We sat in on Part 3 of Pattie Boyd’s interview with Martin Lewis. They discussed her time together with George and The Beatles in India. She also spoke of her days as a model and the fashion world in the 1960’s.
She told a funny story about John Lennon. John would go down to a certain clothing store in London and sit in the window like a mannequin to get reactions from the people passing by. This was during the height of Beatlemania. John had quite a sense of humor.
One of the highlights of the entire show was the on stage forum featuring Donovan, Spencer Davis, Billy J. Kramer and Mark Hudson. They sat on stage with acoustic guitars in an unplugged “Storytellers” format moderated by Martin Lewis.
They spoke of the influence of American roots music on The Beatles and themselves.
Donovan was into American folk and early blues as was Spencer Davis. To see and hear
the four of them on stage singing Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly songs together was amazing. A once in a lifetime event to be sure. Note to L.J. :Donovan did not play “Colours” on a 12 string.
In the evening, the “Liverpool” band once again put on an excellent show playing lots of Beatles classics and many songs off Sgt. Pepper and The White Album.
Donovan came out and gave another fantastic acoustic show opening with “Catch The Wind”, "Wear Your Love Like Heaven", "Happiness Runs", "Colours" and "Lalena". Later he played a song called “The Promise” that he has never released and he has only played live. Incredible!
“Liverpool” then joined Donovan on stage for an electric set which included “Sunshine Superman”, “Hurdy Gurdy Man”, “Mellow Yellow” and closed with the great “Atlantis”
The crowd went crazy. You should have been there.
Mark Hudson let the late night all star jam. Mark brought out Phil Volk aka “Fang”
from Paul Revere and the Raiders to play bass on “Slow Down” –a favorite of John Lennon’s.
The evening ended with a rousing “Hey Jude” with Donovan joining the rest of the cast and crew on stage for a moving sing along. It was a splendid time.
Lois and I had a great time at the Mirage Hotel. We really loved that nightime view from our room.
We enjoyed the great pool, fine food, friends and we got to hang for 3 days with some of the icons of our youth.
Priceless.
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