<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Paul-mccartney ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/paul-mccartney Thu, 07 May 2026 14:59:41 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I still get emotional talking about John and George.” Paul McCartney says the Beatles are haunting his new album ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/why-paul-mccartneys-new-album-is-all-about-memories bDNeE6fpT4W6ZKorSw4uxE Thu, 07 May 2026 14:59:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Send me that song. He never did.’‘ Paul McCartney and RIngo Starr reveal the big mix-up behind their first-ever duet ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/i-said-send-me-that-song-he-never-did-paul-mccartney-and-ringo-starr-reveal-the-big-mix-up-behind-their-first-ever-duet CztZo3HT4XTu9n2jgPJBtc Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve got some bad news, Paul. Our truck was broken into and the bass was stolen.” Ian Horne recalls how he lost Paul McCartney’s Höfner bass ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/ian-horne-on-losing-paul-mccartneys-hofner-bass r92rFJa65AgsWLxQQVRFhK Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I knew he only lived about 12 miles away, so I thought I would just drive there.” The woman who found Paul McCartney’s bass guitar in her attic had no idea a global search for the instrument was going on ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/i-knew-he-only-lived-about-12-miles-away-so-i-thought-i-would-just-drive-there-the-woman-who-found-paul-mccartneys-bass-guitar-in-her-attic-had-no-idea-a-global-search-for-the-instrument-was-going-on ufNkiccyz3obkwmqEtEA5D Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:27:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Beatles had broken up and I was thinking, ‘What do I do now?’” What to watch for in Paul McCartney’s ‘Man on the Run’ documentary, out now ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the-beatles-had-broken-up-and-i-was-thinking-what-do-i-do-now-what-to-watch-for-in-paul-mccartneys-man-on-the-run-documentary-out-now FCZNiiu7gH6AvnqsnxkjrH Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:38:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Wiped the whole hand out. The end of this thumb was off. The fingers were just danglin’, hangin’ off.” The King of Rockabilly on the gruesome onstage accident that nearly ended his career —and his life ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/carl-perkins-on-the-gruesome-onstage-accident-that-nearly-ended-his-career B56Sx4aW2hDTWXUkBm7A6L Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:13:13 +0000 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:32:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Stevie likes first takes. That’s part of the charm of the ‘Innervisions’ album.” Session guitar legend Dean Parks on his historic hit recordings with Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, and B.B. King ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/stevie-likes-first-takes-thats-part-of-the-charm-of-the-innervisions-album-session-guitar-legend-dean-parks-on-his-historic-hit-recordings-with-stevie-wonder-michael-jackson-and-paul-mccartney-and-b-b-king T8kwNyGJ39Red5PWAiJbPg Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:44:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I sent them a love note.” How Dolly Parton met the Beatles twice — and stole the show both times ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-dolly-parton-met-beatles-paul-mccartney-and-ringo-starr xib3ZcZavn8c3Bho3Ktbid Sat, 17 Jan 2026 18:39:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They played their whole act to virtually no one.” Paul McCartney on seeing Jimi Hendrix perform to an empty club — and those rumors about their supergroup with Miles Davis ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-on-his-supergroup-with-jimi-hendrix RogJLiQDtabeuZby2MCkBY Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:06:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “John learned to play guitar upside down too. That’s more unusual.” Paul McCartney revealed he and John Lennon were both ambidextrous guitar players, thanks to this one thing ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-revealed-he-and-john-lennon-were-ambidextrous-guitar-players-thanks-to-this-one-thing 7i2jxWMPzwFkEJ2tw453RB Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:53:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ll show you what got me in the Beatles.” Paul McCartney reveals the song he performed when he met John Lennon. But it wasn’t his guitar playing that earned him his respect ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-on-the-song-that-got-him-john-lennons-respect 2HWR2VZ6JrzcF38qonQ6HB Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:42:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was a bit of a macho song.” John Lennon said it was the worst. George Harrison called it one of his favorites. How a “throwaway” Beatles song made it onto 'Rubber Soul' ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/john-lennon-hated-this-beatles-song PnfsqeQXsJcoCcCsqEDiY4 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:06:10 +0000 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:01:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “And in comes this thin, 98-pound, translucent dude.” The guitar legend who launched David Bowie and John Lennon to the top of the charts, got high with Paul McCartney