LENNONYC - Share Your Lennon Story
John Lennon touched many lives with his music and now we want to hear your story. Listen to the call for submissions from Bob Gruen and upload your video.

John Lennon touched many lives with his music and now we want to hear your story. Listen to the call for submissions from Bob Gruen and upload your video.
A longtime friend of John Lennon's, he was a session bassist for Lennon's albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine as well as Yoko Ono's Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band.
Earl Slick, legendary lead guitarist, originally met Lennon during David Bowie's Young Americans sessions. In 1980, Jack Douglas brought Slick on to play guitar for Double Fantasy.
Colin Hall, the curator at Mendips, John's childhood home, and Colin Hanton, the original drummer for The Quarrymen talk about Liverpool, American Rock 'N' Roll, and John's childhood relationship with his Aunt Mimi and his mother, Julia.
Adam Ippolito was the keyboardist for Elephant’s Memory, which became Plastic Ono Elephant’s Memory Band after John and Yoko arrived on the scene in 1972.
Gary Van Scyoc was the bass player for Elephant's Memory, the band backing John Lennon and Yoko Ono during 1972 and appearing as the Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band.
Roy Cicala worked for almost 20 years as a producer and sound engineer at Record Plant Studios in New York City. Known to be one of the best in his field, Cicala worked with John and Yoko all through the 1970's. He was there and can attest to all of the madness and all of the magic as John put his music to tape.
After losing a friendly bet that "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" would never go to number one (it did), John Lennon played his last live show with his good friend Elton John at Madison Square Garden in November, 1974.
Elia Kazan the director bravely and artfully confronted some of the more pressing social issues of his time: topics such as class division, bigotry and corruption. Read an essay on the life and career of this Hollywood icon.
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