The story of the unreleased Beatles medley Black Dog Blues Posted on September 8, 2020 by Hallgeir Olsen This is a traditional country blues that dates back to the1920s. It has been recorded a lot of times under several names, including Daddy Where You Been Gone So Long, Black Dog, Black Dog Blues, Call Me A Dog and Honey Where You Been So Long. It is however NOT the same song as the Blind Blake song called Black Dog Blues. It also has nothing to do with the Led Zeppelin song. Beatles recorded this “jam” on the last day of the so called Get Back sessions, 31st of January 1969. I don’t think it should be released as such, but I do think it’s interesting to see (hear) what was floating around in the studio. And to speculate what it resulted in or inspired the Beatles to create on a later stage, together or as solo artists. Also I like to find out why these songs were chosen to run through. In 1964 John Lennon told an English music paper (NME or Record Mirror probably) that his favourite album of the year was the great folk album, Lots More Blues, Rags and Hollers by Koerner, Ray & Glover. The Beatles’ take is very close to (a slowed down rendition of) Koerner, Ray & Glover’s version from 1963: “Fine acoustic instrumentalists and soulful singers, Koerner, Ray & Glover maintained a deep respect for tradition without falling into the trap of becoming slavish imitators. Like Bob Dylan, their Minnesota pal and fellow early ’60s folk-blues enthusiast, they combined a deep knowledge of the blues idiom with a sense of humor and irreverence that was absent from the work of many of their much-too-serious contemporaries.” - Joel Roberts (No Depression) It sounds like something The Beatles would enjoy. “With my newly learned repertoire, I… dropped into the Ten O’Clock Scholar, a Beat coffeehouse, I was looking for players with kindred spirits. The first guy I met in Minneapolis like me was sitting around in there. It was John Koerner and he also had an acoustic guitar with him. Koerner was tall and thin with a look of perpetual amusement on his face. We hit it off right away. When he spoke he was soft spoken, but when he sang he became a field holler shouter. Koerner was an exciting singer, and we began playing a lot together. I learned a lot of songs off Koerner …” - Bob Dylan (Chronicles: Volume One) “I used to read the weekly music papers and I remember quite vividly that one of them - possibly Record Mirror or New Musical Express - had a column where they asked the Beatles what their favourite records were and John Lennon said Koerner, Ray & Glover. “F**king hell, the Beatles have heard of these guys!” I had no idea that anybody so famous could have heard of something that obscure which I was listening to. “Me neither,” chuckles Koerner.” - Ian Anderson (music journalist) The second part of the medley, Right String Wrong Yo Yo, is also an old blues/country song written by Piano Red, the one that sounds most like The Beatles’ rendition is Carl Perkins’ version from 1957 (The Dance Album): “He came to the attention of John, Paul and George via his 1955 number ‘Blue Suede Shoes.’ As a result Perkins became one of the seminal influences on George’s life, from the time George obtained Perkins’ debut album ‘Dance Album of Carl Perkins,’ released by Sun Records in 1958. Carl rose from the doldrums when Chuck Berry invited him to tour with him in Britain in 1964 and during the trip he met the Beatles for the first time. His career, personal life and finances were boosted when the Beatles recorded three of his numbers: ‘Matchbox’, ‘Honey Don’t’ and ‘Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby’. With the royalties he was able to buy his parents a farm.” - Bill Harry (The Mersey Beat) The Beatles had also recorded a number of Perkins songs on their various BBC radio appearances: ‘Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby’, ‘Matchbox’, ‘Sure To Fall’, ‘Lend Me Your Comb’ and ‘Honey Don’t’. They performed no less than ten of his compositions on stage. They were: ‘Blue Suede Shoes’, ‘Lend Me Your Comb’, ‘Sure To Fall’, ‘Tennessee’, ‘Your True Love’, ‘Glad All Over’, ‘Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby’,’ Matchbox, Honey Don’t and ‘Gone, Gone, Gone’. So it’s a fair bet that his cover of Right String Wrong Yo Yo was spinning on The Beatles’ turntable. The song, Black Dog/Black dog blues, later (partly) influenced John’s 1971 song Crippled Inside which uses a similar tune and has some similarities lyrically. John Lennon said the song was “very corny country and western”. Take 17 wound up on the Imagine album: [vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_btn title=”Borntolisten @ Facebook” color=”blue” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-facebook-official” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FJohannasVisions%2F||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”outline” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-link” css_animation=”bounceIn”]Check out: The Story of the unreleased Now and Then by John Lennon and The Beatles The story of the unreleased Watching Rainbows by The Beatles The Beatles playing Bob Dylan songs during the January 1969 Get Back/Let It Be sessions

If I could play like any one pianist... I would choose to play like Nicky.

