Bermuda famously inspired John Lennon’s last songs. And now Bermudian artists will have the opportunity to return the compliment with a new tribute CD of the former Beatle’s material.The CD — being produced by Ride the Wave charitable group — is to be released in conjunction with the unveiling of a memorial to the singer/songwriter/peace activist at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art in the Botanical Gardens next summer.
Mr. Lennon spent several weeks in Bermuda in 1980 after sailing here from the US, saying the island allowed him to reconnect with his creative muse after a five-year spell of writer’s block [he is pictured here with son Sean while visiting the island].
Renting a home in Fairylands, Mr. Lennon composed or polished the songs which would appear on the final album released during his lifetime, ”Double Fantasy”. His locally recorded home demos of the Bermuda songs –- some of them also included on the posthumously released “Milk & Honey” [1984] and the “Beatles Anthology” [1995] — have been uploaded on the Internet.
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