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Fact #149937

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Short story:

During their Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Bed-In, John Lennon and Yoko Ono record Give Peace A Chance with vocal assistance from acid guru Timothy Leary, record producer Phil Spector, beat poet Allen Ginsberg and comedian Tommy Smothers.

Full article:

Gail Renard (fan, in the room) : He had written it in his head already, because he just wrote the words down straight. I can see him now. He sat on the floor. When he was done he said, 'I want it bigger so that everyone can see it'.

He wanted some tambourines. With a bit of lateral thinking I rang the Salvation Army, but they weren't forthcoming. The Hare Krishnas were next. I phoned their headquarters and they came over with tambourines - and vocals.
(Source : http://www.beatles-unlimited.com/2008/05/04/john-and-yoko-and-the-teenage-girl-who-shared-their-peace-bed/)

Tommy Smothers : Leary was there, as well as a whole group of people at the time who were hanging around. They were lying in bed, Yoko and Lennon, and we spent about three days up there, just partying and having a good time.

They had all these mikes set up there, and they gave me a guitar. I remember this distinctly ... he was playing Give Peace A Chance and we were all sitting round the bed singing. He was playing a lower open chord formation, so I went up and did the next chord inversion and I was playing a couple of passing chords. We were singing along and, all of a sudden, he stops and says, 'Hey, play what I play. Play exactly what I play. I want it to sound that way.'

I said, 'Sorry, I thought I was filling in some of those chords.' Of course, he's a pretty good musician. I've been playing for a while, but he liked that doubling of the sound of the guitars on that particular song.
(Source : not known)