Daily Archives: January 11, 2021

Paul McCartney records overdubs onto ‘The Back Seat of My Car’ and ‘Long Haired Lady’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 11 1971)


Video: 'Paul McCartney - Back Seat Of My Car (Early Take)'

(Monday, January 11, 1971; during sessions for Ram) — Paul McCartney today recorded overdubs onto “The Back Seat of My Car” and “Long Haired Lady” at A&R Studios in New York City, during sessions for Ram, his second album without The Beatles.
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Alabama becomes fourth Southern state to secede from the Union 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 11 1861)


Video: 'Alabama in the Civil War'

(Friday, January 11, 1861; nine weeks after the 1860 United States presidential election) — 66 days after Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the presidential election of 1860 on a platform which opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories, Alabama became the fourth Southern state to secede today when delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention meeting in Montgomery voted 61-39 to leave the Union.
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