#ivor davis

[muzaktomyears]

My first tenuous efforts to strike up some kind of relationship with Ringo fizzled out. I made an overture early on, during the two-and-a-half-hour flight from Las Vegas to Seattle, hoping to open some lines of communication. I must confess I knew very little about him at that time because I had been thrust onto the Beatles scene with barely a few hours' notice. So I approached the assignment with flimsy knowledge about the band in general. I was a bit of an expert on the world of soccer however, and I decided to break the ice by talking about the glorious Liverpool Football Club. After all, I assumed, everyone in Liverpool had football coursing through their veins. Not so. A glazed look came over Ringo's eyes - it was as if I had brought up the price of Chicago pork bellies. Ringo - and, it turned out, the rest of the Beatles - were totally uninterested in football. I went back to my seat.

The Beatles and Me on Tour, Ivor Davis (2014)

[ceofjohnlennon]

GOYS.

[anotherkindofmindpod]

NEW AKOM! On the Beatle Beat! AKOM Talks w/ Ivor Davis OG Beatles Embed Ivor Davis joins Phoebe and Daphne to discuss the sex, drugs, and mania of 1964 (and beyond!) along with plenty of fascinating Beatle minutiae in this free-wheeling, fun and eclectic conversation.

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[beatlesradioshows]

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Guest: Ivor Davis

[harrisonstories]

DICK CAVETT: They always talk about you as the real musician of the group, and if you haven’t studied music, what do they mean by that? That you’re more serious about music?

GEORGE: No, I don’t know what they mean. I don’t know. It’s probably because I didn’t smile so much.

“George with his ever solemn face -- maybe once in a great while a hint of a grin -- plays his beautiful lead guitar and a fan shouts -- ‘GEORGE, GEORGE.’ He smiles now.” - Beatles fan Karen Lonn reacting to their 1965 Ed Sullivan appearance 

“Unlike Paul or John, George wasn’t a hail fellow well met – in fact, I at first found him rather grumpy – and did not take well to strangers, which along with his deadpan sense of humor may have explained why he was tagged ‘The Quiet Beatle.’ My photo editor in London, after surveying a set of photos of Glum George in America observed, ‘His face is so frozen…is he having a stroke or something?’” - Ivor Davis, The Beatles and Me On Tour

“George Harrison was miserable from frame one to frame 500 [of The Beatles’ final photoshoot at Tittenhurst]. He was so over it. I don’t think he did anything but scowl for three hours.” - Ethan Russell (2019)

“He did have quite a serious expression for most of the time I remember. He knitted his eyebrows and had very strong, powerful dark eyes.” - Clive Duncan (2019)

“Sandi asked why he wouldn't smile for pictures and he said, ‘You don't have to smile outwardly to be smiling inwardly. I'm always smiling.’” - The Harrison Herald (1970)

[ceofjohnlennon]

"John played Monopoly with a rare passion and would get genuinely upset if he wasn’t able to snap up all the railway stations or posh Mayfair and Park Lane properties — or win, by means fair or foul. From time to time, tired of his blatant cheating, we'd suggest switching to poker — for money. Conversations during these long games were mostly about the latest concert, but from time to time they turned serious as we chatted into the wee small hours. Talk switched to their recent Royal Command Performance in front of British royalty in London, where they met the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. I asked John what it was like up close and personal with the Queen Mother. 'She seemed like a nice granny lady', he said with a smile, 'but we think the British royals are a funny bunch. It's pretty freaky — imagine being brought up for 2,000 years like that where you can't go out to Woolworths or have a couple of pints in your local. It's a bit like us — only worse.'"

ㅡ From the book "The Beatles And Me On Tour" by Ivor Davis.

[ceofjohnlennon]

"In Seattle they were asked: 'How long will the Beatles go on?' Paul: 'Don't know…' John: 'We are not taking bets...' George: 'Til death do us part.'"

ㅡ From the book "The Beatles And Me On Tour" by Ivor Davis.

[ceofjohnlennon]

"After hearing that one enterprising hotel employee had helped himself to the boys' bedsheets and towels, cut them up and sold them as souvenir strips to fans, John led the Beatles into his hotel room bathroom, whereupon they ritualistically urinated on a pile of used towels."

ㅡ From the book "The Beatles And Me On Tour" by Ivor Davis.