“I don’t blame Phil Spector for doing it but it just goes to show that it’s no good me sitting here thinking I’m in control because obviously, I’m not.” —
By the end of The Beatles, tensions were high. Each new album seemed to bring about a new iteration of the band’s collapse, with The White Album feeling like the
Sometimes group dynamics become cemented early on and never budge no matter how much growth or disparate personal wanderings are had. The Beatles were a case in point. While drummer
Rick Derringer, whose six-decade career spanned teen stardom as lead singer of the ‘60s smash “Hang on Sloopy,” a ‘70s solo hit with “Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo,” session work
Anybody working, commuting, or simply having their lunch on or about 12.30 in the afternoon of a chilly January 30th, 1969, in London’s Mayfair area was met with an unexpected