Which Beatles song did John Lennon play live the most?
There’s a little white lie that often crops up in the annals of rock history: The Beatles weren’t really a live band. Given that they stopped touring in 1966, the…
New Beatles documentary ‘John Lennon: The Final Year’ is on the way
The final year of John Lennon’s life is to be explored in a new documentary timed to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of The Beatles singer and guitarist.…
The album that The Beatles never wanted to release: “Disliked the timing”
Any product that an artist releases normally has to go through some unnecessary hands first. There are many moving parts of any music industry product, and as much as it…
The John Lennon track Paul McCartney wanted to make a Beatles “reunion song”
Can you imagine watching one of The Beatles’ early rehearsal sessions? I’m talking about before Ringo Starr was even in the band, just John Lennon and Paul McCartney exchanging ideas…
The Beatles song that parodied their heroes: “They didn’t even put our name on the record”
It’s not hard to find traces of other artists in the music of The Beatles. For every innovation they put to tape, there’s always a Carl Perkins guitar lick or…
From The Beatles to Broken: the curious story of John Lennon’s Mellotron
Before analogue synthesisers began to dominate 1970s rock, the instrument of choice for the era’s prog heavyweights was the novel Mellotron keyboard. Famed for its uniquely weathered and warm textures,…