The Honeymoon Song- The Beatles (Live At The BBC Guitar Cover)

Описание: Thanks to ‪@MichaelSokil‬ for lending me both guitars!

This is a rare song, released on ‪@TheBeatles‬ album Live At The BBC in 1994. It is a cover of Marino Marini's theme to the 1959 film _Honeymoon_, written by Milis Theodorakis and William Sansom. Paul McCartney suggested the group cover the song, to the chagrin of the rest of the band. It was another showtune cover that Paul sang, after Till There Was You and A Taste Of Honey.

The Beatles recorded it on July 16, 1963 for the BBC program Pop Go The Beatles. I don't know if they ever performed this song again live.

John played his 1958 Rickenbacker 325 into a Vox AC-30, most likely on the neck pickup. George played lead on his 1963 Gretsch Country Gentleman into an AC-30, most likely in the middle or bridge position

I'm using Michael's 1982 Rickenbacker 320B and 2016 Gretsch Country Gentleman into my Vox AC-30C2X. The Rickenbacker has old flatwounds on it, and the Gretsch has Ernie Ball Power Slinky roundwounds on it

INTERESTING NOTES:
John
0:00 John plays single notes on the G-string, but includes some open B-string
0:04 John slides down from the 4th fret of the G-string
0:10 John plays A6 and B6 chords with his thumb wrapped around
0:21 John plays E6, then a normal A chord
0:29 John plays an A7, possibly a mistake
0:57 John does not play the intro riff, just strums rhythm chords here
1:33 John plays the intro riff, but includes the root notes on the D-string this time
George
0:14 George plays subtle, quiet notes on the G and B strings here
0:41 George plays quiet single notes (B then Eb)
1:04 Between riffs in the solo section, George lightly hits the open high B and E strings
1:15 George plays some more quiet single notes in the last verse
1:26 George plays interesting glissando chords on B7 then B

GEAR USED:
2016 Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman G6122-62 GE
1982 Rickenbacker 320b
2010's Vox AC-30C2X
Neumann TLM-103

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