Delbert McClinton - Come Together

Come Together is a song written primarily by John Lennon. The song is on the Beatles 1969 album, Abbey Road. The song reached the top of the charts in the US and was later covered by several other artists such as Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones.
As for the wacky lyrics, don't try to interpret them. In a 1980 interview John himself said, "It's gobbledygook.
'Come Together' was an expression that Tim Leary had come up with and he just asked me to write a campaign song. (For office he was running for in Calif.) I tried and tried but I couldn't come up with one. I came up with this, 'Come Together' which would have been no good to him. You couldn't have a campaign song like that, right?"
I am a Delbert McClinton fan so I'm uploading his version. Although it may not be the best I'm sure that many people have never heard his version.
And maybe you also didn't know that Del taught John Lennon to play the harmonica.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Come
• Together
• pop
• r&b
• Delbert
• McClinton
• George
• Harrison

[msbarbijean]

Oh I love the Beatles...but yes...this is better..I love me some Delbert!

[carann5]

@msbarbijean

Well I'm with you Ms Barbi!

[nascar08freak]

why did i search gobogook and go this?

[carann5]

@nascar08freak

I have no idea nascar but I hope you liked it!

[hayzz8]

Thanks for posting this. I didn't even know he covered this great song. I'm a huge fan of The Beatles (especially Lennon), but I'm a relatively new fan of Delbert's music (my first attraction was 'Better Off with the Blues' in '97: superb!), but he really sets the gold standard in his genre! I also have to say that, while his vocals are awesome, I have to give a lot of the credit for his success to the outstanding musicians who really make his sound seamless. Keep posting & thx again!

[carann5]

@hayzz8

Sorry I'm so late with a response but I really appreciate your comment.

I'm also a newer fan of Delbert even though he's been around for quite a while.

I can't believe I never heard his music until about 5 years ago because I think he's just great. Thanks for commenting!

[Rocco9457]

Who is playing guitar on this song come together?

[smctdc]

WOW I really dig Delberts version...im only 25 but have been listening to him for about 15 years and i havent heard this before....Awesome....I love it and I love Delbert

[bazzbazzley]

Shockingly, Delbert puts together a better version than The Beatles...trust me, this is superb!