Yesterday (October 9) would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday. To celebrate, Lennon’s son Sean Ono Lennon recruited a number of musicians to perform covers of his father’s songs. Among them was Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, who played an acoustic rendition of ‘Jealous Guy’ while lying in bed. Check it out below, and scroll further to watch Sean Ono Lennon cover ‘Isolation’, as well as Jeff Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy, and Liam Kazar performing ‘God’.
Sean Ono Lennon and his mother Yoko Ono also curated and executive produced a new box set called Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes, which was issued yesterday by Capitol and UMe.