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"Every kid who picks up a guitar wants to be Keith Richards, right?" How Andrew Watt kicked Keef and Mick Jagger "up the ass in the studio," connected the Stones back to Muddy Waters, and recruited Paul McCartney for a punky cameo on the band's new album By Brad Tolinski published 9 November 23 Andrew Watt has made records with Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, Pearl Jam, and more, but manning the boards for the Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds was, he says, "the honor of my lifetime”
"I Kept Trying to Use Other Guitars, but Nigel Godrich Would Say, ‘You Know What We Should Try, Don’t You?’ ‘Casino?’ ‘Yep!’": Paul McCartney Reveals How He Fell Back in Love with His Epiphone Casino, and Transformed His Sound, in 2005 GP Interview By Michael Molenda published 7 September 23 For the critically acclaimed 'Chaos and Creation in the Backyard,' McCartney was encouraged to abandon his Les Paul, but also found time to beef up his acoustic fingerpicking, and plug into his old Vox AC30.
“People Always Say I’m the Beatle Who Changed the Most”: The Incredible Story of How George Harrison Became a Guitar Legend By Christopher Scapelliti published 24 March 23 While all the elements of Harrison’s guitar style were falling into place, the Beatles were falling apart. Here’s what happened…
The Incredible Story of Les Paul's "Lover" – the Breakthrough Multitrack Recording That Changed the World, Part 2 By Martin McQuade published 20 January 23 Seventy-five years later, we’re still reeling from this groundbreaking single
Watch the Beatles’ ‘Please Please Me’ Mini-Documentary By Rod Brakes published 19 January 23 Video The Fab Four’s debut album turns 60 this year
Here's Why the Beatles’ ‘Let It Be... Naked’ Is a Must-Have Album By Jim Campilongo published 13 December 22 The Fab Four’s 1970 swan song finds its groove in this 2003 redux
Get 22% Off the Beatles’ New ‘Revolver’ Special Edition 5CD Box Set By Christopher Scapelliti published 28 October 22 Remixed in stereo, this expanded version of the psychedelic rock masterpiece is available now at a special introductory price
Here’s Why Bob Dylan Was Essential to the Birth of Psychedelic Rock By Christopher Scapelliti published 25 October 22 From the Beatles and the Byrds to Jimi Hendrix and Jefferson Airplane, the folk legend laid the groundwork for all
“I Think It Comes From Their Fingers and the Guitars”: Listen to Tracks From the Beatles’ New ‘Revolver’ Releases and Read Giles Martin’s Unmissable Interview on Re-Mixing (and De-Mixing!) the Landmark Album By Christopher Scapelliti published 21 October 22 Wielding a sonic scalpel, the producer presents the Beatles’ 1966 milestone recording as you’ve never heard it
Listen to The Beatles’ New Release: “Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1)” By Rod Brakes published 4 October 22 Video This rare track appears ahead of the newly mixed and expanded ‘Revolver’ Special Editions
