Bed-In Interview Uncovered

An interview with John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Dr. Timothy andRosemary Leary from the Bed-In in 1969 has recently been unearthed. Leary'sarchivist, Michael Horowitz, discovered the forgotten tape recording and hasnow published the transcript online.

'Back in 1984, Tim gave me this as a present to celebratethe completion of his bibliography. I'd completely forgotten I had it.' - Michael Horowitz

Their conversation was recorded on May 29th, 1969, duringJohn and Yoko's peace protest in Montreal. As well as discussingcurrent events with the Learys, John Lennon spoke about his and Yoko's attemptto spread their message via the radio.

'Our voices must be going out solid about every quarter ofan hour. And if it isn't singing, it's talking. Most of it's just, 'let's getit together,' and it must be going out now like a mantra. We're trying to setup a mantra, a peace mantra, and get it in their heads. It's gonna work.' -John Lennon

Photograph taken from Bob Gruen and Yoko Ono's SOMETIME INNEW YORK CITY