and talked back to Chuck Berry ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/carlos-alomar-on-david-bowie-john-lennon-paul-mccartney-chuck-berry rfTP9DmwcsmTmTeKFRGWJG Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:09:32 +0000 Sat, 22 Nov 2025 18:17:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “In so many ways, I was dead… a 27-year-old about-to-become-ex-Beatle.” Paul McCartney on life after the Fabs — and the truth behind the rumor that haunted him as the group fell apart ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-on-the-paul-is-dead-rumor-that-haunted-him-as-the-beatles-broke-up 4h6wzdwtvJUzK2gmzvdMCA Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:32:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Beatles had broken up and I was thinking, ‘What do I do now?’” What to expect from the “unprecedented” Paul McCartney documentary that's just been announced ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-man-on-the-run-documentary j6qTHgi3gxQAtmMCCt8h4X Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:49:38 +0000 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:50:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I thought it was Paul’s answer to ‘How Do You Sleep.’” Did John Lennon really think Paul McCartney was talking to him in this 1976 chart-topping hit? ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/did-john-lennon-think-paul-mccartney-wrote-this-post-beatles-song-to-him 5bX9ABMJU6Vit9caAMypK9 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:03:39 +0000 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:35:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They came into the room with a screwdriver and pointed to my Les Paul.” Inside Paul McCartney’s drug bust and the former Beatles’ decision to stop touring ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-pot-bust-and-lennon-murder bYQjArtxztbfvNbUKweY3V Sat, 11 Oct 2025 13:05:19 +0000 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 09:49:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We we’re playing basketball, and he said, ‘I want to do something different — like a circus.’”Roger McGuinn on Bob Dylan’s big breakthrough, meeting the Beatles...and his question after hearing Tom Petty for the first time ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/roger-mcguinn-on-bob-dylan-the-beatles-tom-petty-and-more 4kYbSkTUjWzpiYmsWN8mbi Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:42:33 +0000 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 23:15:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “John said to me, ‘Have you seen this? We should go down, just you and me.’” Paul McCartney on the time he and John Lennon nearly accepted an offer for the Beatles to appear on Saturday Night Live ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-and-john-lennon-almost-reunited shykDm7CrgHr9sZhx2K78Y Sat, 27 Sep 2025 12:52:10 +0000 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 18:29:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I went to his studio one time, and he was making the weirdest freaking sounds I’ve ever heard.” Producer Mark Ronson on why Paul McCartney deserves a fresh look for his work in the Beatles and as a solo artist ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/mark-ronson-on-paul-mccartney-being-misremembered-as-a-beatle 9a6oDxsBTcZNhtbcxVWXZ6 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:12:50 +0000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:17:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “About three in the morning, there's a knock on the door. And John was there and he had Paul with him." David Bowie on how he almost got former Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney back together in 1974 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/john-lennon-paul-mccartney-and-david-bowie-almost-formed-a-group q8m3HdmS87Qn9q835pzNZQ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 13:34:11 +0000 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:11:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Someone said, ‘Guitar groups are on the way out, Mr. Epstein.’ That was probably the biggest error in music history.” George Harrison reveals the Beatles' early struggles in a newly discovered interview ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrison-1995-interview-emerges-online WzCdCWWViEFZJRSv9qo6Zd Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:56:38 +0000 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:09:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'd sooner have the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, George's album, and Ringo's movies than 'Let It Be' or 'Abbey Road.'” John Lennon said the Beatles wrote better music after the band broke up. Here's why ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/john-lennon-says-the-beatles-flowered-after-they-broke-up CmjMexB7oSv8wcUEGdNCNS Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:07:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The call from Paul was a complete shock. I thought it was Mick Jagger taking the piss.” Studio legend Glyn Johns on Paul McCartney's shocking request to work on what became the Beatles' final album ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/makers/glyn-johns-on-recording-with-the-beatles 2n7LJ2S8DuNf6wTATNsRQS Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:49:42 +0000 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:56:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was