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Sir Paul McCartney visits Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm at Brooklyn Museum on April 29, 2024 in Brooklyn, New York.

Paul McCartney says the Beatles are haunting his new album

By Phil Weller published

The former Beatles star says memories of John Lennon and George Harrison helped shape ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’

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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr perform during rehearsals for the David Lynch Foundation "Change Begins Within" concert held at the Radio City Music Hall on April 4, 2009 in New York City.

Paul McCartney and RIngo Starr reveal the big mix-up behind their first-ever duet

By Christopher Scapelliti published

The Beatles legends finally record together on “Home to Us,” a Liverpool-inspired song on McCartney’s upcoming album

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circa 1960: Paul McCartney on stage at the Cavern nightclub in Liverpool during the early days of British beat group The Beatles.

“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

By Elizabeth Swann published

The former Wings sound engineer recalls the events that led to the disappearance of the famous Beatles bass

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Paul McCartney of English rock and pop group The Beatles tunes up his Hofner 500/1 violin bass guitar on stage during rehearsals for the ABC Television music television show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' Summer Spin at Teddington Studios in London on 11th July 1964. The band would go on to play four songs on the show, A Hard Day's Night, Long Tall Sally, Things We Said Today and You Can't Do That.

The woman who found Paul McCartney’s bass guitar in her attic had no idea a global search for the instrument was going on

By Christopher Scapelliti published

Cathy Guest discovered she had the bass after uploading a photo of it to Google Images

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2TBTY54 Aug. 9, 1969 - London, England, U.K. - English rock band, The Beatles (L-R): PAUL McCARTNEY, RINGO STARR, JOHN LENNON and GEORGE HARRISON.

What to watch for in Paul McCartney’s ‘Man on the Run’ documentary, out now

By Phil Weller published

The film documents his transition from Beatle to solo artist across a chaotic decade

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Rock and roll musicians Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash as "The Million Dollar Quartet" December 4, 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee. This was a one night jam session at Sun Studios.

The King of Rockabilly on the gruesome onstage accident that nearly ended his career — and his life

By Christopher Scapelliti published

Carl Perkins was friends with Elvis and inspired the Beatles. But in a split second, one of rock and roll’s pioneers was nearly silenced forever

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Stevie Wonder during a photo session in Griffith Park on September 15, 1972 in Los Angeles, California.

Session guitar legend Dean Parks on his historic hit recordings with Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, and B.B. King

By Joe Matera published

His classic licks can be heard across some of the artists’ biggest albums of the 1970s and ’80s

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LEFT: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, 1967. RIGHT: Dolly Parton performs with a guitar, 1976.

How Dolly Parton met the Beatles twice — and stole the show both times

By Elizabeth Swann published

Former Fabs Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were on hand for a pair of memorable events in Dolly‘s history

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LEFT: Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) performs live on stage playing a black Fender Stratocaster guitar with The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 24th February 1969. RIGHT: Paul McCartney, fronts his next band "Wings" in May 1976 in Los Angeles, California.

Paul McCartney on seeing Jimi Hendrix perform to an empty club — and those rumors about their supergroup with Miles Davis

By Phil Weller published

It could have been the perfect union following the Beatles' break up

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Musicians John Lennon (R) and Paul McCartney of English rock group The Beatles on the set of television special The Music of Lennon & McCartney at Granada Studios, Manchester, circa November 1965.

Paul McCartney said he and John Lennon were ambidextrous guitarists thanks to this one thing

By Elizabeth Swann published

McCartney also explained how he came to understand the bass guitar's transformational power while recording the Beatles' "Michelle"

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