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Re: How truthful was Goldman's book on Lennon?

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Subject: Re: How truthful was Goldman's book on Lennon?
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by: Joe Mahoney - Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:40 UTC

On Friday, November 7, 2003 at 10:35:44 AM UTC-5, Beatles Forever wrote:
> ken...@hotmail.com (Kenneth Leja) wrote:
> >>I found it pretty compelling. Was he really an infantile man in his
> last decade of his life, a bad father and indifferent artist and
> husband?<<
> I didn't care for the part where he said that
> Paul callled up that session guitarist for the "Ram" sessions,and how he
> complained about
> Paul's piano playing. He also complained that
> as a session Player, it wasn't right for Paul to
> Audition him. Geez. He didn't have to play on
> the album at all. He also said this guy had almost no idea of who Paul
> was, or at least didn't know much about his playing. Huh? He
> was a top session player & was only curious
> "About the former Beatle"? What planet did this guy live on anyway?

This part is definitely true, except that the session guitarist complained about Paul's _guitar_ playing and inability to name certain chords. And the session guy did quit the Ram sessions about 1/2 through.

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