#JUST THE TWO OF US BASS SERIES#

On some releases of this soundtrack 'Two of Us' appeared also in a version by Neil Finn with his son Liam Finn.

Aimee Mann and Michael Penn covered 'Two of Us' as part of the soundtrack for the 2001 film, I Am Sam.

covered the song on their 1979 album Oceans of Fantasy.

George Harrison – lead guitar (bass part on a six-string Fender Telecaster).

John Lennon – co-lead vocal, acoustic guitar.

Paul McCartney – lead vocal, acoustic guitar.

On the Let It Be album, producer Phil Spector added, as a spoken introduction to the song, a remark by Lennon, who says: ''I Dig A Pygmy' by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf-Aids! Phase one, in which Doris gets her oats!' This intro was removed in the Let It Be. In May 1969, McCartney produced a recording of the song using this title by the group Mortimer, a New York City trio that briefly recorded for Apple, but this recording was never released. A version of Two of Us on the same day is released on Anthology 3.

The 38-second song would also end up on the Let It Be album, but is omitted in Let It Be.

In between several takes of the song on 24 January 1969, the band spontaneously started playing a hammed-up version of traditional Liverpudlian song ' Maggie Mae'. The clip was also broadcast on The Ed Sullivan Show on 1 March 1970 as the final appearance by the Beatles on the program.

The Beatles performed a finished version of the song live at Apple Studios on 31 January 1969 this performance was included in both the Let It Be film and album. Unsatisfied with this style, which McCartney described as 'chunky', the band reworked the song around acoustic guitars.

#JUST THE TWO OF US BASS SERIES#

Īn early performance of the song, in a guitar-driven rock style, can be seen in the Let It Be film and later in the documentary series The Beatles: Get Back.

The song is also an ode to one of Lennon and McCartney’s influences, the harmonies of the Everly Brothers. ' You Never Give Me Your Money', a different composition by McCartney from the previously released album, but recorded after Let It Be, Abbey Road, also refers to the Beatles' contract with Allen Klein as 'funny paper'. Ian MacDonald claimed the lyrics (e.g.: 'you and I have memories/longer than the road that stretches out ahead' or 'you and me chasing paper/getting nowhere') sounded like McCartney was probably addressing Lennon and contractual troubles. (1x is play on first fret but not on the fret - muted) h = hammer on p = pull off See the YouTube version here. Some good dynamics, sliding, hammers pull offs and don't forget the slap all to Enjoy! Author: Elton Fry x = ghost note or very short. (written by Bill Withers) - Here is one of those songs which seam simple but actually are rather technical when you get down to it. Just the Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr.

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