Paul McCartney performs “A Day In The Life” live
Bo Diddley’s sad demise put us all in a pensive mood for a-few hours, that was somehow resolved by finding this great quote from the man himself..
“I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob.”
Bo Diddley
Now we can’t be sure that the big fella was referring directly to the Beatles (although there is documented resentment against the British Invasion from some of the original bluesmen, who were neither credited nor rewarded for cover versions) - but there was a certain pathos felt in the Nantucket Art offices when we viewed this footage of Paul McCartney choosing to play ‘A Day In The Life’ - for the 1st time ever - on Sunday in his home town of Liverpool…
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