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Rock and Roll!

Two wonderful and highly recommended treatments of the early history of rock-and-roll.

Reason

How to watch 'Let It Be' online — stream restored The Beatles documentary, release date

With the restored Beatles doc set to stream across the universe, here's how to watch 'Let It Be' online and exclusively on Disney Plus.

Tom’s Guide

"George Harrison said, ‘When the Beatles play a low E, it sounds like a low E. When Duane plays it, it sounds an octave lower!’”: The story of Duane Eddy's Peter Gunn theme

The late King Of Twang remembered his signature song with us back in 2011

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Let It Be review – reissued Beatles film takes long and winding road to eventual acclaim

Reviled by the band when it came out and widely thought of as miserable, the film – restored to its original format – actually offers light and insightful moments

The Guardian - UK

Superb restored Beatles "Let It Be" doc

Michael Lindsay-Hogg's 1970 film gets a glorious restoration, capturing rock ‘n’ roll’s most extraordinary foursome

Salon

Bernard Hill obituary

Versatile actor whose role as Yosser Hughes in the BBC’s 1982 series Boys from the Blackstuff made him a television star

The Guardian - UK

Jeff Daniels "in awe" of George Harrison

On "Everything Fab Four," the acclaimed actor discusses the Beatles, his career and Netflix series "A Man in Full"

Salon

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John Duff Lowe obituary

Other lives: Finance adviser and pianist who played on the first record that Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison made together

The Guardian - UK

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Duane Eddy died at 86

The star helped define the early rock ‘n’ roll guitar sound.

Evening Standard

Guitar Legend Duane Eddy, Pioneer Of 'Twang' Sound, Dies

Duane Eddy, the iconic guitar hero, passes at 86, leaving behind a lasting musical legacy.

Top News

Duane Eddy, who put the twang in early rock guitar with 'Rebel Rouser', dies at age 86

He was a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as "Rebel Rouser" and "Peter Gunn" influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians.

WEKU

Duane Eddy, pioneering rock’n’roll guitarist, dies at 86

Grammy-winning musician, who had a string of instrumental hits in the 50s and 60s, has died of cancer

The Guardian - US

“One of the most successful instrumentalists in rock history”: Duane Eddy, rock guitar pioneer, dies at 86

Hugely influential to the likes of George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and John Fogerty, the Gretsch-wielding legend was known for his unmistakable, twanging tone and smash instrumental hits like Rebel Rouser

Guitar World

“Rick Nielsen would come into my dressing room with a guitar and say, ‘Joe, you really should buy this one’”: Joe Perry on the ’57 Gretsch Duo Jet that recorded Dude (Looks Like a Lady)

On Guitar World’s December 1987 cover, Joe Perry – tagline “the Bad Boy who's badder than ever” – was rocking a ’57 Duo Jet. This is the story behind the guitar

Guitar World

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"I know me and I know my playing... and then there's Rain": The Beatles' greatest b-side was ahead of its time, but it also exposed a difference of perspective between Lennon and McCartney

Rain features some of the greatest individual performances by the four Beatles while sounding like it was beamed from the future

MusicRadar

"Because I don't read music, I didn't know what the melody that went with it was": Paul McCartney explains why his musical limitations and "stealing" benefitted the Abbey Road medley that gave us The Beatles' true swansong

"It's turned out to be quite soulful," the legendary songwriter reflects

Louder

"I like to make women happy. I don't play for guys": That time Carlos Santana made an album of classic rock covers including songs by AC/DC and Led Zeppelin

You’ve got to have big balls to do an album of covers of songs from rock’s crown jewels. Or be totally bonkers

Guitar World

“We thought it was lost forever. This could be the guitar that sets a new world record”: John Lennon’s missing Help! Framus acoustic has been found in an attic after 50 years – and it could become one of the most expensive guitars ever sold

The 12-string acoustic guitar was used on a number of classic Beatles tracks, and is tipped to rival Kurt Cobain’s $6m Martin D-18e when it hits the auction block next month

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The Guardian - UK

Guitar played by John Lennon on Help!, lost for 50 years, going up for auction

Guitar also played by George Harrison on Norwegian Wood could sell for millions in May auction, alongside other memorabilia including a book of Tupac Shakur’s handwritten lyrics

Louder

"The bigger I got as a solo artist, the more we had to pay the Mob": Peter Frampton looks back over an extraordinary six-decade career

Peter Frampton has lived the rock life to its fullest, playing many parts – prodigy, teen idol, guitar hero, global superstar, forgotten man, comeback kid, survivor

Top News

The Beatles And Solo Members Release New Music For Fans

The Beatles members release new music for Record Store Day 2024, including reissued albums and EPs. Limited editions available.

Louder

"Jimi Hendrix lived a block from me in New York. We jammed together a lot": Al Kooper's stories of the Rolling Stones, The Who, Bob Dylan, Joe Walsh and more

He freaked out Lynyrd Skynyrd, produced The Tubes and more, hung out at Keith Moon’s house and had George Harrison hang out at his. He's the legendary Al Kooper

MusicRadar

"I never intended the statement to mean 'Paul McCartney quits Beatles'... It was all a misunderstanding. I just thought 'Christ, what have I done? Now we’re in for it'": The day the world learned the Fab Four were over

McCartney spilled the beans on this day in 1970

MusicRadar

'At his musical core, John Lennon had a wonderful way with chords': Here are 4 of his Beatles voicings and guitar rhythm ideas to inspire you

All my strumming, I will send to you

MusicRadar

"Songwriting for me, at the time of Rubber Soul, was a bit frightening because John and Paul had been writing since they were three years old": How The Beatles raised their game in 1965 to create a masterpiece that "broke everything open"

The Beatles' sixth album Rubber Soul was a colossal creative leap and marked the point at which albums began to be viewed as works of real artistic merit

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