BP Fallon speaks about John Lennon (audio)

John Lennon photographed by Bob Gruen

On the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s murder, BP Fallon yesterday spoke live on the radio from New York to Paul McLoone at TodayFM in Dublin. In a very emotional and at times hilarious interview, BP talks about John and about Yoko and about Sean’s band The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger.

Listen (9.12mins) “Completely fucking unreal…” BP Fallon on the life and death of John Lennon and beyond

Screen grabs: John Lennon & BP Fallon, ‘Instant Karma’ BBC TV Top Of The Pops Feb 5th 1970. Hey, Mr Tambourine Man!

Screen grab: John Lennon & BP Fallon, ‘Instant Karma’ BBC TV Top Of The Pops Feb 12th 1970. BP’s bass guitar hidden by John’s piano.

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In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview. Here’s an amazing animation of that wonderful encounter with John’s wisdom and wit in full flow

“Nothing you can do that can’t be done”. Thank you, John. God Bless you x

With thanks to Paul McLoone and Ed Smith at TodayFM in Dublin