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The band Joni Mitchell said were as important as The Beatles

    The band Joni Mitchell said were as important as The Beatles

Not everyone has the same musical upbringing when they decide to play rock and roll. There’s bound to be some overlap now and again, but the lion’s share of the

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4 Beatles Songs With Unexpected Endings – American Songwriter

    4 Beatles Songs With Unexpected Endings – American Songwriter

The Beatles grew impressively as songwriters in the relatively short time that they recorded together. They generally stayed ahead of the curve when it came to using storytelling techniques that

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“I Gave It to George (Harrison)”: If It Wasn’t for David Crosby, ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ May Have Never Existed – American Songwriter

    “I Gave It to George (Harrison)”: If It Wasn’t for David Crosby, ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ May Have Never Existed – American Songwriter

One of the staple attributes of George Harrison’s music is the Indian influence embedded within it. “My Sweet Lord,” “Within You Without You,” and “The Inner Light” are just a

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The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of the Beatles

    The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of the Beatles

The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of the Beatles The national bestseller that Newsday called “the most authoritative and candid look yet at the personal lives…of the oft-scrutinized group,”

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How The Beatles played out a pun on the Abbey Road album cover

    How The Beatles played out a pun on the Abbey Road album cover

No, there never actually was a fifth member of The Beatles. Or was there? It’s been joked about for years

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The moment George Harrison slammed his pal Eric Clapton

    The moment George Harrison slammed his pal Eric Clapton

It took a lot to irk George Harrison. The moment he encountered the dhyana plane of Hindu mysticism and meditative

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The John Lennon songs that were forever lost to history

    The John Lennon songs that were forever lost to history

Listening to old tapes of John Lennon is the equivalent of going through lost archives for Beatles fans. Lennon was

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The punk band George Harrison felt sorry for

    The punk band George Harrison felt sorry for

By the time that The Beatles disbanded, none of them were going to be going in the same direction. John

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The “crap” Beatles song John Lennon called “garbage”

    The “crap” Beatles song John Lennon called “garbage”

Long ago the notion of John Lennon as a pure peace-loving activist was squashed. A man with a self-acknowledged searing

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The only piano line George Harrison never tired of

    The only piano line George Harrison never tired of

The Beatles’ vision was always to become the “toppermost of the poppermost”. They managed to make British music be taken as seriously as the American blues boys that came before

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