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May Pang Recalls John's Composition of "Tennessee"

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by: Norbert K - Sun, 13 Nov 2022 14:34 UTC

"In the morning, as soon as John woke up, he wrote on his pad. He spent a lot of time writing the album he planned to make when we returned from [visiting Paul McCartney, who was recording Venus and Mars] New Orleans. Every so often he stopped to play me what he had written to get my reactions. John was working on a sad song he called 'Tennessee.' It had been inspired by his rereading of Tennessee Williams' 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' I loved it and I told him so."

-- from Loving John by May Pang

A *rereading* of the play? I'm impressed. I'd have assumed he was inspired by the movie based on the play with the incredible performance by Vivien Leigh.

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May Pang Recalls John's Composition of "Tennessee"	Norbert K