Beatles ’79 pt6

Yesterday and Today

On October 9th, 1979, John Lennon and his son Sean celebrated their shared birthday in New York City's Tavern on the Green - an annual tradition at this point of friends and family gathering to wish father and son well. John's so-called "house husband" period was rounding the corner into a 4th consecutive year of relative musical inactivity, and the former Beatle seemed no worse the wear from his time out of the spotlight. The Lennons' domestic activities in the fall of 1979 included a donation to the NYPD for the purchase of bullet proof vests, and the preparation of a will in the event some ill-fated circumstances should befall them. While John and Yoko basked in the glow of family life, Paul McCartney and his band Wings were once again basking in the glow of an adoring audience - as the Wings 1979-1980 World Tour began on November 23rd in Liverpool's Royal Theater. The sizzling set which included deep cuts (Hot As Sun), brand new material (Coming Up) and here-to-fore unheard live Beatles classics (Got To Get You Into My Life) inaugurated the band's return to the stage following their epic WINGS OVER THE WORLD tour earlier in the decade. With Paul blazing up the stage, Ringo Starr beheld a different kind of blaze - in the form of a fire that tore through his Los Angeles home. It was said that some priceless Beatles artifacts were destroyed in the fire, though the overall damage was blessedly kept to a minimum. All this, while George Harrison continued demoing tracks slated for a new LP...

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