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Eyewitness: John & Yoko record 'Give Peace A Chance'

Paul Williams, Q, November 1995

Give Peace A Chance may not be the last word in protest performances, but it can lay claim to one of the weirdest musical births ever — in a Montreal hotel room. Journalist Paul Williams held the forceps.

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