{"id":4181,"date":"2024-05-19T13:07:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T13:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=4181"},"modified":"2024-05-19T13:07:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T13:07:52","slug":"carl-perkins-a-musical-tribute-to-john-lennons-passing-and-paul-mccartneys-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=4181","title":{"rendered":"Carl Perkins: A Musical Tribute to John Lennon&#8217;s Passing and Paul McCartney&#8217;s Grief."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1981, shortly after John Lennon passed away, Paul and Linda McCartney invited legendary rockabilly musician Carl Perkins to stay with them on the island of Montserrat, where producer George Martin had a studio. Paul sought Carl\u2019s help in recording a song called \u201cGet It\u201d for his new \u201cTug of War\u201d album.<br \/>\nIt was just weeks after John\u2019s murder, and both George Harrison and Ringo Starr came to spend time with their former bandmate.<br \/>\nThe night before Carl was scheduled to leave, a song came to him that encapsulated his warm feelings about the visit. The song was so vivid in his mind that he didn\u2019t even write it down, which was unusual for him.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/7c173bfa-01e3-4f04-bcd5-0983cd47efb5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/7c173bfa-01e3-4f04-bcd5-0983cd47efb5.jpg 720w, https:\/\/kohajone.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/7c173bfa-01e3-4f04-bcd5-0983cd47efb5-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\nThe next morning, Carl played the song, \u201cMy Old Friend,\u201d for Paul and Linda, explaining that it was a gift to thank them for their hospitality. Halfway through the song, when Carl sang the words, \u201cif we never meet again this side of life, in a little while, over yonder, where there\u2019s peace and quiet, my old friend, won\u2019t you think about me every now and then?\u201d Paul stood up and abruptly left the room, tears streaming down his face.\nUnsure of what had just happened, Carl stopped playing. Linda hugged him, thanking him for helping Paul grieve. She explained that Paul hadn\u2019t been able to fully break down since John passed.\nPaul later explained that the last words John spoke to him in the hallway of the Dakota building were, \u201cthink about me now and then, old friend.\u201d\n<div class=\"684f6003e199ca137b09540a661b4c2d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<!-- Composite Start -->\r\n<div id=\"M940464ScriptRootC1583286\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.adskeeper.com\/k\/o\/kohajone.press.1583286.js\" async>\r\n<\/script>\r\n<!-- Composite End -->\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1981, shortly after John Lennon passed away, Paul and Linda McCartney invited legendary rockabilly musician Carl Perkins to stay with them on the island of Montserrat,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4182,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4181\/revisions\/4182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}