The sixth track off the Beatles album “Help!” is “You’re Going to Lose That Girl”. This is yet another John Lennon track about love troubles. Sometimes I wonder if that’s all he ever thought of. This one is lyrically unusually in that John is telling a friend to wise up. John threatens to take […]
Part seven of this continuing series on John Lennon’s guitars has John venturing into 12-strings for the first time. See the previous entries in the series here:
Part One: Gallotone Champion Acoustic John Lennon Guitar.
Part Two: Hofner Club 40 Electric John Lennon Guitar.
Part Three: 1958 Rickenbacker 325 Capri John Lennon Guitar.
Part Four: 1962 Gibson J-160E John […]
Another week in Beatles History brings us a slew of hits.
March 23 - 1964. John Lennon’s first book “In His Own Write” is published.
March 24 - 1965. Filming for the Beatles movie “Help!” moves to London.
March 25 - 1964. “Can’t Buy Me Love” / “You Can’t Do That” becomes the Beatles’ fourth #1 UK single.
March […]
The Beatles Invasion proudly presents: Beatles Blog Quiz Question Eleven. While the rest of the world seems to change faster than the weather, you can always count on our weekly question. What Beatles song am I thinking of? If you have yet to see last week’s question, click here for Beatles Blog Quiz - Question […]
(Photo of Paul McCartney’s signature guitar from Gibson Guitartown, London, used with permission from nynyfan’s flickr photostream)
“Another Girl” is the fifth track off The Beatles album “Help!”. It’s a fairly simple Paul McCartney love song. The track is noteworthy for being made in one take, with a guitar solo overdubbed by Paul. Along with […]
Neil Aspinall died yesterday at the age of 66, of lung cancer. Aspinall was a childhood friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison. He rented a room in Pete Best’s mother Mona’s house. When The Beatles started touring, Neil became the band’s driver and road manager. His affair with Mona produced a child: Roag Best […]
Back in 1998 I was a teenager living in the suburbs of Vancouver. I was about to graduate from high school, was a relatively new driver, and was teaching myself to play guitar on my new Squier Stratocaster. I was already a big fan of The Beatles and by-and-large preferred Classic Rock over new stuff. […]
This past weekend I hit on a goldmine of Beatles images. Trevino Music Enterprise is an amazing website for anyone interested in the instruments that The Beatles used.
I am indebted to Frank Trevino for giving me permission to use his images on my blog. Here are the few that I’ve grabbed so far. I’ve added […]
This week’s roundup features lots of singles, lots of firsts, and a visit with Pink Floyd.
March 16 - 1964. “Can’t Buy Me Love” / “You Can’t Do That” single released in the US.
March 17 - 1970. “Let It Be” single certified gold in the US.
March 18 - 1968. “Lady Madonna” / “The Inner Light” […]
Moving right along in the series on John Lennon’s Guitars, we have Rickenbacker, Gibson, Gibson and now, surprise, another Rickenbacker. See the previous entries in the series here:
Part One: Gallotone Champion Acoustic John Lennon Guitar.
Part Two: Hofner Club 40 Electric John Lennon Guitar.
Part Three: 1958 Rickenbacker 325 Capri John Lennon Guitar.
Part Four: 1962 Gibson J-160E […]
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