. Sort of went all-star studio session from there.
So in an impromptu session it went from Cheech singing and Chong on piano to having names like George Harrison on guitar, Carole King on piano, Billy Preston on organ and Ronnie Spector and Michelle Phillips singing backup!
George Harrison ended up playing on a song on a 1973 Cheech and Chong album. "Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces" which was later remade with Barry White and Chris Rock but the original started in the studio with just Cheech and Chong playing/singing. Sort of went all-star studio session from there.
Wiki - Some notes on the recording of the track, taken from the booklet accompanying Where There's Smoke There's Cheech & Chong, read:
Cheech sings, and Tommy plays piano—that's all it was at first. In Cheech's words, "George Harrison and those guys were in the next studio recording, and so Lou [Adler] just ran over there and played [it for him]. They made up the track right on the spot." "That was a wild session," Lou Adler recalls. "I probably called Carole [King] and told her to come down, but with Harrison and [Klaus] Voorman—I didn't call and say come in and play. Everyone happened to be in the A&M studios at that particular time, doing different projects. It was spilling out of the studio into the corridors."
So in an impromptu session it went from Cheech singing and Chong on piano to having names like George Harrison on guitar, Carole King on piano, Billy Preston on organ and Ronnie Spector and Michelle Phillips singing backup!
Badfinger was yet another group heavily influenced by the Beatles. They were the first non-Beatle band signed by Apple Records.
"Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney, 1970),
"Day After Day" (produced by George Harrison, 1971)
"Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney, 1970),
"Day After Day" (produced by George Harrison, 1971)
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Cheer Down by George Harrison is in my opinion the last truly great solo Beatles song (1989) and a very underrated song in general. It was in Lethal Weapon 2 soundtrack and plays as the movie ends. Jeff Lynn on it too.
These two songs from George about missing his friend John.
I think most younger people know Badfinger as the “Breaking Bad Finale Music”.
MEGA SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN BREAKING BAD BUT WANT TO!!!!
Paul McCartney's "No More Lonely Nights". Probably my favorite McCartney song. Just always hit the right note (haha) with me. The song itself starts about one minute into the video.
A couple from "Flaming Pie," which contains several solid tracks.
Title track (co-produced w/ Jeff Lynne, as were a few others on the LP
Co-written with Ringo!
Note: Album title is based on a playful anecdote John provided to Mersey Beat in 1961, regarding origin of The Beatles' name: "It came in a vision – a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, 'From this day on, you are Beatles with an A.'"
Title track (co-produced w/ Jeff Lynne, as were a few others on the LP
Co-written with Ringo!
Note: Album title is based on a playful anecdote John provided to Mersey Beat in 1961, regarding origin of The Beatles' name: "It came in a vision – a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, 'From this day on, you are Beatles with an A.'"
I don't know as much of Paul's from post-Y2K, but "Memory Almost Full" has a few high moments. This one is "dependable songcraft," at minimum.
I have seen Paul twice in concert. Once @ Cyclone Stadium wiht Wings (including Linda) when I was in school and once @ G.A.B.P. in Cincinnati. Here is the G.A.B.P. Concert in 2011! He was incredible. I especially loved when he sang Yesterday as part of his tribute to his friend John. CHILL BUMPS! Never really got that song until that night.
This is a sneaky hard one given the volume of work they put out
Two that came to mind. Can't tell you why, but these two were the first.
Edit: I see Put It There was already on the board. Wild that obscure one would get multiple posts
Two that came to mind. Can't tell you why, but these two were the first.
Edit: I see Put It There was already on the board. Wild that obscure one would get multiple posts
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I wish I could find a recording of him doing this on piano alone.
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Co-written w/ Jeff Lyne and Gary Wright (you can hear the Lynne/ELO-ish influence, but it blends well with Harrison's reliable vibe)
