Opening the iconic red gates for good.
Strawberry Field, immortalized by John Lennon and the Beatles, opened its gates for the first time in September 2of this year to inspire new generations. The children’s home that inspired The Beatles’ famous song Strawberry Fields Forever is to open its gates as a tourist attraction and youth center. Music icon John Lennon “found sanctuary” in the gardens of the Strawberry Field home in Woolton, Liverpool as a young boy.
The grounds became a landmark for Beatles’ fans after it was immortalized by the band in 1967. Speaking about the project, Ms Baird said: “I think he would have loved it, because he himself was not mainstream and was very aware of it.” The center will host an exhibition on Lennon’s early life and will provide training for young people with learning disabilities. Every year an estimated 60,000 tourists visit the outside of the Beaconsfield Road site, which was run by the charity from 1936 until 2005. It has been closed since then.
And what with Ringo Starr‘s guest-laden 20th solo album which includes a collaboration with Paul McCartney on a song written by their former bandmate John Lennon, The Beatles are getting quite a bit pf press these days. What’s My Name is out now and you can hear it on our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ThePostNewsp/
The inspiration to return to “Grow Old Along With Me,” one of Lennon’s unfinished late-period songs, came courtesy of former Lennon producer Jack Douglas.
“Jack asked if I ever heard the ‘Bermuda Tapes,’ John’s demos from that time,” Starr said in a news release. “And I had never heard all this.” He was particularly taken by “Grow Old Along With Me,” which Lennon wrote as a tribute to his lasting love for Yoko Ono. “I sang it the best that I could. I do well up when I think of John this deeply. And I’ve done my best. We’ve done our best.”
The results amount to a kind of Beatles reunion, Starr added. “Paul came over and he played bass and sings a little bit on this with me,” he said. “So, John’s on it, in a way. I’m on it and Paul’s on it. It’s not a publicity stunt. This is just what I wanted. And the strings that Jack arranged for this track, if you really listen, they do one line from [George Harrison‘s 1969 Beatles song] ‘Here Comes the Sun.’ So, in a way, it’s the four of us.”
Recorded in his home studio, What’s My Name also includes songs with longtime collaborators Joe Walsh and Dave Stewart, as well as current and former All-Starr Band members like Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Richard Page, Edgar Winter and Warren Ham.
