“Now I Understand”: How John Lennon’s “Imagine” Helped Inform Another Classic That Initially Flopped Upon Its 1971 Release
Without Paul McCartney to temper his more eccentric creative impulses, John Lennon spent much of his early days…
The one song Ozzy Osbourne thought he could never sing: “I’d have pilgrims down at the hotel”
It’s virtually impossible to divorce Ozzy Osbourne from his signature dark persona. Sure, he might have been known to a…
The Buddy Holly song John Lennon knew backwards and forwards
Someone as iconic as John Lennon would typically be too absorbed by their own projects to really take much notice…
The band Rod Stewart always wanted to reform but never got the chance to
I’ve often said that The Yardbirds are the most influential band in the world when it comes to guitar players,…
The musician who changed bass playing for Paul McCartney: “I started to realise the power you had”
It’s safe to say that Paul McCartney never really wanted to be introduced as the bassist for The Beatles. As…
The one line that Elton John said best describes him: “That’s me in a nutshell”
The kind of life Elton John has lived is the kind that only a few people in show business can…
The Motown star George Harrison fell “madly in love” with
From the first affordable motor car to the unavoidable landscape of Tim Robinson quotes, the world has a…
The private $7,500 letter that John Lennon wrote to Waylon Jennings
In 2014, Guernsey’s Auctions sold a letter, only a handful of lines long, for $7,500. It was part…
The singer Jimmy Page called “the best in two decades”
The year is 1980, and Led Zeppelin is virtually dead in the water. The band had released the next major…
How dating a Beatle proved harrowing for Jane Asher
Often overshadowed among the subjects of The Beatles’ most celebrated love songs, but Paul McCartney’s old flame Jane Asher…