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My dad bought the White Album when it came out in 1968. He had this stereo with weird 360-degree speakers... as his 6-year old son, I put on Side One of the White Album a thousand times... always waiting to hear DEAR PRUDENCE! It is still my favorite of all Beatles songs.

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It was the best that I could find.

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Glad you like it!

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A visitor to my channel (and one who left a message!) - fabulous! Come back anytime!

The blonde girl is Suki Portier - the girl in the car driven by the guy (Tara Browne) who "blew his mind in a car..." who survived the accident (although, sadly, she would die in a car crash many years later). She once dated Brian Jones of the Stones, who traded Suki in for Nico (who left him for the Velvet Underground), who was then traded in for Anita Pallenberg, who got stolen by his buddy Kieth Richards... ("I stole her, from a friend - who got lucky, stole her - back again" - Mercury Blues by Steve Miller Band.)

You're not the only one...

3 CHORD DRUGGIES ARE SO CUTE! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's the weirdest thing... BIll Wyman??? A psychonaut??? Other than Charlie, he seems like the straightest one of the bunch! Maybe appearances are deceiving... esp. while tripping... which is my experience ;)

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I've seen the question asked before, of musicians... do you really want to have Perfect Pitch? Think on this a moment before answering...

That TRITONE that Sabbath used on their title track of the eponymous album is so... INTENSE... and this song does echo this to some extent...

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WOW! Thanks for your reply. And yes, I AM going to reply to your suggestions TODAY (16Jan2024), I promise! Let's see, in 1982 Punk was still pretty young - and, personally, I never liked the genre, nor most of the kids we in California called PUNKS in late 1970s and early 1980s, when the music to this very video was made. I didn't get into rageful music until 1993, when RATM (who you say you don't care for!) and I've been raging against the machine ever since. I do, however, like PUNK'S influence on what was to become GRUNGE, which restored my faith in music (for about 5 years) after that nasty business of the HAIR BANDS which caused me to turn off my radio during the late 80s. (Have you seen Penelope Spheeriis' documentary THE FALL OF WESTERN CIVILIZSATION PART II: THE METAL YEARS? Hilarious, and tremendously sad at the same time. Some famous rock stars like Ozzy Osbourne (the funny part) is interviewed in it, but more importantly, all the hair-band wannabes are interviewed too ( the sad part). Part I was THE PUNK YEARS. Re: Goth, was that even a genre in 1982. Here's ALL I know about it: I've read several books and seen the movie NICO ICON about that babe who showed up as a beauty in Fellini's La Dolce Vita - and then is "discovered" by Andy Warhol, is featured in the Velvet Underground (did you see my video HIPPIE FENTANYL aka MARK'S REVOLT [kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zqe0hGOPdrh8ptk] which features ACTUAL psychedelic commercials from 1967) first album. Weirdly, Nico had a German perversion regarding her beauty, and she died her beautiful blonde goddess hair a mangy black, and she carried her harmonium (and her love of Jim Morrison, who she had met - you can the scene in Oliver Stone's THE DOORS if you're interested) around and played her dirge music to whomever would listen. Her most popular album was called THE MARBLE INDEX. Anyway, Nico is now considered the GODMOTHER OF GOTH. People like Sousxsie & the Banshees (are they EVEN Goth??? and how do you spell her name???) are HUGE fans of NICO. I don't know ANYTHING about ska because I never heard it played on the radio. BUT - here's the thing: I turned 21 years old in 1983 and went nightclubbing in the bars of Santa Barbara (who has the hightest concentration of beautiful women anywhere in the world - all unapproachable to a clown like myself - EXCEPT one - and I wrote my HELLO AND GOODBYE IRENE GOODBYE medley of 4 songs for her [kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWq9fmOLq8aMl5Y], which I think Amy at Virgin Rock has actually listened to, although I'm not sure), nearly every weekend right up until my 23rd birthday, when I stopped nightclubbing altogether and never returned. So, all I did during those years was go to UCSB during the school day, drink Long Island Iced Teas and go dancing every FRI and SAT night. What was big in the clubs during those years? Without a doubt: Michael Jackson's THRILLER, which had so many great dance tunes, it's ridiculous. WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHING was the song that ALWAYS got me to the dance floor. What else was big in the clubs in lovely Santa Barbara (which is like a very miniature version of BARCELONA) in 1983-1985? REGGAE!!! Francois, I have only a few Bob Marley and Sublime (who are reggae adjacent) in my "record" collection. But I heard TONS of reggae during those years - all played LIVE - which is how I like to listen to that genre. I'm the same with authentic acoustic Delta or electric Chicago blues - I want to see the bluesman play right in front of me. Old Blues records leave me cold, but British blues (Cream, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, etc.) is what I love most on record. So, Francois, I really enjoy live reggae, and I heard a TON of it during those two years, but I can't name a SINGLE SONG or artist (other than Marley) because the bands never put any signs saying what song and by whom they were currently playing. (Wouldn't that have been something, though - an electric sign above the band telling you what you are listening to?) And now, Francois, after 7 paragraphs of mostly babbling - I AM GOING TO, RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE (8:33 EST) listen to ALL the songs that you sent to me in an email last week. SO BE PREPARED FOR MY REPLY... It's sure to be... um... to be... well, i don't know, interesting, maybe??? Au Revoir!!!

