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“Elton said, ‘I'd better buy that guitar just to have in my house.’ I played it and said, ‘Yeah, you'd better buy it, so I can play it when I come by’”: One of Davey Johnstone's favorite guitars was once a piece of upscale decor for his superstar bandmate

Johnstone did end up with the '50s-era beauty in the end, though not for a happy reason

Guitar World

"People started to leave. I was terrified": The story of Elton John's favourite Elton John album and the calamitous stadium show that followed

Gold even before its release, Captain Fantastic And The BrownDirt Cowboy was worth the hard work. But the album markedthe end of Elton John’s imperial period – and his band

Louder

“There was a black Les Paul with three pickups and gold hardware on a pedestal. Elton said, ‘I'd better buy that guitar just to have in my house’”: One of Davey Johnstone's most prized guitars was once a piece of upscale decor for his superstar bandmate

Johnstone did end up with the '50s-era beauty in the end, though not for a happy reason

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“We did Yellow Brick Road in 16 days! That’s the magic you get with a band like that”: Dee Murray was the centerpiece of the early Elton John band – and the last bassist to play onstage with John Lennon

In May 1973, Dee Murray anchored what would become one of Elton John’s most celebrated hits

Guitar World

"Those were crazy times. I wouldn’t change it for the world": how Goodbye Yellow Brick Road reinforced Elton John's status as a global superstar

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the second-biggest-selling album released in 1973, with more than 32 million sales worldwide

Louder

Scots awards honour Barrowlands Ballroom manager alongside The Who and Elton John

SIR Elton John and The Who have won at the Specsavers Scottish Music Awards – along with the manager of the Barrowland Ballroom.

The National (Scotland)

"David Bowie said, 'That was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard.’” Magna Carta and friends in high places

Chris Simpson of 70s folky proggers Magna Carta recalls 50 years of making music. “I look back and think: how did it all happen?” he says...

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Edinburgh guitarist Davey Johnstone has biggest night of career at Glastonbury

Davey Johnstone, from Edinburgh, has played alongside Elton John since 1971 and joined him on stage at Glastonbury this weekend with a crowd of more than 100,000.

Edinburgh Live

Elton John's legendary Scots guitarist Davey Johnstone has biggest night of career at Glastonbury

Davey Johnstone, from Edinburgh, has played alongside Elton John since 1971.

Daily Record

Prog's Tracks Of The Week: new music from Voivod, Southern Empire and more

Cool new prog music from Suns Of The Tundra, Davey Johnstone, Matteo Mancuso and more...

Louder

Elton John's first Newcastle show lives up to landmark status

THERE aren't many concerts these days where you actually feel like you're witnessing a slice of history playing out before your very eyes.

Newcastle Herald

In a giant sing-along, the sun goes down on Elton John at Dodger Stadium

LOS ANGELES — Elton John had already worn two different bedazzled suits — the first one made him look like a lion tamer, the second a fabulous cabinet secretary — by the time he reached the encore of his concert Thursday night at Dodger Stadium. But as one of music's…

Los Angeles Times

From the End of the World to Your Town, Elton John’s Goodbye

I think it’s gonna be a long, long time until we see another songwriter and performer like Elton John. Wrapping up a 50-plus year career with a farewell tour, the British pianist and vocalist has created some of the most memorable and enduring music in the history of pop-rock, songs…

Asharq Al-Awsat

From the end of the world to your town, Elton John's goodbye

It’s gonna be a long, long time until we see another songwriter and performer like Elton John

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Elton John's guitarist reveals tours now fuelled by herbal tea after cocaine ban

Davey Johnstone says rock and roll is very much alive during Covid times, as Sir Elton John begins his Yellow Brick Road tour with 300 dates across the world

ABC News

Rocket Man changed Elton John's career almost overnight — 50 years on, it remains an anthem

When Rocket Man hit the airwaves, it transformed Elton John's career almost overnight and saved him from being written off as a one-hit wonder.

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