My Bonnie

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Tue May 30, 2006 3:39 pm

>>> Given to boasting, loud of mouth and attire, fond of put-downs, etc.

he and John must have made quite a scene back in old Hamburg.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Tue May 30, 2006 3:46 pm

lennonon · Post by **lennonon** » Tue May 30, 2006 4:09 pm

I've seen some old footage of Sheridan playing on BBC or maybe German TV and he was, for the time, wailing. Don't you think the solo on My Bonnie is too notey and a bit too advanced for George? Plus, I thought he got the Duojet in '62 or the end of '61 - which would put these sessions squarely in the Futurama era.

Yeah, the Ric stands out like crazy.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue May 30, 2006 4:13 pm

Don't you think the solo on My Bonnie is too notey and a bit too advanced for George?

My thoughts exactly. I din't know "Cry for a Shadow" was a Sheridan song...Did he play the lead on it? I had always thought that was George for sure.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Tue May 30, 2006 4:14 pm

"Cry for a Shadow" was just the Beatles... no Sheridan input.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue May 30, 2006 4:33 pm

Odd that it's included on that Sheridan LP cover!

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Tue May 30, 2006 4:43 pm

>>>>I thought he got the Duojet in '62 or the end of '61 - which would put these sessions squarely in the Futurama era.

The date of the recording session that produced My Bonnie is somewhat in doubt, but it was likely early summer '61 or ..... "the more recent report of June 22-24, based on a session document Mark Lewisohn has seen"

... that was just after George bought the second hand DuoJet, which is generally described as being in "early 1961".

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Tue May 30, 2006 5:07 pm

Yup, it was right around the time of the 'My Bonnie' Session that George got his Duo Jet...

above: reported as "Top Ten Club, April '61"

above: reported as "July '61"

above: reported as "August 19 '61"

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:38 pm

Three guesses who was standing next to Tony Sheridan when the 'My Bonnie' ablum cover photo was taken?

yup, our buddy Stu Sutcliffe

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:49 pm

This site has Harrison on guitar and Sheridan on vocal only:

http://dmbeatles.com/disk.php?id=130

My Bonnie (2:40)
Recorded: June 22, 1961 at Friedrich-Eberts-Halle, Hamburg, Germany
Tony Sheridan - lead vocal
John Lennon - rhythm guitar, background vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
Pete Best - drums
Peter Klemt - engineer

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Wed May 31, 2006 10:33 am

George is wearing that Duo Jet dangerously close to Jerry Marsden territory.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Wed May 31, 2006 2:51 pm

if Jerry Marsden held his guitar any higher he'd choke to death.

lennonon · Post by **lennonon** » Wed May 31, 2006 7:30 pm

No Doubt "Cry for a Shadow" is George. Still doesn't sound like the duo jet to me. After another listen to "My Bonnie" I just don't buy that it's George on lead. Tone is wrong, style is just too manic...

Oh well....

webhead · Post by **webhead** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:56 am

Yeah, I don't think it's George either..

wolfgang · Post by **wolfgang** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:18 am

" The record of 'My Bonnie' you asked about goes like this: When Tony [Sheridan] sings, then it's me playing lead, but the break in the middle is Tony playing. The shouting in the background is Paul (George Harrison. Letter dated 17th of May 1962)"
found in p. 14 'The Beatles with Tony Sheridan beatles bop - hamburg days' by Hans Olof Gottfidsson
ISBN: 3-89795-805-8 Germany
the book to the CD from Bear Family Records, Germany (ca. 2004)

As far as I know George used the Futurama. My Bonnie, Recorded 22./23. June 1961