Yes! A little difference in age and a big one in culture lead to very different musical paths. Punk (for me): not very elaborated on the musical level, mostly a derivative of British Ska. The culture level of the Punk is much more interesting. Considered as leftist, they were fought by right extremist groups like the Mods and all the skinheads alike. I guess it's that political side that went to the US. Sample: Toy Dolls - Nellie the Elephant kzbin.info/www/bejne/b56apYOfoK1ji6M Goth: I include in Goth what initiated it, called New Wave at that time: Depeche Mode, The Cure, Bauhaus. What I like about Goth is that the musical structure is very Rock and Folk but it is hidden at all cost by introducing sounds and recording methods from other genders, and mainly from Reggae. My favorite forever there: BAUHAUS - She's In Parties kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4nLZGOne5x3aZo As Ska is the strongest foundation of Reggae, and with the influence Reggae had on all modern music, one finds some Ska vibes all over the roots of Afro-American music. At the beginning, it was just the Caribbean interpretation of American boogie or jazz/pop hits with tons of brass. But when some put original lyrics on that music, they were all protests against oppression and racism. The few that were talking about love went to England with success bringing the others along. And it was a great ideological support for open-minded young Europeans. Great sample: The Skatalites - freedom sounds kzbin.info/www/bejne/ome5ZKp4nLR1nck As for Reggae, I envy you for all the live concerts you experienced at the best time. I was too young to see B. Marley live. I went to concerts later, but the sweat spot has passed. I'm still in the early stages of a creation work around musical play lists like this one kzbin.info/aero/PLpCsPbqfd0BvVvNOy8JLDadVdz3YvuDNj but it requires a lot of work: documentation, writing, recording, editing...

@ Look at all the "work" (of listening to great music) you have left me! Will I ever find time to sleep again? Let's see! I will listen to ALL of this TODAY, we promises on the PRECIOUS (gollum gollum gollum).

@ I noticed someone, I know not who, just watched HIPPIE FENTANYL aka MARK'S REVOLT. Was that you? Were you suitably revolted. Do you like the Velvet Underground? They say they only sold a few hundred albums, but each one went to someone who started a band! Funny!

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If I knew what you were on about, I'd say, "Cheers!"

The very first comment on one of my songs. How exciting! And... it's a pretty good one! Keep 'em coming!

I could only use what was given to me... sorry about that... I'd fix it if I could...

separating tracks can be quite difficult sometimes

merci!

This is one of the best rock songs ever. And that's all she wrote!

hi praise, indeed

Thank you! Cheers!

3 CHORD DRUGGIES OWN YOU! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

let me get you a blanket... Keith does that to people! First aid, over here, garcon!

Yes! More cowbell! I've been saying this for decades!

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I did? Many apologies!

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The acoustic guitar is on the piano track.

The planet Beatlemania - and I can still hear their cries of delight...

If not... then who? And how did they get their song onto the Magical Mystery Tour movie and album?

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You've said all there is needs to be said. Well done.

Very astute of you. Donovan showed John the style while staying with the Maharishi in India. There are films showing how much fun they were having.

That's why I post these videos! Just for comments like yours.

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Funny. For more Beatles Banter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKjIeoltidZ3p5I

I do so enjoy getting comments like yours. It's the reason I post these videos. ;)

tanks a lot

I'm pretty sure that's Nicky Hopkins. He did Jealous Guy from the same album (Imagine) as well as a TON of studio work for other bands. Check out his work on the Stone's SHE'S A RAINBOW

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This song is Mick squared - as in: Keef was pretty out of it when this song was being written. It's mostly Jagger, as I understand the writing of it. Square it with Taylor's impeccable style: a worthy study of the late great Peter Green, founder of Fleetwood Mac (who was so darned generous that he named his new band after his new mates (Mick Fleetwood and John McVie) from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.

Written at Jagger's 'Stargroves' mansion with Mick T. Absolutely beautiful!! ❤

Trick is all guitars are in open G. If tried to play in standard??? Sounds flat and kind of lame. I love these posts😊

tanks a lot - but I didn't have much to do with it. Maybe thank George Martin, too!

Love that!