closed. John loved Stu as a friend but didn’t miss his musical contribution—he’d ended up a fair bass player but Paul overtook him in no time at all. John and Paul forged ahead with ambition, drive, dedication, humor and so much more, even drawing mutual strength from being motherless. It was something only they could laugh at, and they enjoyed watching people squirm when innocent mentions of their mothers would be met with the blunt and straightfaced riposte “She’s dead.”
