Thanks, me too, never knew any of this. Paul is only slightly older than me. It looked "to me" at the beginning of the Beatles, you were a Beatles or a Stones fan. Both bands got many of us through Vietnam and for some of us they were almost the only connection we had with "back in the world". That connection is almost impossible to express in words.

It appears at even this late date, there is no end to these people's influence on me and zillions of others. The Beatles were much more than a band, there were and still are a part of the fabric of life, worldwide.

They always represented the very limits of what could be done. Every album just exceeded the prior one by huge amounts. The arrival of a new album was met with much excitement and was proof positive that we were still alive at a time when the lines between life and death were anything but clear.

Billy


“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”