

With grateful thanks to Yoko Ono Lennon for her permission and collaboration. – Arthur Janov and Billy Preston’s quotes came from interviews conducted in 2005 owned by Yoko Ono Lennon.

Wenner for his permission and collaboration. – John Lennon’s audio was excerpted from an interview with Rolling Stone’s Jann S. They recorded the final version of this song on Octo– John Lennon’s 30th birthday. You’ll also hear the original demo for “God,” and outtakes from the recording sessions at Abbey Road studios. I got to interview Klaus Voormann about his experiences making this track, and in this episode, you’ll hear from him along with the archival interviews with John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and Billy Preston. For the making of “God,” the band included Ringo Starr on drums, Billy Preston on piano, and Klaus Voormann on bass. The Plastic Ono band was the name for a rotating group of musicians that John and his wife, the artist Yoko Ono, had put together. Their breakup was announced publicly in April 1970, and that December, John Lennon released his first solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. In September 1969, John Lennon told the rest of the Beatles that he was leaving the group. So this is a very different and special episode of the show.
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But with all the interview archives that they have of him speaking, plus all the isolated tracks from the recordings, and the original demo, it actually seemed possible. I’ve never tried making a posthumous episode before, because hearing directly from the artist is at the heart of Song Exploder. Earlier this year, I got an amazing email-the estate of John Lennon said that they have a treasure trove of audio material from his life, and they were wondering if I would be interested in making an episode around the song “ God,” from John Lennon’s first solo album.
