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LEFT: New York, NY - 1975: John Lennon performing live in his last public performance on the ABC tv special 'Salute to Sir Lew - The Master Showman' at the Grand Hilton Hotel. RIGHT: Paul McCartney performs live on stage with Wings in Fort Worth, Texas on May 03 1976

Did John Lennon really think Paul McCartney was talking to him in this 1976 chart-topping hit?

By Phil Weller published

Their breakup and reconciliation led both to wonder at times about hidden meanings in their lyrics

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LEFT: Bob DYLAN; performing live onstage, RIGHT: George Harrison performs with the Beatles in Germany, 1966

George Harrison on the 1968 visit with Bob Dylan that changed his future in the Beatles

By Christopher Scapelliti published

Dylan's invitation for Harrison to spend Thanksgiving with him in Woodstock forged a friendship that lasted through Harrison's life

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LEFT: John Lennon performing live in his last public performance on the ABC tv special 'Salute to Sir Lew - The Master Showman' at the Grand Hilton Hotel. RIGHT: UNITED STATES - MAY 01: Photo of WINGS and Paul McCARTNEY; performing live onstage with Wings, playing Rickenbacker 4001S bass guitar

Paul McCartney on the time he and John Lennon nearly accepted an offer for the Beatles to appear on Saturday Night Live

By Christopher Scapelliti published

How a $230 million bid to reunite the group led to a comically low bid that Lennon and McCartney nearly took

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George Harrison circa 1990

Eric Idle recalls the violent attack on George Harrison that left him hospitalized and contributed to the former Beatles’ death two years later

By Phil Weller published

In a new podcast, the comedian relates Harrison's struggles following the incident and the resilience in found in his faith

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LEFT: Pete Townshend of The Who performs live on stage at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey on 10th September 1979. Townshend plays his Wine Red Gibson Les Paul Deluxe guitar number 1. RIGHT: English rock and pop group The Beatles, from left George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and John Lennon, perform 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' and 'This Boy' on Granada Television's Late Scene Extra programme at Granada television studios in Manchester, England on November 25th 1963. John Lennon is playing his Gibson J-160E guitar.

The time Pete Townshend trashed the Beatles on television

By Phil Weller published

The Fab Four were selling records like hot cakes, but Townshend wasn’t buying — not until he heard a pair of sides they cut later that same year

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The Beatles, one of the most famous groups in the history of pop music; from left to right, George Harrison (1943 - 2001), Ringo Starr, John Lennon (1940 - 1980), and in front, Paul McCartney, at the EMI studios in Abbey Road, as they prepare for 'Our World', a world-wide live television show broadcasting to 24 countries with a potential audience of 400 million.

Producer Mark Ronson on why Paul McCartney deserves a fresh look for his work in the Beatles and as a solo artist

By Phil Weller published

The man behind Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga records explains why McCartney stands apart from the Beatles for his musical innovation

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LEFT: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Guitarist George Harrison of the rock and roll band "The Beatles" poses for a childhood portrait playing an acoustic guitar in circa 1954 in Liverpool, England. RIGHT: George Harrison attends a press conference to launch the new book by Derek Taylor 'Fifty Years Adrift' at the Sydney Opera House on November 30, 1984 in Sydney, Australia.

George Harrison said a loan from his mom helped him buy his first guitar, setting him on the path to the Beatles

By Phil Weller published

Although the purchase wasn’t as pricey as John Lennon’s first guitar, he had to plead with his mom to do the deal

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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..

John Lennon looked to Frank Zappa for career guidance. Zappa said the former Beatles guitarist got considerably more

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: Pink Floyd 1974 David Gilmour performing with Roy Harper at Hyde Park, 1970. RIGHT: Jimi Hendrix 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.

David Gilmour on his early adventures seeing — and mixing sound for — his idol, Jimi Hendrix

By Christopher Scapelliti published

A Hendrix devotee, Gilmour helped operate the PA system for Hendrix's performance at the 1970 Isle of Wight festival

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Musician George Harrison (1943 - 2001) poses for a portrait at Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, circa 2000.

George Harrison reveals the Beatles' early struggles in a newly discovered interview

By Phil Weller published

From the group's failed auditions to the black eye he earned defending Ringo Starr, Harrison charts the band’s early years and Anthology-era reunion

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