Faul and his group Wings released a song called "Junior's Farm" in October, 1974. He recorded the song in July, 1974 in Nashville, TN.
The story was that Faul stayed at Curly Putman Jr's farm, (Putman was a Nashville songwriter), during Wings recording of the song and that that was the reason the song got its name.
OR, it could be Faul was referencing the farm he acquired from our Paul after Paul was replaced in 1966.
As I said in the "Albert Goldman's Clues of 1968, Part 1" post [July 24, 2017], Faul was, of course, aware that Paul was much younger than him: from my research and calculations by about nine years. Our Paul was very much Faul's junior (and also the youngest member ever in The Beatles.)
Faul and his family liked to go and "lay low' at the Scottish farm that our Paul had just before he "left" the group, so I think Faul may have been thinking about Paul when he wrote "Junior's Farm".
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Albert Goldman's Clues of 1968, Part 2
Continuing with my last post, Albert Goldman, author and professor wrote a critique of Hunter Davies' Beatles biography in the October, 1968 Vogue magazine. Goldman's biography of John Lennon was published in November,1988. Goldman said he spent six years researching Lennon's life for the book and conducted 1,200 interviews during that time, so my guess is that Goldman had a keen interest in The Beatles and by 1968 must have had a fair grasp of the dramas and machinations happening within the lives of The Beatles--by my count--eight young men total.
So in the article Goldman says:
He's talking about the four Beatles written about by Davies in 1968: the last group with a new Paul and a new John introduced in late 1966.
So I take it Goldman means there were other Beatles no longer in the group. And he also could have meant literally that certain of the other Beatles were by the publishing of the book and the article, DEAD.
So in the article Goldman says:
"Blown off all the charts of traditional and contemporary life by their stupendous success, the SURVIVING [my emphasis] Beatles lead a Robinson Crusoe existence, struggling to live alone on their little islands of idleness."
He's talking about the four Beatles written about by Davies in 1968: the last group with a new Paul and a new John introduced in late 1966.
So I take it Goldman means there were other Beatles no longer in the group. And he also could have meant literally that certain of the other Beatles were by the publishing of the book and the article, DEAD.
Monday, July 24, 2017
Albert Goldman's Clues of 1968, Part 1
Hunter Davies wrote the authorized biography of The Beatles. The first edition was published in 1968.
Albert Goldman was an American professor who wrote biographies of popular culture personalities: American controversial comedian Lenny Bruce, rock and roller Elvis Presley--and--in 1988, John Lennon.
Well . . . Goldman wrote a review of Davies' book for the October, 1968 edition of Vogue magazine that had two notable pieces of information in it.
First, Goldman said that the 1968 version of The Beatles lived in "lavish homes which they occupy but do not possess--like servants when the family is away." [my emphasis]
1.) George lived in an Esher, Surrey house called Kinfauns from July, 1964 until January 1970.
2.) Ringo lived in a house called Sunny Heights in Weybridge, Surrey from July, 1965 until November, 1968.
3.) Our John lived in a Weybridge, Surrey house called Kenwood beginning in July, 1964. When the new John appeared in late 1966, that John lived there until the late spring of 1968.
4.) Our Paul moved into a London house on Cavendish Avenue in March, 1966 that he had supposedly bought in April, 1965. When he was replaced in the group, the next Paul moved into the house late in 1966. Our Paul also reportedly bought a 183 acre farm--called High Park--in Cambeltown, Scotland that was also reoccupied by the new, late-1966 Paul.
Here's a photo of Jane Asher and Faul at High Park in 1967.
[Note the "22" on Faul's t-shirt. As I've speculated in other posts, I think our Paul was born in 1944 (or 1945), which, of course, means that Paul was replaced when he was 22.]
So it's possible that Goldman was saying that the residences of The Beatles were, in effect, fringe benefits that went with the job. That certainly turned out to be true for our Paul and our John.
Albert Goldman was an American professor who wrote biographies of popular culture personalities: American controversial comedian Lenny Bruce, rock and roller Elvis Presley--and--in 1988, John Lennon.
Well . . . Goldman wrote a review of Davies' book for the October, 1968 edition of Vogue magazine that had two notable pieces of information in it.
First, Goldman said that the 1968 version of The Beatles lived in "lavish homes which they occupy but do not possess--like servants when the family is away." [my emphasis]
1.) George lived in an Esher, Surrey house called Kinfauns from July, 1964 until January 1970.
2.) Ringo lived in a house called Sunny Heights in Weybridge, Surrey from July, 1965 until November, 1968.
3.) Our John lived in a Weybridge, Surrey house called Kenwood beginning in July, 1964. When the new John appeared in late 1966, that John lived there until the late spring of 1968.
4.) Our Paul moved into a London house on Cavendish Avenue in March, 1966 that he had supposedly bought in April, 1965. When he was replaced in the group, the next Paul moved into the house late in 1966. Our Paul also reportedly bought a 183 acre farm--called High Park--in Cambeltown, Scotland that was also reoccupied by the new, late-1966 Paul.
Here's a photo of Jane Asher and Faul at High Park in 1967.
So it's possible that Goldman was saying that the residences of The Beatles were, in effect, fringe benefits that went with the job. That certainly turned out to be true for our Paul and our John.
