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Dear John
Podcast: Rediscovering John Lennon's lost tapes 1976-80
All songs written by John Lennon
Martine Perry discussing Pamela's motivation on recording these forgotten
Lennon's songs
Jim Prell interviews Pamela on The Music Authority Nov 19,
2019
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Dear John
A John Lennon Tribute
Dear John is a loving
tribute by Pamela Davis to John Lennon’s 1976-80 lost Dakota demos. Lennon never
got to professionally record those tunes, so Pamela decided to turn his demos
into a full rock band production. Now, the listener can hear these twelve tracks
as they might have sounded, had John Lennon lived.
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Take a listen to the album's twelve tracks
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1. Whatever Happened To, 2. She Is A Friend Of
Dorothy’s, 3. Now And Then, 4. Serve Yourself, 5. Grow Old With Me
6. India, 7. My Life, 8. Gone From This Place, 9. Illusions (Not For Love Or
Money), 10. One Of The Boys, 11. Mr. Hyde's Gone (Don't Be Afraid), 12. Dear
John
Recording artist Pamela Davis has
released her latest album, 'Dear John', which is a John Lennon
tribute compilation. It features twelve songs Lennon never got
the chance to professionally record. Pamela Davis has been a big
fan of John Lennon, and always wished she could hear those songs
done professionally with a rock band. With this project, she has
tried to keep those songs as close as possible to what Lennon
had recorded, with the same key, tempo, and feel. Ms Davis
focused on the production used from 1968 (The White Album)
through his last sessions in 1980 (Double Fantasy). Each
different production era was applied carefully on each song.
Pamela stated “If you listen very carefully to John’s demos, one
can imagine what he may have wanted on each song, and I used my
intuition to, hopefully, honor John Lennon’s lost Dakota tapes
era”.
Lennon had taken five years off from
the music scene to devote to his newborn son Sean, all the while
composing and making demos of newly written songs. None of those
songs were recorded on professional equipment. Nevertheless, we
are fortunate enough to have them. Some were composed on piano
while others were recorded on guitar, and occasionally with
double tracked vocals.
Pamela Davis is a
multi-instrumentalist who played all the instruments, including
guitar, piano, bass, drums, all string and horn arrangements,
plus lead and harmony vocal parts.
This is Pamela Davis's fifteenth album. She is known for her rock
albums, and also for instrumental world music and relaxation
compilations. Her three world music albums, including 'Welcome
To Tranzotica', reached number one in a dozen countries on
iTunes and was a best seller. Ms Davis played all the exotic
instruments on each release.
Listening to ’Dear John’ will showcase what a great songwriter
John Lennon truly was. Ms Davis has truly breathed new life into
these lost gems.
Videos from the Dear John album
Whatever Happened To
Grow Old With Me
My Life
Dear John
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