just an overall feeling that John was around.” Paul McCartney on the ghost of John Lennon and “strange goings-on” that marked the recording of the Beatles’ ‘Anthology’ hits ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-on-the-strange-goings-on-when-recorded--the-beatles-1995-anthology oVZBm2FwArYH4YrC9Efnt9 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:04:25 +0000 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:12:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Is a new Beatles Anthology release on the way? Paul McCartney's cryptic Instagram post has fans hoping for a new collection of outtakes and rarities to go with the series that launched 30 years ago ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-teases-beatles-anthology-4 nmEEET4XgEE77XC8SGMKNS Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:15:13 +0000 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:40:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was going to come onstage dressed as Diana Ross. They didn’t think that was a very good idea.” Paul McCartney's 1973 TV special is a fascinating moment from his post-Beatles career ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartneys-1973-tv-special 7fE4sdkCGrAMHhMZCzGdhQ Sun, 17 Aug 2025 12:56:07 +0000 Sun, 17 Aug 2025 15:49:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That would be great for you, Ringo!” How an unreleased John Lennon demo saw three-quarters of the Beatles write a song together, 40 years after Lennon's death ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-ringo-starr-got-the-beatles-back-together-on-grow-old-with-me 6pKcizGLqB9pCxfsJhPPsh Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:06:39 +0000 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:06:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They're derivative, and they think too much of themselves”: What Paul McCartney thought of Oasis… ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/what-does-paul-mccartney-think-of-oasis iWbsxU4veCj6StJMLbaesn Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:48:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I recall Paul asking John, ‘Are you making any music these days?’" History says John Lennon and Paul McCartney last met in 1976. A friend says it was two years later over a pizza dinner in New York City ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/elliot-mintz-on-john-lennon-and-paul-mccartneys-last-meeting EwonVFVrpEeZfwTnLQBaY7 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Paul never said, ‘We’re going to play Beatles songs.’ But before long, we were playing a lot of Beatles songs.” Robbie McIntosh reveals his “pinch me” moment as lead guitarist on Paul McCartney’s first-ever solo tour ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-s-first-solo-tour-recalled-by-robbie-mcintosh XjMwDVHMAPuvA6APdd84Zk Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:07:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Take them all together and they're not exactly a cheery bunch of songs.” How Elvis Costello helped Paul McCartney find his inner darkness in a decade of mediocrity ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-and-elvis-costellos-songwriting-partnership WSJPLTNuhcwfuU4CMaXULe Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:57:50 +0000 Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:58:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I first met Paul McCartney, it was like meeting Jesus Christ.” Ozzy Osbourne had three words to say about John Lennon and Paul McCartney's life-saving impact on him ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ozzy-osbourne-on-the-john-lennon-paul-mccartney-songwriting-partnership 6ip9UMyfXdvzqkiTf8Gew5 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:05:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I’m singing it, that is when I think of John.’” Paul McCartney on how John Lennon saved him in a moment of doubt — and why the former Beatles bassist keeps going ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-john-lennon-moment-of-doubt fuPuuHErkonBdMca3DVscR Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:21:33 +0000 Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:22:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ "John sounded like Django Reinhardt. It was one of them where you just close your eyes and happen to hit all the right notes.” George Harrison on the John Lennon guitar solo he called his best on the Beatles’ recordings ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/john-lennon-beatles-solo-george-harrison-called-his-best NpmojeQcFZf9mCsMqMJXuG Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:52:20 +0000 Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:43:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They are the three classics that I love to listen to, and they all remind me of certain times in my life.” Paul McCartney names his three favorite albums (not including the Beatles) ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartneys-three-favorite-albums WJZXo3mSff6ucXXRLUtEvj Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:00:50 +0000 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:47:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was like, What am I doing here? This is painful!” In honor of Global Beatles Day, here's why there are four George Harrison guitar solos on “Let It Be” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/why-the-beatles-let-it-be-has-four-george-harrison-guitar-solos bkKxRFUcU3y9MEzagEe536 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:36:54 +0000 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:52:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We had a barney and I said, ‘Oh, eff you!’ I think George played bass.” When Paul McCartney stormed out of a Beatles session, George Harrison was the glue that held it all together ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/when-paul-mcccartney-stormed-out-of-a-beatles-recording-session Jq43rjrMiLNsEDshTaM4EJ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:53:43 +0000 Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:35:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We used to do a great trick with acoustic guitars.” Paul McCartney reveals three Beatles techniques that explain why they stood out from every other rock and roll band ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-three-beatles-tricks-that-made-them-stand-out r2UganB3NmGbwBg6LPoRFD Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:16:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve been in the Who, I’ve been in the Beatles, and I’ve been in Pink Floyd. Top that!” David Gilmour on his magical duet playing John Lennon with Paul McCartney ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gilmour-in-the-beatles-the-who-top-that Fmd4xqADZanenR9dF5DGfi Mon, 26 May 2025 14:44:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “His unique style of playing was something that no one could match.” Paul McCartney played with George Harrison and John Lennon in the Beatles, but he says there is one guitarist who was like no other ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-names-the-guitarist-no-one-could-match eJfuiqc2WtaiN6VSJuBeu6 Thu, 15 May 2025 20:10:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s tongue in cheek!" The story of The Beatles song with three guitarists, three bassists, McCartney on drums — and a lyric that made enemies ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the-story-of-the-beatles-back-in-the-ussr qMLHxHt9BvZLdcWXtwnJon Sat, 19 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We tried everything we could to dirty it up." Why the Beatles couldn't have made "Helter Skelter" without the Who ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-on-the-who-and-helter-skelter rY3v9tyntNe2KxzntroZNB Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:21:10 +0000 Sat, 19 Apr 2025 13:11:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I wrote it in five minutes the night before.” How a candid moment caught on camera became the final Beatles song the band recorded together ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the-final-song-the-beatles-recorded Hr4ke6tjSwTooiFCLvhyqK Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:27:21 +0000 Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:31:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It became a partnership of editing each other's material, which would carry on all through the Beatles' career.” John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s songwriting partnership explored in new book ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/beatles-author-onthe-john-lennon-paul-mccartney-songwriting-partnership 5eUJDnvkaUsEszViFeFFZh Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:55:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Somebody's getting paid, so why shouldn't it be the guy who sat down and wrote 'Yesterday'?” Paul McCartney fought against looser AI copyright laws in the U.K. Now he's standing up to similar measures in the U.S. ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/paul-maccartney-ai-open-letter-to-donald-trump GDSDHWwk6YHmdo3WTsuD6G Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:00:50 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:53:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got sticky fingers. I thought, What am I doing here?” Paul McCartney said this performance ruined his chance to be the Beatles' lead guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-on-playing-lead-guitar-in-the-beatles eDCCeP5YPcpD4WroKN9akg Sat, 01 Mar 2025 09:00:10 +0000 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:47:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We thought his music was very similar to ours, and we latched on to him amazingly quickly.” Paul McCartney explained how a youthful error led him to write one of his greatest guitar tracks for the Beatles ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-how-he-wrote-the-beatles-blackbird yJP47s7ikNtQGGpnLDdnYg Fri, 14 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:48:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I saw this 'Let It Be' footage, I noticed how easy it looked to play.” Paul McCartney on why he pulled his Höfner bass out of mothballs after ignoring it for nearly two decades ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/paul-mccartney-on-his-hofner-bass 7iEYYcrYzbetpS4BQy7b6h Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:11:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ "That's my main instrument. If I couldn't have anything else, I would have to have it." Paul McCartney made some surprising revelations about his favorite guitar in our historic interview with him ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-sees-himself-as-an-acoustic-guitarist XVZKsEcviAwTUt6dNP4bsG Sun, 26 Jan 2025 21:03:06 +0000 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 21:15:17 +0000