This is the final installment of many of the session players that played on John Lennon Imagine LP sessions.
Great sax player King Curtis played on the LP on 2 of the album tracks, It’s So Hard and I Don’t Want To Be a Soldier.
Soon after returning to NYC from the UK, he was murdered in front of his New York apartment on August 13, 1971.
King Curtis was part of one of the opening acts at Shea Stadium for the Beatles historic concert in 1965.
KING CURTIS-WAS AT THE BEATLES SHEA STADIUM CONCERT AS AN OPENING ACT:
Biographical information about Curtis Ousley (King Curtis)
King Curtis on the Imagine LP
I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (Ultimate Mix)
King Curtis covers a Beatles song
King Curtis – Let It Be (John Lennon – Paul McCartney)
A King Curtis Cover of The Games People Play for which he won a Grammy award:
King Curtis’ signature on a copy of his Sweet Soul LP-an eBay purchase:
MIKE PINDER-A MOODY BLUE
The Beatles post breakup involved Denny Laine formerly of the Moody Blues joining Wings. However, there was another Moody Blue that played on an ex-Beatle ‘s album and that was Moody Blues co-founder, Mike Pinder who played on Lennon’s Imagine album.
Pinder died at his home in northern California on 24 April 2024, at the age of 82. He had been suffering for some years from dementia (see Wikipedia entry below)
Many of the articles I have read about Pinder give him the credit to introducing the Mellotron to John Lennon and the Beatles resulting in Paul’s use of it to be used in the intro of Strawberry Fields Forever.
How the Moody Blues Helped the Beatles Make ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’
Acquired this Mike Pinder CD which was signed on eBay!
Mike Pinder describes how the mellotron works
Om – Moody Blues – Mike Pinder
MIKE PINDER Moody Blues Founding Member Passes Away Keyboards Mellotron Nights In White Satin Prog
Mike Pinder – The Promise – 50th Anniversary
Pinder’s signature on the inside of his cd Off The Shelf!
ANDY DAVIS OF STACKRIDGE
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Andy Davis who played guitar on Oh Yoko on Imagine was a member of the group called Stackridge and he signed this LP which I acquired recently:
Interview — Andy Cresswell Davis (Stackridge, The Korgis, DLM)
A STACKRIDGE BEATLES TRIBUTE
Stackridge featuring Andy Davis wrote this wonderful Beatles tribute song which was released on a live LP in 2007
Stackridge ‘Something About The Beatles’ 2007
The studio version of the song:
And another band that Andy Davis was in-the Korgis, and an alternate version of the Beatles tribute song:
The Korgis – Something About The Beatles
STILL NEED TO FIND THESE SIGNATURES FOR THE IMAGINE COLLECTION:
IF YOU CAN HELP ME FIND THESE SIGNATURES FOR MY COLLECTION I WOULD BE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL
STILL NEED TO FIND– Rod Lynton. Steve Brendell, Jim Gordon (deceased) and Jon Barham as the remaining signatures that I need to complete the collection of autographs from the IMAGINE session musicians.
Do you have any suggestions about where I may be able to find these autographs to purchase without breaking the bank?
Hope you enjoyed these bits of information about some of the players that added their talents to John Lennon’s epic Imagine album.
Some of the backing musicians on that LP are better known than others and I hope there was some information on this blog post that you were not aware of before….
Be healthy and be happy!
Buzz
