Bobby Parker

The

guitar riff was actually influenced by a record called Watch Your Step by Bobby Parker.

They are talking about a song that they used to play live in the early days.

You'd better take it easy, baby Before you go away You did the dirty But you had your fun, baby

Keep your eyes open wide, cause you'll be really blind.

Leave me alone.

This is American blues guitarist Bobby Parker and his song Watch Your Step.

Released as a single in October 1961 by V-Tone Records, a small indie label based in Philadelphia.

John Lennon acknowledged that both Day Tripper and I Feel Fine grew out of variations of this guitar riff.

Here's Bobby Parker, and from 1961, it's Watch Your Step.

[upbeat rock music] You better take it easy, baby, before you go away.

You did me dirty, but you'll get yours one day.

case-by-case basis.

The Beatles took that Bobby Parker song and made I Feel Fine, but once the words start up, it's a different song.

They evolved it to a different place.

But

Today in Rock, September 28, 1974, John Lennon appeared on radio station WNAW-FM in New York.

As a guest DJ, he named some of his most influential songs, including What I'd Say by Ray Charles, Watch Your Step by Bobby Parker, as well as current songs at the time, like Showdown by ELO.

That's an interesting one for him to pick.

Between songs, he talked about Hanging Out with the Stones, his thoughts about the controversial Butcher album, Sleevin' Yesterday and Today, and his latest single, Whatever Gets You Through the Night, which would be number one by year's end.