Private Stock, John Lennon.

Welcome to PRIVATE STOCK. John Lennon was the must controversial ex-beatle, not only for his music, also for his involment as a peace activist in the world was a big part of who he was. John Lennon try to change the world with his rebellious nature, he spoke up against everything he felt was wrong with his music, interviews or in any way he could. But beside his political philosophy as a musician after the Beatles he had a successful solo career. Here check out one of the first Lennon performances with out the Beatles, this is from 1968 at the "Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" were for that show along with Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell the supergroup "Dirty Mac" was formed, enjoy Yer Blues.

John Lennon was born in England in October 9 of 1940 and he was murder by Mark Chapman on December 8 of 1980, today is one more aniversary of that horrible day were people remember where they were when they hear about John and they still try to understand why, why Jhon.
John Lennon music and anti-war ideas will never die. Here enjoy John again "Jealous Guy".

Lennon and Yoko Ono were really making "too much noise" and they started to have problems with the goverment of the USA, his anti-war activities and attaks to the Nixon administration got ugly real fast, the FBI had a big file of John from those days. The Nixon Administration tried to have Lennon deported from the USA.
He was in court for years until finally in 1976 he receive his green card.
Here check out another great song of John, "Working Class Hero".

John Lennon has many awards, these are some of them:
With the Beatles:
1977- Outstanding contribution to music during the past 25 years.
1977- Best British band of the past 25 years.
1977- Best British album of the past 25 years(Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
1983- Outstanding contribution to music.
Solo Career:
1982- Grammy Award for the 1981 Album of the Year (for Double Fantasy).
1982- BRIT Awards- Outstanding contribution to music.
2002- a 100 Greatest Britons BBC poll voted Lennon into eighth place.
2004- Rolling Stones magazine ranked John number 38 on its list of "The inmortals: The Fifty Greatest Artist of All Time".
2008- Rolling Stones magazine ranked John number five on its list of "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".
Here is John again perfoming "Come Together".

This is John Lennon Discography:
1969- Live Peace In Toronto with the Plastic Ono Band.
1970- John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.
1971- Imagine.
1972- Some Time in New York City (with Yoko Ono).
1973- Mind Games.
1974- Walls and Bridges.
1975- Rock'n' Roll.
1980- Double Fantasy (with Yoko Ono).
1986- Live in New York City (Recorded live in 1972).
There are plenty of compilations also.
Lets remember John by having a loving tougth and don't forget to give peace a chance.
That is all this week and to end this edition of PRIVATE STOCK lets enjoy another great, John Lennon song "Love"