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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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Beatles Paul McCartney and John Lennon, London, 1967.

Elvis Presley inspired it. John Lennon hated it. Behind the song he wanted to keep off the Beatles’ first psychedelic record 

By Elizabeth Swann published

Lennon borrowed a line from Presley’s “Baby, Let’s Play House” to write one of his darkest lyrics

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LEFT: Studio portrait of Lemmy Kilmister (1945 - 2015) of hard rock band Motorhead, United Kingdom, 7th November 2010. RIGHT: American musician Chrissie Hynde, of the group Pretenders, performs at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, April 13, 1984.

Chrissie Hynde on her unforgettable first meeting with Lemmy — and the one band he truly loved

By Phil Weller published

Before he was shattering decibels with Motörhead, Lemmy was chasing Liverpudlian girls who were obsessed with the new band in town

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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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Beatles legend George Harrison before TV Show Formula One, Munich, Germany, february 1988

“He didn’t like being a solo guy.” Jeff Lynne reveals the truth about George Harrison after the Beatles

By Phil Weller published

Harrison quietly longed for what he lost when the band ended — and found it again in an unlikely place

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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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George Martin, George Harrison And George Martin

George Harrison on the night the Beatles got George Martin and his crew high

By Phil Weller published

The producer wouldn’t learn about the incident until the early ‘90s

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LEFT: Don Was performs at I Am The Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell at the Forum on January 16, 2019 in Inglewood, California. RIGHT: George Harrison at the Concert for Bangladesh, August 1971

Don Was says this modern-day guitar hero “might be better than George Harrison”

By Phil Weller published

The producer worked with Harrison while producing Bob Dylan in 1990 and says the parallels are noteworthy

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Former Beatle John Lennon poses for a photo with his wife Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon in 1977 in New York City, New York.

The surgeon who tried to save John Lennon's life remembers the night the former Beatle died

By Christopher Scapelliti published

Frank Veteran was on call the night Lennon was shot. He was the last doctor to attend to the slain Beatle

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