Blue Jay Way Painting

Blue Jay Way, George Harrison's contribution to the Magical Mystery Tour soundtrack, was written while he was waiting for The Beatles' publicist Derek Taylor, who was lost in fog in the Los Angeles canyons. The Beatles' former publicist Derek Taylor had become delayed on his way to meet them. The jet-lagged Harrison found a Hammond organ in the house and began writing the song as an outlet for his ennui. Harrison's stay in the house was arranged by Brian Epstein, who called The Beatles' attorney Robert Fitzpatrick to enquire whether a house could be leased. Fitzpatrick persuaded the owner of the house, another entertainment attorney named Ludwig Gerber, to lend Harrison his LA residence. Ludwig Gerber was a former US Army colonel who had managed Peggy Lee for many years. He was also a film producer and lawyer. In his house there was a Hammond S-6 organ, which Harrison used for writing the song while waiting for Taylor to arrive. In the Magical Mystery Tour film, Harrison 'performed' the song while playing a keyboard chalked onto the ground. One of the movie's most psychedelic sequences, Harrison's appearance is subjected to dated camera techniques involving prism refractions to create multiple images. The song was composed in the Hollywood hills on 1 August 1967. Harrison was visiting California with his wife Pattie, plus Neil Aspinall and Alexis Mardas. They were staying at a rented house in Blue Jay Way, high in the Hollywood hills, which belonged to the manager of Peggy Lee. "Derek Taylor got held up. He rang to say he'd be late. I told him on the phone that the house was in Blue Jay Way. And he said he could find it OK... he could always ask a cop. So I waited and waited. I felt really knackered with the flight, but I didn't want to go to sleep until he came. There was a fog and it got later and later. To keep myself awake, just as a joke to pass the time while I waited, I wrote a song about waiting for him in Blue Jay Way. There was a little Hammond organ in the corner of this house which I hadn't noticed until then... so I messed around on it and the song came." - George Harrison

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:16 W x 20 H x 0.5 D in

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