#have we talked about how ringo and paul worked with him in 2022 for grow old with me

[get-back-homeward]

Did he talk much about the Beatles?

All the time.

Did he feel like it was a weight on him?

No, he absolutely loved it. I used to have a little Sony blaster that I would put up… It’s funny because now I do my fucking mix through a Bose wave radio, but then it was a Sony blaster. A fairly good one. And if you sounded good in there, everything was right. And one day in a few moments when nothing was going on, he would put on WNYW FM and listen to the radio. He loved to listen.

And when a Beatles song came on the radio, he would tell you everything about that session. Everything that happened. He never had a problem talking about how much he loved that band. And how much he loved those guys. He was a little annoyed at George, because George had written a book and he didn’t mention John much in the book, at that time. But he felt that that would come around.

But his love for that band. Phenomenal. It was great. It was what you hoped he would be like.

He loved them as much as everyone loved them. Did he ever discuss why they never reunited, or why they had those near-misses? Well you know he and Paul were already in the process. This Ringo album I think was going to be big.

That could have been a big stepping stone?

Yeah.

Did you ever see them together, any of them?

No. But I know that Paul was up at the Dakota.

Did they jam together?

I don’t know. All I know is that Paul was preparing stuff for Ringo’s album.

—Jack Douglas, producer of John Lennon's Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey albums [x]

#went looking for this and realized it was still stuck in my queue #mine #double fantasy #john stories #1980 what ifs #1980 #dec 1980 #jack douglas #he's in the news again for that new doc i will never be watching #have we talked about how ringo and paul worked with him in 2022 for grow old with me #i think it's significant bc he's stuck by this story all along #if he was telling tall tales about plans that never were you wouldnt think ringo or paul would seek him out again #jpr #estimates for the dakota meeting i've seen are nov 5 #but im still lost what went into that date