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In late August 1965 Brian Epstein had rented a house at 2850 Benedict Canyon Drive in Beverly Hills, California for The Beatles' six-day respite from their U.S. tour. The huge Spanish-style house was tucked into the side of a mountain. Soon their address became widely known and the area was besieged by fans who blocked roads and tried to scale the steep canyon while others rented helicopters to spy from overhead. The police department detailed a tactical squad of officers to protect the band and the house. The Beatles found it impossible to leave and instead invited guests including Eleanor Bron (who co-starred with them in Help!), Peggy Lipton and folksinger Joan Baez. On August 24 the Beatles hosted the Byrds and Fonda and, except Paul McCartney, took LSD.
Fonda wrote for Rolling Stone magazine:
I finally made my way past the kids and the guards. Paul and George were on the back patio, and the helicopters were patrolling overhead. They were sitting at a table under an umbrella in a rather comical attempt at privacy. Soon afterwards we dropped acid and began tripping for what would prove to be all night and most of the next day; all of us, including the original Byrds, eventually ended up inside a huge, empty, sunken tub in the bathroom, babbling our minds away.
I had the privilege of listening to the four of them sing, play around and scheme about what they would compose and achieve. They were so enthusiastic, so full of fun. John was the wittiest and most astute. I enjoyed just hearing him speak and there were no pretensions in his manner. He just sat around, laying out lines of poetry and thinking an amazing mind. He talked a lot yet he still seemed so private.
It was a thoroughly tripped-out atmosphere because they kept finding girls hiding under tables and so forth: one snuck into the poolroom through a window while an acid-fired Ringo was shooting pool with the wrong end of the cue. "Wrong end?" hed say. "So what fuckin difference does it make?"
As the group passed time in the large sunken tub in the master bedroom Fonda brought up his nearly fatal self-inflicted childhood gunshot accident, writing later that he was trying to comfort a frightened George Harrison.Fonda said that he knew what it was like to be dead. Lennon snapped, "Listen mate, shut up about that stuff" and, as Fonda recalled, "You're making me feel like I've never been born." Lennon explained, "We didn't want to hear about that! We were on an acid trip and the sun was shining and the girls were dancing (some from Playboy, I believe) and the whole thing was really beautiful and Sixties. And this guy - who I really didn't know, he hadn't made Easy Rider or anything - kept coming over, wearing shades, saying 'I know what it's like to be dead,' and we kept leaving him because he was so boring. It was scary, when you're flying high: 'Don't tell me about it. I don't want to know what it's like to be dead!'" "...[H]e was showing us his bullet wound. He was very uncool," Harrison added.
McCartney recalls: "Fonda seemed to us to be a bit wasted; he was a little out of it. I don't know if we expected a bit more of Henry [Fonda]'s son but he was certainly of our generation and he was alright." Actress Salli Sachse recalled: "Peter was really into music. He couldn't wait until the Beatles Revolver album came out. We went to the music store and played it, trying to hear any hidden messages."
When someone realized that they had not eaten all day the group tried to make dinner in the kitchen but Lennon was too confused from the drug to use his knife and fork properly and as he tried to stop his food from moving around on his plate he spilled it onto the floor. Later during this same visit to Los Angeles The Beatles visited Elvis Presley.
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When I read today's headline that a dead body was found in a car, in the way that it was worded, I first thought that they found PETER FONDA'S DEAD BODY IN THE CAR. If this is the Real-Drug wasted Peter Fonda from the late 60's who posted this beatle cover. Then I say that you are like a CAT because you have had more than nine lives.
soundgarden700 1 year ago
Thsi is a good song, but truly messed up.
Jakeydabroha693 1 year ago
If you are who you "TRULY" say you are, why do you refer to your father as a horse and your sister as Jane Asher. You not only acted in movies but you also wrote and recorded songs DUH! DUH! I'm just kidding man no disrespect.
soundgarden700 1 year ago
Oh! Sure I bet you just don't want to say! Even if you were on LSD, drugs and wasted etc. You would have a hard time forgetting about you co-stars especially when you work with them.
soundgarden700 1 year ago
Oh my god! I guess that I'm communicating with Peter Fonda. Peter can you still remember what it was like working with "Salli Sachse" the actress in the film the "Trip" 1967. I 've only seen pic's of her and have never seen her in movies. I'm sure that she is a beautiful woman today. But she was a very beautiful, hot, young woman even then OH MY!. What was she like as a real person. If you're not to sure to comment on it. I 'll understand.
soundgarden700 1 year ago
@13THBEATLE "I can't believe it Thee! Peter Fonda the actor and singer who was in the Movie "Easy Rider" from 1969 if so, I'm from the "Y" GENERATION my grandparents know who you are because of your famous father Henry and your sister Jane. I listened to this song that you recorded called "November Night" from 1967 it's on the "Where the action is" CD Box set. Send me a reply at your conviniece.
soundgarden700 1 year ago
I'm confused did Salli Sachse the former actress who did Beach Parties in the 60's post this video of the Beatles if so, I would like to comment.
soundgarden700 1 year ago