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Paul McCartney is best known for his singing, songwriting, and for playing bass guitar. But he wasn’t always a bass player. In 1956, Paul’s father bought him a trumpet for his 14th birthday.
“I used to play [the trumpet] a little bit because that was the hero instrument then, The Man with the Golden Arm […]
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My first entry of the This Week in Beatles History variety was published on 6 July 2007. Since then, (almost) every week I’ve added to the series. As today is 4 July, the series has come to an end. Over the course of the year I’ve mislabeled a couple of entries, lost count, […]
In the previous entry, I listed the blog entry that was most popular each month. Here I list the top ten most popular Beatles Invasion entries of all time.
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John’s Guitars Part 3: 1958 Rickenbacker 325 Capri John Lennon Guitar
John Lennon’s Guitars Part Nine: 1964 Rickenbacker […]
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In June 2007, I was an underworked computer programmer, looking for a new job, with a lot of time on my hands. My sister was blogging with b5media and suggested I give it a shot. She knew I was a huge fan of music and particularly […]
This is the concluding entry in The Beatles Invasion’s series on John Lennon’s Guitars. Scroll down to read about a few odd instruments John owned and played. See 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 […]
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June 22 - 1957. The Quarry Men play their first public show, on Rosebery Street, for no pay.
June 23 - 1965. Italian radio broadcasts an interview with The Beatles.
June 24 - 1965. John Lennon’s second book, A Spaniard In The Works, is published.
June 25 - 1967. The Beatles perform All You Need Is Love […]
For most of his time with The Beatles, John Lennon’s go-to acoustic guitar was a Gibson J-160E, featured in two early entries in this series on John Lennon’s Guitars. But in 1967, John got another great acoustic axe. See previous entries in the series here:
Part One: Gallotone Champion Acoustic John Lennon Guitar.
Part Two: Hofner Club […]
June 15 - 1964. Ringo Starr plays his first show since being hospitalized on June 3.
June 16 - 1965. Several BBC Radio programmes interview John Lennon about his second published book, A Spaniard In The Works.
June 17 - 1965. In an unprecedented move, nine members of the Order of the British Empire return their honours […]
Way back in December of 2007, when this blog was young, I posted about a Beatles Christmas show from 1963. In April I received an interesting comment to that old post. Neil White wrote:
Remember it well, I saw them in 63 & 64 at the ‘Finsbury Park Astoria’ London, later called ‘The Rainbow’. Only 12 […]
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And now for one of the strangest of John Lennon’s Guitars. Vox made a weird prototype electric guitar specifically for John. See 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 […]
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