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“Here to make its first stage appearance in 50 years is my original bass.” Paul McCartney’s iconic Höfner bass returns to the stage after being lost for over 50 years as he brings the Got Back tour to a star-studded close
By Phil Weller published
Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood helped cap the curtain-closing show. But the reappearance of the bass was the biggest surprise of all
Brian Ray on the only time Paul McCartney and John Lennon got writer's block
By Jackson Maxwell published
Read one of our top 20 stories of 2024: “You have to remember,” Macca's longtime guitarist told us, “the Beatles did a record every six months”
Jeff Lynne explains why a "campfire classic" proves George Harrison's slide playing was second to none
By Phil Weller published
The ELO frontman and producer shared his comments in a post to Harrison's Instagram page
John Lennon’s 1971 secret letter to Eric Clapton asking him to start a “ballsy” new rock band is headed for auction
By Phil Weller published
Lennon's letter, now headed to auction, was in part an attempt to help Clapton out of his heroin addiction
Why did the Beatles play Epiphone Casinos? It all comes back to one man
By Christopher Scapelliti published
John Mayall brought some famous guitarists to the fore. He also turned the Beatles on to one of their defining guitar models
An unusual guitar is at the center of a mystery about the Beatles' White Album
By Christopher Scapelliti published
The rare fretless guitar appears to have been used on "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" and "Helter Skelter"
“People always say I’m the Beatle who changed the most.” How playing sitar helped George Harrison become a guitar legend
By Christopher Scapelliti published
While all the elements of Harrison’s guitar style were falling into place, the Beatles were falling apart. Here’s what happened
Ernie Isley recalls how a surprise meeting with Paul McCartney led to the pair jamming "Twist and Shout"
By Phil Weller published
Nearly 60 years after both groups found success with their hit cover versions, the pair united for a special impromptu performance of the track
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