Welcome to the BROW and I’m hoping all of you had a good Independence Day. In 1969, The Beatles signed Doris Troy (known as “Mama Soul”) to their Apple label as an artist, writer and producer. Between December 1969 and June 1970, George Harrison and Ringo Starr played in the sessions for her upcoming Doris Troy album, which saw release later in the year. George even produced one of the songs on the album called Ain’t That Cute. After the close of these sessions, George would often take a trip over to Golder’s Green (a northern section of London) to visit with another Apple artist – the band known as Badfinger. Badfinger had just had their first hit single, Come And Get It, which was penned by Paul McCartney and used in the 1969 film Magic Christian (starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr). It was during one of these trips to see Badfinger that George, likely hung up in traffic, used his time productively and came up with the idea for this song. He sings it in a self-styled Elvis voice that is a unique feature in itself. Although he completed it in the studio, George never used it on any of his official releases. It sounds to me like it would have been a great tune to resurrect with the Traveling Wilburys, but that was not in the cards.

George Harrison, 1970

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