The song that convinced John Lennon to let Paul McCartney join band that became The Beatles
A year later Paul's friend George Harrison joined the band and John's school friends left in 1959. 1960 saw Stuart Sutcliffe ...
The collaboration Paul McCartney rejected because he “couldn’t improve” it
Revisiting comments by Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne about his love of The Beatles, and when Paul McCartney refused to collaborate on his album.
The Beatles song Paul McCartney admitted he lifted from Chuck Berry: “I played exactly the same notes”
We are dipping into the Far Out Magazine vault to look back at a song that Paul McCartney lifted from Chuck Berry for a Beatles classic ...
'Huge' song Paul McCartney wrote for The Beatles but gave to another band on one condition
It wasn't the only time they wrote a song which became a band's first hit. Paul had written 'Come And Get It' in 1969 and ...
Royal Mint to release commemorative John Lennon coin
The life and career of Beatles star John Lennon is being celebrated with the launch of a commemorative coin. The coin is ...
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The Collaboration With a Legendary Artist Paul McCartney Refused to Accept: “He Said He Couldn’t Improve on the Bassline”
So, when he got the opportunity to step in studio with Paul McCartney, Osbourne was aptly excited. However, Macca declined.
The wildest bass solo you’ve never heard? Robert Sledge cranked the fuzz for this Ben Folds Five classic
Over the course of a stop–start 17-year-long association, the group from Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Folds on piano and ...
How John Lennon's “least favorite” Beatles song made it onto 'Rubber Soul'
Paul McCartney said the track demonstrated Lennon's insecurities about relationships, noting, "John was always on the run, ...
Alex Lifeson on the disguised guitars and soloing strategies behind Envy Of None’s Stygian Waves
Envy Of None's sophomore album, Stygian Waves, is the sound of Lifeson's post-Rush project stretching out with a sound you ...
Ringo Starr reveals the solo song he always struggled to play: “I’m not that efficient”
Ringo Starr had the world at his feet during his solo years, but that didn't everything was going to be a cakewalk behind the scenes.
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'Huge' song Paul McCartney wrote for The Beatles but gave to another band on one condition
Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote the vast majority ... put some piano down, quickly put some bass down, do the vocal, and double-track it. "I said to Badfinger, ‘OK, it’s got to be exactly ...