The Beatles (McCartney): Penny Lane This is the text of an e-mail I fired back to a co-worker on a day when the papers reported the death of David Mason, the baroque trumpeter of the London Philharmonic, who famously lent his piccolo trumpet to Penny Lane.  She attached a link and asked if I’d seen the item.  I decided I rather liked my missive, and kept it. So this is my response, written in 2012. Yes – this article is actually nicer than the one that appeared in the print version this morning, which was headlined “The Guy Who Played … Continue reading Song of the Day: The Beatles – Penny Lane