Guy That Made $45 From The Beatles is Dead

The guy that played the trumpet solo on Penny Lane has died:

The London native was awarded the prestigious Beatles gig in 1967 after Paul McCartney saw him performing Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major with the New Philharmonia on the BBC. Nearly a week later, Mason came to the studio to record his rapid solo, which he always swore wasn't sped up as some Beatles historians claimed. Before the session, the musician didn't know who the Beatles were and he was paid around $45 for his work.

"I did not even know who the Beatles were when I was asked to do a recording session with them," Mason said in a 2003 interview, as the Los Angeles Times reports. "For me it was just another job."

As we know, if Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever had been included on Sgt. Pepper as originally intended, there would be no doubt as to it being the greatest album of all time.