Notes by NW November 2, 2023 Beatles and the PNW Episode

Notes by Northwest · Nov 3, 2023 · 2h 53m

This was a really fun show, as it included covers of Beatles songs by PNW artists, and the first hour culminated with the debut of the first new Beatles song in decades, Now and Then, which began as a lousy demo by John Lennon in 1978. Yoko Ono gave it to the surviving Beatles in 1994, and George added some guitar to the Lennon tracks. But the technology then wasn't like it is today. Through the tenacity of Giles Martin, son of Beatles producer George Martin, along with director Peter Jackson, and a little help from my friend AI, they were able to clean up the tracks. Last year Ringo and Paul…