<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in The-beatles ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/the-beatles Thu, 21 May 2026 11:28:05 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “He put LSD in our coffee and never told us.” George Harrison rejected claims the Beatles were responsible for America’s drug culture ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrison-on-the-beatles-drugs-and-his-first-lsd-trip-with-john-lennon xi9f7cY77KBj8Wjwgn87X8 Thu, 21 May 2026 11:28:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There are so many special memories within the walls — not to mention the rooftop.” Coming soon: A chance to stand where the Beatles played their last concert ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/there-are-so-many-special-memories-within-the-walls-not-to-mention-the-rooftop-coming-soon-a-chance-to-stand-where-the-beatles-played-their-last-concert UqoVseznkb5SDDXtSZtYFA Mon, 11 May 2026 18:08:24 +0000 Mon, 11 May 2026 18:12:16 +0000 <![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[ "It doesn't have to be wiggly guitar solos": Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt on why The Beatles were more 'progressive' than most modern prog ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/opeths-mikael-akerfeldt-on-the-beatles-being-prog 8AnSoSkqsamQa8JWgmpvDP Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:46:37 +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[ “My least favorite Beatles song.” Elvis Presley inspired it. John Lennon hated it. Behind the song he wanted to keep off the Beatles’ first psychedelic record ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/the-elvis-presley-inspired-it-john-lennon-hated-it-behind-the-song-he-wanted-to-keep-off-the-beatles-first-psychedelic-record FcZNVTrebaWAoTPvoxQNeH Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:14:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He dipped the silver tube into a bag of white powder and shoved it up my snout.” Chrissie Hynde on her unforgettable first meeting with Lemmy — and the one band he truly loved ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/chrissie-hynde-on-lemmy-kilmister-and-the-beatles nGm9b4FfNaaQVd2xenQQ7K Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:41:24 +0000 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:48:01 +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[ “He didn’t like being a solo guy.” Jeff Lynne reveals the truth about George Harrison after the Beatles ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jeff-lynne-on-george-harrison-after-the-beatles vQYpoc5j9w4mZ8a9iLa9x4 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:25:16 +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 were asking, ‘Can we go home now?’ We said, ‘No. Have a cup of tea.‘” George Harrison on the night the Beatles got George Martin and his crew high ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the-time-the-beatles-spiked-george-martin-s-tea WtwZcZJbewPnWMQHH8iYqS Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:01:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'm not sure how he does it.” Don Was says this modern-day guitar hero “might be better than George Harrison” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/why-producer-don-was-likens-this-modern-day-guitar-hero-to-george-harrison i4CJjXGNqdx86gnpmeGHRJ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:10:43 +0000 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:21:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of the nurses said, ‘John Lennon.’ I thought, What does John Lennon have to do with it?” A surgeon remembers the night he tried to save the former Beatle’s life ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/a-surgeon-remembers-the-night-john-lennon-died gDEVmpNEkghYe9jEM7e6aT Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:46:46 +0000 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:03:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Beatles and Brian May guitar tones for $99 – is Sweetwater sure this Tech 21 SansAmp amp pedal deal isn't a misprice? ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/pedals-pedalboards/beatles-and-brian-may-guitar-tones-for-usd99 PjLywZdS8gBqxgKRk8XyxS Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:06:20 +0000 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:39:06 +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[ “He’s a bit overpowering at times.” John Lennon, Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr? George Harrison said he would have formed a new group with just one Beatle ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrison-would-have-formed-a-group-with-one-beatle X3gg6vdJYZJnuaC23Df9iV Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:51:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There were no theatrics involved.” The mystery behind Eric Clapton’s guitar session on the Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the-bizarre-side-effect-of-recording-eric-claptons-infamous-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-solo PunJ8k2Xr5WGMDykYKA5uB Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:14:26 +0000 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:15:53 +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[ “He was opening up new worlds there.” George Harrison said this was the “greatest guitar solo” of all time —and told us the player who left a lasting impression on him ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrison-on-the-greatest-guitar-solo-of-all-time mzawsuRivMRXmYBWW2Xt4C Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:38:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This has to be the last Beatles song.” Here’s what’s in the new Beatles Anthology episode — and Giles Martin tells what happened behind the scenes of the Fab Four's final single ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums-singles/whats-in-the-new-beatles-anthology-episode