Jeff Healey, a Canadian guitar legend, died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He was 41. Healey contracted retinal cancer as a baby and was blind by age one. He taught himself to play guitar, starting at 3 years old. He will be remembered most for his unconventional playing style, holding standard guitars flat […]
Here at B5 Music we’re doing another fun list post. This time around the theme is the top songs we’re listening to these days. I tried to nail down my top 10 favourite Beatles tunes, but I couldn’t narrow the list that far. So my top ten has fifteen unordered entries.
Get Back
Come Together
While My […]
Here are some of the biggest stories in Beatles history that happened this week in previous years. Click each thumbnail for a larger image.
February 24, 1964. US magazine Newsweek runs with The Beatles on the cover.
February 25, 1963. “Please Please Me” / “Ask Me Why” single released in the US, on George Harrison’s 20th birthday.
February […]
This is the third part of a series on John Lennon’s Guitars. See also:
Part One: Gallotone Champion Acoustic John Lennon Guitar here
Part Two: Hofner Club 40 Electric John Lennon Guitar here.
Click thumbnails below for larger images:
John Lennon’s most famous guitar was his 1958 Rickenbacker 325 electric. On the Beatles’ first trip to Hamburg in […]
To be a successful band, you have to play a lot of shows. To become huge, you have to tour the world. And The Beatles did indeed do some major tours in the first half of the 1960s. But it all started in Liverpool. Here are some photos of he Beatles in Liverpool. Click each […]
Just in case you didn’t have enough songs stuck in your head after my list of 10 One-Hit Wonder Songs I Can’t Get Out of My Rocking Head, here’s what the other kids drew:
Metal Martyr Scott found a way to put the words Barry and Manilow together, on a metal music blog.
Head Bruce’s warning. DON’T […]
A year after the release of their first film “A Hard Day’s Night“, The Beatles put out a second feature entitled “Help!” on 29 July 1965. Like its predecessor, “Help!” was directed by Richard Lester and co-starred Victor Spinetti. The style and themes draw on The Marx Brothers’ movie “Duck Soup” and James Bond flicks.
The […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir on an old 10 shekel bill, with Paul McCartney added. The caption says “Golda and McCartney the beloved (illustrative image)”.
Here’s a bit of strange history and a bit of strange news. Israeli English-language newspaper The Jerusalem Post reports that Israel will officially apologise to The Beatles for uninviting them […]
Ringo is not an easy man to anger, but the producers of “Regis and Kelly” made a special effort. Ringo was set to appear on their Tuesday morning programme with Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics. They planned to perform a 4.25 minute track from Ringo’s new album “Liverpool 8″ and have a short interview as […]
The Rock Relic was at it again this week, posting twice about The Beatles. On Monday he mentioned how Paul gave ex-wife Heather Mills $16000 worth of birthday gifts. And today he tried to find hidden messages in The Beatles.
Tags: Beatles, blog, Heather-Mills, Paul, Paul-McCartney, Rock-Relic Beatles, blog, Heather Mills, Paul, Paul McCartney, Rock […]
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