Friday; April 10
I am just a little too young to remember the impact that the announcement had, but it was on this date in 1970 that Paul McCartney went public with the news of the breakup of the Beatles. The boys from Liverpool would not stop making music, they just wouldn’t be doing it together. It is hard to fathom the impact that this music group had on the world, but over fifty years later, the music of the Beatles is touching people’s lives. As I was looking through some of Paul’s other observations, I came across this one, “None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played in the back.”. If you remember back to the Beatles, Paul played the bass and has continued to do it for decades. I wonder what would have happened – to the band or to Paul – if he hadn’t been willing to pick up the bass? I think we all enjoy the place...