ktGUznQAN3AwiMLRGioNRk Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:50:35 +0000 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:53:54 +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[ “Each piece in the collection tells a story.” Jim Isray’s $1 billion guitar collection is headed to auction with instruments once owned by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, John Lennon and many others ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jim-irsays-guitar-collection-is-headed-to-auction vW3VzsWKXu4wLTzM6WFyWi Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:00:54 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:02:21 +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[ “We got the guitars out, and then things loosened up.” George Harrison on the 1968 visit with Bob Dylan that changed his future in the Beatles ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-bob-dylan-changed-george-harrison-s-fortunes-in-the-beatles KreFbvphJcmJVnUkKxebSe Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +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[ “It was like a scene from a horror film.” Eric Idle recalls the violent attack on George Harrison that left him hospitalized and contributed to the former Beatles’ death two years later ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/eric-idle-remembers-geroge-harrison-attack-in-1999 pjKWvNGqDZ6mUfsGoqsoZV Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:24:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When you actually hear the backing tracks of the Beatles without their voices, they’re flippin’ lousy.” The time Pete Townshend trashed the Beatles on television ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/why-pete-townshend-called-the-beatles-lousy 6kFqLrwJ8dybgR2hB2zffb Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:15:34 +0000 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:23:04 +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[ “I heard about this kid who had a guitar. That was a lot of money in those days.” George Harrison said a loan from his mom helped him buy his first guitar, setting him on the path to the Beatles ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrisons-first-guitar nF5iR8sTLMAD6oCZdmPxdZ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:02:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They gave themselves credit, stuck it on an album and never paid me. It was a little bit disappointing.” John Lennon looked to Frank Zappa for career guidance. Zappa said the former Beatles guitarist got considerably more ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/john-lennon-frank-zappa-and-the-king-kong-controversy qPrdueTL3jXGib2WXf7XN5 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:35:25 +0000 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:36:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “All the Beatles and all the Stones were there. I thought, This is a bit unusual!” Former Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour on his early adventures seeing — and mixing sound for — his idol, Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gilmour-on-seeing-jimi-hendrix ZCMcCiKesdUkVx6NXMfFAa Fri, 05 Sep 2025 21:15:50 +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[ It's official! New Beatles Anthology music, video and book coming this fall, with remixed "Free As a Bird" music and video out today ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums-singles/beatles-anthology-series-gets-update-for-fall-2025 9swP7eYkyJeuFP6HWDTjck Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:28:14 +0000 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:34:24 +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 just want it known I'm allowed to put four songs on the album, whatever happens.” John Lennon had a plan to keep the Beatles going into the 1970s. Paul McCartney rejected it. The rest is history ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/john-lennon-plan-to-keep-the-beatles-together qDjNHSFkHpzXtfp4FaDvCk Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:22:49 +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[ “He was always the noisy one; we gained strength from each other.” Watch George Harrison talk about the power of comedy and why the Beatles clicked with the public in a resurfaced 1981 interview ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/rare-1981-george-harrison-interview-resurfaces qFHoFX2ecVfXAgLgXQiaq3 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:55:00 +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[ “I can only imagine how they would have reacted if they had seen us playing their guitars.” How John Lennon and George Harrison's early Beatles guitars found their way onto an obscure psychedelic rock album ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/derek-shulman-on-recording-with-the-beatles-gear-and-jumping-on-john-lennons-bed VErqPQbdvMarf8jhNJhkwH Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:16:34 +0000 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:30:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I realized I had something very exciting on my hands. I wasn’t expecting it at all.” Dad unknowingly buys John Lennon’s “White Album” combo for about $4,000 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/english-guitarist-unknowingly-buys-john-lennons-white-album-amp 62w2rVVE7MUNLrLFULQS8A Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:34:54 +0000 Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:06:52 +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[ “Bob said, ‘What’s that?’ I told him, ‘That’s one of your songs, man.’” Roger McGuinn says Bob Dylan didn't recognize his own song when the Byrds performed it for him ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/roger-mcguinn-on-bob-dylan-hearing-the-byrds-mr-tambourine-man J3xC2b9XXHLngpPcsxs4t4 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:53:34 +0000 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:47:18 +0000