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ROCKY RACCOON TRIVIA II

11) What did the doctor smell like?


Now the doctor came in, stinking of gin

12) What did the doctor proceed to do?


Now the doctor ... proceeded to lie on the table

13) Which album did "Rocky Raccoon" appear on?

14) Who played honky-tonk piano on "Rocky Raccoon"?


The Old West-style honky-tonk piano was played by producer George Martin.

15) In the original version of the song, what was Rocky's name?


The title character was originally called "Rocky Sassoon", but McCartney changed it to "Rocky Raccoon" because he thought "it sounded more like a cowboy".

16) Where did McCartney begin writing "Rocky Raccoon"?


McCartney began writing the song in Rishikesh, India, where the Beatles were studying Transcendental Meditation in the early months of 1968.

17) Who considered the song "filler"?


The song was taped in a single session, and was one of the tracks that Martin felt was "filler" and only put on because the album was a double.

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