Latest about John Lennon
Byrd’s founder Roger McGuinn on the origins of John Lennon’s trippiest track
The guitarist reveals the deep friendship between the Byrds and the Beatles at the dawn of the 1960s’ psychedelic era
Brian Ray on the only time Paul McCartney and John Lennon got writer's block
“You have to remember,” Macca's longtime guitarist told us, “the Beatles did a record every six months”
How John Lennon’s murder inspired one of Mark Knopfler’s most personal songs
The Dire Straits leader drew on his experiences with an obsessive fan who followed him from show to show — but it took him 16 years to finish the song
“I can gauge his reaction.” Paul McCartney says he still talks to John Lennon while writing songs
McCartney says he often imagined what Lennon would think of his new material — and could still hear his old songwriting partner's voice in the process.
How John Lennon created one of the Beatles’ strangest sounds in just five minutes
Eddie Kramer recalls watching Lennon discover a forgotten electronic instrument and turn it into the signature sound of “Baby You’re a Rich Man.”
The “accidental” 1976 smash hit created by a virtuoso rock group and the most recorded guitarist in history
Louie Shelton and the founding members of Toto didn’t think the song had “a chance in hell” of succeeding. A DJ proved them wrong
Paul McCartney says the Beatles are haunting his new album
The former Beatles star says memories of John Lennon and George Harrison helped shape ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’
Brian May on the chart-topping Queen hit Freddie Mercury composed while getting ready one morning
John Lennon said the song inspired his return to the studio in 1980 for his final album, ‘Double Fantasy’
