We always had a piano…I have some lovely childhood memories of lying on the floor and listening to my dad play ‘Lullaby Of The Leaves’ (still a big favorite of mine), and music from the Paul Whiteman era, old songs like ‘Stairway To Paradise.’”
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Pepper’: ‘ The Jimmy Mac Jazz Band.’ My dad is sitting there as a 24-year-old in his tux…Dad played the trumpet until his teeth gave out…He would play the piano at home.
I unearthed a photo in the 60’s which someone in the family had given me, and there he is in front of a big bass drum. “My dad was an instinctive musician,” related Paul in the book “Anthology.” “He’d played trumpet in a little jazz band when he was younger. While viewed coolly by many die-hard Beatles fans, it eventually won the hearts of their parents as well as becoming an intrinsic element of the “ Sgt. Pepper” band, as well as occurring on the scene just after the recent #1 novelty hit “Winchester Cathedral” by the New Vaudeville Band, which appeared as coming from this same by-gone era, Paul’s intuition was correct. And taken within the context of being a throwback to the original “ Sgt.
Interestingly, Paul McCartney chose to pay particular homage to these early childhood memories by writing a song directly influenced by these sounds and styles, not feeling a bit of embarrassment in the process.Īchieving the stature that The Beatles had by late 1966, he realized that whatever they released would be accepted, even a nostalgic trip back to the 20’s. If you happen to choose to make your living as a songwriter, these early remembrances probably can’t help but creep into your consciousness and emerge from time to time in your compositions without your even knowing it. But, when in a particularly nostalgic mood, a good deal of respect for these distant memories occasionally surfaces, many viewing their parents' music as the historic soundtrack of their childhood. However, it seems that most dismiss this music as ‘old fashioned’ as the years go by, preferring whatever style or genre of music became popular during their teen years. Most people have fond memories of the music they were exposed to by their parents when growing up.
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