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Tommy rees paul mccartney12/29/2023 ![]() Likewise, according to McCartney, John Lennon wasn't just into rock & roll when the two first met. ![]() But I was always busking it he knew the real chords and I had to busk my way around.” I'd have a bash, and I did eventually become the sort of family piano player, at New Year, as my Dad got a bit older and I got a bit more capable. They're quite complicated, the chords and things. All I ever did was sing them at the family sing-songs. They would sing these old songs all night - 'When The Red Red Robin', 'Carolina Moon' - and I took all of that in. What would happen is us kids would arrive at the 'do', the carpets would get rolled back, all the women would sit around with their little drinks… someone would play the piano and it was normally my Dad. In the 1920s, Paul's father Jim had his own jazz band, and as his son recently stated, "For years I've been wanting to do some of the old songs that my parents' generation used to sing at New Year. This reflects the childhoods of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, who were tuned into a wide array of musical genres via the gramophone, the radio, and family singalongs. Listen to the White Album alone and you will hear everything from rock to blues, folk to country, music-hall to heavy metal. One of the wonderful things about the Beatles' recorded output was its sheer diversity. Photo: © 2012 MPL Communications Ltd / Photographer MJ Kim The dream team: producer Tommy LiPuma (left), Paul McCartney, and engineer Al Schmitt. Half a century into his career, Paul McCartney has paid tribute to the songs that shaped his musical education with his first-ever album of standards.
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