I didn't expect R2 to be such a rich seam of Beatles numbers!  But it is -today Chris Evans' "Big Screen Belter" was Bette Midler covering In my life - rather liked it.

At work, student Lucy, wearing a Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band T-shirt asked me to help her with referencing her coursework.  She's a fan of the band and so is her grandma.  They plan to see a tribute band at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry next month - to celebrate gran's birthday.

Reading The Times late at night in bed I read "Musician whose instrumental signature tune Guitar Boogie proved too tricky for Paul McCartney"  It's the byline on Arthur Smith's obituary (p58).  The article quotes Paul McCartney at length - he was a big fan of Arthurs, but his inability to play this particular tune forced the group to recruit George Harrison as lead guitarist.