Wish I Know Now What I Knew Then

[Alan Fraser]

Both Dundas and Heylin report that on 14th April 1987 Bob played
harmonica for Ringo Starr at Chips Moman's Three Alarm Studio in
Memphis, TN. Anyway the album never appeared. Heylin reports that
Ringo thought he was too much "under the influence" at the time, and
I've heard that this was when Bob was doing a bit in that direction
himself.

Anyway, the "lost" Ringo album has turned up on a bootleg on the Voxx
label called "Lost And Found". CD1 is Ringo's "Memphis 1987 LP" and
CD2 consists of out-takes from George Harrison's "Cloud Nine"
sessions.

http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/ash/618/voxx.htm

I don't personally have this set, BTW, if you want it you'll have to
contact your usual source of such things.

The song on which Bob played was called Wish I Know Now What I Knew
Then - a typical country title if ever I heard one! :-) However, I'm
unable to turn it up on the ASACP, BMI or SESAC databases - this may
not be the exact wording of the title. Does anyone know the song and
its author?

Alan

[David Moreau]

Alan Fraser wrote in message ...

>The song on which Bob played was called Wish I Know Now What I Knew
>Then - a typical country title if ever I heard one! :-) However, I'm
>unable to turn it up on the ASACP, BMI or SESAC databases - this may

>not be the exact wording of the title...

Could it be "Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now"? That has a truer ring to it.

David

[PresidentDudley]

Clearly a further indication of Mr. Dylan's reliance on the work of master
wordcraftsman Bob Seger:

Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then

d

David Moreau wrote in message <8omu8s$p09$1...@bob.news.rcn.net>...

[Alan Fraser]

No, it's actually " I Wish I Knew Now What I Knew Then", opposite to
the normal expression - as I said, a wry country title. Dag Bratthen
kindly pointed me to a recording by Curtis Wright:

http://www.sbsrecords.com/curtis_wright.htm

If you listen to the song lyrics you'll hear why the title is what it
is!

Now all I have to do is find out who wrote it - the Curtis Wright page
doesn't say.

Alan

[alan....@cwcom.net]

Alan Fraser <alan....@cwcom.net> wrote:
>Dag Bratthen
>kindly pointed me to a recording by Curtis Wright:
>
>http://www.sbsrecords.com/curtis_wright.htm
>

>Now all I have to do is find out who wrote it.

I was too optimistic!

Now I know the exact title I found _two_ songs in the online
BMI database called "I Wish I Knew Now What I Knew Then".
The first is by T J Knight and Curtis Wright - the one above.
The second is by Charlie Craig and Vince Gill. It'll be
interesting to find out which of these songs Ringo is singing!

Alan

[Dag Braathen]

from rec.music.beatles:

> >
> >I've been hearing about this for ages...anybody mind shedding some
> >light on what this might be, and where it could be found?
>>

>Yes it's out on a Japan bootleg titled Lost and Found: out on the Voxx label.
Released on real silver discs and
>a deluxe cardboard gatefold cover with liner notes.

>Each disc is only like 30m long. The Harrison tape only has slight differances
on When We Were Fab and
>That's What It Takes.

> The Memphis album by Ringo has 6 songs plus some drunkin studio chat and
Ringo's court appearance.
>The album tracks arent really that bad. They are not country but slick tracks
that have a very 80's dated sound
> to them. Bob Dylan guest vocals on one track "Wish I Knew Now".

>Chris

[anne_thrax]

No, no, no, no, no, no. You forgot something very
important. He was so much older then. He's younger than
that now.

Oh, I've been on the job too long,
Anne

In article <8omu8s$p09$1...@bob.news.rcn.net>, "David Moreau"
<moreau...@erols.com> wrote:

> Could it be "Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now"? That
> has a truer ring to it.
> David

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