Lennon in person

On August 3,1980 I attended a wedding in NY and was told by someone I met that John Lennon walks by the corner of 72nd and Central Park West every Monday at noon when he's in NY. The next morning, a Monday, I bought the Imagine album and stood on the corner with a friend at 11:45. No John. At 1:45, the friend left. Finally, at 3:45 I saw John approaching with an elderly man. My hands began to shake, and when I asked John to sign the album, he asked me how long I'd been waiting. I said four hours and he replied, "Then I'll have to sign, won't I?". He had the beginnings of a new beard and signed his name as a mustache, then scribbled in a beard and said, "That's more like it now, wouldn't you say?". I thought I would pass out from the heat and from being in the presence of half of the greatest song writing team that ever lived.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on September 27, 2014 at 12:36am

thats still cool no unfortunately paul rocks

Permalink Reply by James on September 27, 2014 at 12:56am
That is as good as it gets! Both the story and the autograph. In my world, the three best autographs to own are (all being essentially equal): Babe Ruth, John F. Kennedy, and John Lennon. Again, they're all equal in my eyes. I have the first two. I can only IMAGINE having the last one.
Permalink Reply by Lewis Reynolds on September 27, 2014 at 1:31am

Wow, what a great story, and a great autograph on a great album!

Thanks for sharing them.

Lewis

Permalink Reply by Vestland on September 27, 2014 at 1:55am

Wow!... Thanks for sharing!

Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on September 27, 2014 at 4:52am

I haven't been a member here very long, but this is my favorite post yet. 

Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on September 27, 2014 at 5:28am

That is an incredible story Ben.  Thanks for sharing.

Permalink Reply by joshua on September 27, 2014 at 7:12am

great story, thanks for sharing!

Permalink Reply by Richard Booth on September 27, 2014 at 7:34am
Great signature and story!
Permalink Reply by heath emery on September 27, 2014 at 8:08am
Oh my god that's amazing! I wish I had been arround at that time. I wasn't born until 1981 so I missed out. Thanks for posting this!
Permalink Reply by Ben M on September 27, 2014 at 10:58am
Thanks to everyone for your positive responses. I really appreciate it!
Permalink Reply by BC on September 29, 2014 at 3:24pm

Amazing piece and an even better story.

Permalink Reply by Ben M on September 29, 2014 at 8:53pm
Thank you, BC

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