Latest about John Lennon
Mick Jagger says John Lennon talked him out of meeting Elvis Presley — and he still regrets it
The Rolling Stones frontman says Lennon’s disappointing encounter with Presley convinced him to stay away — a decision he still wishes he hadn’t made
John Lennon played it on repeat. Frank Sinatra called it the best song of the 1970s. How a simple C9 chord inspired a timeless top-10 hit
“It was a spiritual download that just flowed through me”: guitarist Graeham Goble explains how learning this extended chord unlocked LRB's “pinnacle song” in half an hour
Sean Lennon says his dad deserves more credit for shaping heavy music
The son of John Lennon traces his love of dark, dissonant music to Fantasia and the Beatles' “I Want You (She's So Heavy),” which he calls one of rock's most groundbreaking riffs
Paul McCartney on John Lennon’s accidental acid trip during a nighttime recording session
McCartney says the band was happy to see if Lennon’s altered state created studio magic. On this night, it nearly ended in catastrophe
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.
