John’s Not-So-Lost Weekend, with May Pang

Our guest today is the wonderful May Pang, who we’re so excited
to welcome onto BC the Beatles! May began her career in the music
industry at ABKCO and Apple Records before transitioning into
being John and Yoko’s personal assistant. Three years later, Yoko
came to her with a strange request: to be John’s lover and
companion during a period of their separation. This became his
“Lost Weekend” in 1974-1975, in which he and May split time
between NYC and LA. May was witness to many of the tall tales
that populate the period including John’s infamous heckling of
the Smothers Brothers at the Troubadour with Harry Nilsson, the
recording of John’s Rock And Roll album with Phil Spector (and
Spector firing a gun in the studio), among many more of John’s
drunk escapades. 


Although they technically broke up in early 1975, May and John
continued to see each other through 1978, having their last
conversation during Memorial Day weekend in 1980. In 1983, May
wrote about her time with John in her book Loving John and in
2022, her story hit the big screen in the documentary feature The
Lost Weekend: A Love Story. She’s also a photographer whose
photos of her time with John are now on tour around the country
as well as being featured in the book Instamatic Karma. 


Watch The Lost Weekend: A Love Story on Amazon Prime

May's upcoming photo exhibition dates

May's YouTube channel

Learn more about May at her website



 


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