The Final Days of The Beatles

I'm loving that the creepy nerd from WarGames has become the go-to guy for Beatle freaks.

 - August 20, 1969, was the last time the four Beatles were together in the recording studio.  They were recording the final over-dubs of John’s song “I Want You (She’s So Heavy),” a stark, raw love song written by John. The band’s final session was spent working on a fervent love song to Yoko Ono.

 Ugh.  I hate that fucking song.

- Two days later, on August 22, on the grounds of John’s estate, the foursome gathered at for the last Beatles photo session—the final “official” gathering together of the Fab Four.  Photos of that historic day reveal four bedraggled, weary-looking musicians. John is seen wearing a dark cowboy-like hat, sporting a bushy, thick beard. He looks pencil-thin, probably the result of his recent heroin use (among other drugs).

Note to self: start taking heroin. Among other drugs.

- The last meeting: In the middle of September, the four Beatles gathered together for a business meeting at Apple Studios. It happened sometime between September 15 and 19, 1969—this was the final time all four Beatles were together in the same room.

I'd love to have been in on those business meetings.  "How much money have we made?...(ten seconds later)....how much now?...(ten seconds later)...and now?"

- The last session: Finally, on January 3, 1970, Paul, George and Ringo got together for one last recording session at the Abbey Road Studio Two. They were working on George’s song “I Me Mine.” John was in Denmark with Yoko at the time.  And so it was—the final “Beatles” recording session at Abbey Road studios was conducted without John, who had started the group, and whose original “Quarrymen” were the genesis of The Beatles.