MUSI 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Alfred Lennon, Julia Lennon, Parlophone
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Basically arranged the songs for the beatles as they didn"t understand music theory very much. Origins: potato famine - all ireland had to eat was potatoes. People left ireland by ship, the poorest people stayed in liverpool because they couldn"t afford to go across seas. John"s parents: julia stanley (very irresponsible); freddie lennon (waiter on merchant ships) The two got married for a joke. Wwii broke out and freddie lennon abandoned pregnant julia. Julia met another man, john called in twitchy - and wanted nothing to do with john. One trip home freddie tried to raise john. Mimi raised john in a good middle class environment. John was knowledgable but had no discipline. Attends liverpool institute of art - fails everything and just drew comics. Would listen to radio luxembourg to listen to rock and roll. Never really had another job except for being a rock singer. Started the skif e band the quarry men .
