John Lennon's Psychedelic Guitar on the studio floor..
Thursday, 18 February 2010
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John Lennon's Psychedelic Guitar
By 1967, the psychedelic movement in London was in full swing, and mind expanding was all the rage. It was during this stage of John Lennon's life that he met two Dutch artists, Simon and Marijke Posthuma, better know as "The Fool." Embracing the psychedelic mood of the time, Lennon commissioned The Fool to paint a psychedelic work of art on his upright piano and of course his J-160E acoustic guitar. Soon after the release of Sgt. Pepper, the Beatles performed "All You Need Is Love" live, via the first-ever world-wide satellite broadcast. It was 1967, and "the Summer of Love." For this special performance, John Lennon unveiled his newly painted psychedelic acoustic. Later, in an October 1967 issue of the British Beat Instrumental magazine, an article about Lennon's music room in his Weybridge home entitled "John's Music Room" was published. For the accompanying photos, Lennon appeared with his newly painted psychedelic acoustic, showing off his more "trippy," Magical Mystery side..
