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"My dream was a place where we could create and make music and take magic out of the air": Remembering Robbie Robertson, architect of The Band

Robbie Robertson was behind two world-changing musical revolutions; a Canadian songwriter and lead guitarist whose group The Band gave birth to Americana

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13 Iconic Bob Dylan Life Moments That Deserve A Spot In His Biopic

Prepare yourself for the highly anticipated biopic with this list of the most iconic moments from the songwriter’s life. The post 13 Iconic Bob Dylan Life Moments That Deserve A Spot In His Biopic first appeared on Bored Panda.

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"A load of big names kicked us off tours. We frightened them": Cactus should have been huge but it never happened - so we asked them to tell us why

Born out of hard rock pioneers Vanilla Fudge and contemporaries of Led Zeppelin, Cactus are the unsung innovators of 70s US rock

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“The unions stopped playing however far through the song you were. So I got fed up with using strings and I was really glad when the synths came in”: How Jeff Lynne steered ELO through the 80s and beyond

After a decade of massive success, the bandleader faced an ever-increasing rate of change – but an exciting range of new challenges too

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“Nothing was even mic'd up through the P.A. – they just listened to our amps and the two vocal mics. Sometimes we'd just play rubbish”: The Beatles on their struggles to be heard over the screams of Beatlemania – and the toll it took on their performances

Technology has advanced light years in the six decades since the frenzy of Beatlemania, and the world of onstage guitar amplification is no exception

Guitar World

“To me, it's kind of milking a dead cow”: Beatles engineer Ken Scott on the release of Now and Then, the band’s final single, in 2023

“It's more to do with the fact that I know that George was not particularly fond of finishing it off back in the day,” he says

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The 50 greatest acoustic guitar songs of all time

As voted for by you, this list spans some of the most significant acoustic moments ever committed to tape – and features a controversial winner…

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“Eric called and said, ‘Buddy Guy, George Harrison and I are playing tonight. You’re going to come and jam’”: Richie Sambora recalls receiving Eric Clapton’s spontaneous invite to a star-studded jam session

Sambora once asked Slowhand to feature on one of his singles, and it wasn't long before the pair were trading licks at the Roxy with a couple of other blues greats

Guitar World

"John was annoyed because I didn’t say that he had written one line of this song, Taxman… I also didn’t say how I wrote two lines to Come Together or three lines to Eleanor Rigby”: George Harrison and the questions around his Beatles credits

"I think in the balance I would have had more things to be niggled with him about than he would have with me"

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The other 1969 concert that changed music: ‘one of the most important stories in rock history’

Revival69 glimpses into starry Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, which gave Beatles fans a new look at John Lennon

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Getting better: 5 key ways the Beatles can help improve your guitar playing

The school of George, John and Paul is in session

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Hey Jude (Bellingham): the origins of the terrace anthem to English football's new hero

The Beatles classic has become the accompaniment to one of the greatest fan-player love affairs of all time

Evening Standard

"It's very hard for people to understand how monolithic it was, looking at it today. But it was absolutely earthshaking": Was 9 February 1964 the most important day in rock 'n' roll history?

"It was kind of like an alien invasion"

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"We were getting more talented and George began to write lots of songs… he was lucky to get a track on an album." The lost 1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono interview on the Beatles' split when they insisted Michael Parkinson wore a black sack over his head

"It's total communication if you're in the bag"

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‘Most significant Beatles guitar ever to be auctioned’ sells for £1.5m

Instrument was discovered in an attic after not being seen for over 50 years

Guitar World

“There’s always been an open door… We were the only ones that knew what it’s like to have that extreme kind of fame, so that created a bond”: 10 times the Beatles and the Rolling Stones collaborated together

The Beatles vs. the Rolling Stones? Not so much. Here’s our guide to 10 friendly – and occasionally excellent – collaborations between two legendary bands

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: Anita and Yoko, the Denmark secret, and tackling the ‘virginity epidemic’

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - UK

George Harrison’s childhood home in Liverpool gets blue plaque

Tribute to be unveiled at No 12 Arnold Grove in Wavertree, where the Beatle lived until he was nearly seven

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‘I’ve been called a witch, slut, murderer’: the ultra-creative women dismissed as rock star girlfriends

Despite their artistic skill, Anita Pallenberg, Suzi Ronson and Yoko Ono were cast as mere lovers or muses. They’re now being allowed to tell their own stories – even if it’s after death

Louder

"It was just the lifestyle. You don't know you're making history when you're doing it": Dave Mason on his fantasy musical adventure

Former Traffic man Dave Mason on playing with Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and more

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Rock and Roll!

Two wonderful and highly recommended treatments of the early history of rock-and-roll.

Tom’s Guide

How to watch 'Let It Be' online — stream restored The Beatles documentary, release date

With the restored Beatles doc set to stream across the universe, here's how to watch 'Let It Be' online and exclusively on Disney Plus.

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"George Harrison said, ‘When the Beatles play a low E, it sounds like a low E. When Duane plays it, it sounds an octave lower!’”: The story of Duane Eddy's Peter Gunn theme

The late King Of Twang remembered his signature song with us back in 2011

The Guardian - UK

Let It Be review – reissued Beatles film takes long and winding road to eventual acclaim

Reviled by the band when it came out and widely thought of as miserable, the film – restored to its original format – actually offers light and insightful moments

Salon

Superb restored Beatles "Let It Be" doc

Michael Lindsay-Hogg's 1970 film gets a glorious restoration, capturing rock ‘n’ roll’s most extraordinary foursome

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