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LEFT: John Lennon, 1965 - London, England, United Kingdom. RIGHT: Dave Davies of The Kinks pop group rehearsing in their dressing room before a concert September 1964
Dave Davies revisits the Kinks’ Beatles rivalry — and reveals the only Fab Four member he admired

By Phil Weller Published

More than 60 years after the bands first clashed, the guitarist says George Harrison was “the nicest guy,” while offering little praise for Lennon or Paul McCartney

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LEFT: "One to One" Concert - 8/30/72 At the request of Geraldo Rivera, shortly after the release of his album "Sometime in New York CIty, agreed to headline two charity concerts to benefit the Willowbrook Home, a facility for learning disabled children. The event was called "One To One", both concerts were filmed and recorded, with excerpts broadcast on ABC. RIGHT: Frank Zappa in his studio 1974 in Los Angeles, California..
Frank Zappa said John Lennon took credit for one of his songs

By Phil Weller Published

Zappa accused Lennon of repackaging his song “King Kong” as if he and Yoko Ono had written it themselves

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(left to right) Mick Jagger, Elvis Presley, John Lennon
Mick Jagger says John Lennon talked him out of meeting Elvis Presley — and he still regrets it

By Phil Weller Published

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

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Little River Band on 01.05.1983.
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

By Gary Graff Published

“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

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LEFT: Sean Lennon performs with Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade at TD Amp Ballantyne on June 16, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina. RIGHT: John Lennon on the set of 'The Ed Sullivan Show' at CBS's Studio 50, New York, New York, February 8, 1964.
Sean Lennon says his dad deserves more credit for shaping heavy music

By Phil Weller Published

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

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The Beatles hold the sleeve of their new LP, 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', at the press launch for the album, held at Brian Epstein's house at 24 Chapel Street, London, 19th May 1967.
Paul McCartney on John Lennon’s accidental acid trip during a nighttime recording session

By Phil Weller Published

McCartney says the band was happy to see if Lennon’s altered state created studio magic. On this night, it nearly ended in catastrophe

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LEFT: John Lennon backstage for the Beatles' final performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, August 14th, 1965. RIGHT: Roger McGuinn of "The Byrds," at a recording session in Los Angeles, California. Image dated June 2, 1965.
Byrd’s founder Roger McGuinn on the origins of John Lennon’s trippiest track

By Andrew Daly Published

The guitarist reveals the deep friendship between the Byrds and the Beatles at the dawn of the 1960s’ psychedelic era

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Paul McCartney (left) and Brian Ray perform onstage at the Desert Trip festival in Indio, California on October 8, 2016
Brian Ray on the only time Paul McCartney and John Lennon got writer's block

By Jackson Maxwell Published

“You have to remember,” Macca's longtime guitarist told us, “the Beatles did a record every six months”

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LEFT: John Lennon poses for a photo in 1977 in New York City RIGHT: Mark Knopfler of Dire Staits performs at Oakland Coliseum Arena on February 2, 1992 in Oakland, California
How John Lennon’s murder inspired one of Mark Knopfler’s most personal songs

By Phil Weller Published

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

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Paul McCartney and John Lennon arrive in England from Greek holiday wearing psychedelic clothes July 1967
“I can gauge his reaction.” Paul McCartney says he still talks to John Lennon while writing songs

By Phil Weller Published

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.

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