Latest about John Lennon
The Liverbirds played alongside the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – and paved the way for women in rock
From booting Chuck Berry’s manager off stage and proving John Lennon wrong, to touring Japan and blazing a screaming trail across Europe, The Liverbirds took Merseybeat beyond British shores, on their own terms
LA-based guitar repairer Ryan Schuermann on how he landed the guitar repair gig of a lifetime
The guitar repairer restored John Lennon's 12-string Framus Hootenanny acoustic guitar to its former glory, after it was lost for over 50 years
John Lennon’s lost Help! Framus acoustic has been found in an attic after 50 years
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
“John Lennon said, ‘Girls don't play guitars’”: The Liverbirds on meeting The Beatles
The trailblazing Liverpool group later wondered if Lennon’s jibes were intended to push them to make a success of the band
Earl Slick on fast times with John Lennon and David Bowie – and saying no to Whitesnake
The venerable session ace has lived a life less ordinary and has the discography to show for it. Earl Slick tells us what it was like to share the stage and studio with music legends
Why Klaus Voormann’s bassline on John Lennon’s Whatever Gets You Thru The Night is a must-listen
The German musician and artist was John Lennon's bass guitarist of choice for two decades
“I thought, ‘Oh, God, this could go really bad…’ I’m telling him that I can’t remember playing with him on a No. 1 record”: Earl Slick says he was too high to remember meeting John Lennon during David Bowie’s Fame recording session
The guitarist and session man met The Beatle while recording David Bowie’s Young Americans and was invited to play on Double Fantasy
“We didn’t realize we were breaking up as it was happening”: The Beatles intended to go back to their roots on Let It Be – instead, they documented the collapse of their magical creative partnership
A mix of rootsy, spirited rockers, stunning ballads, and unfocused jams, Let It Be captured the Fab Four looking to find their footing as a group again
“There it was, John’s voice, crystal clear. It’s quite emotional. And we all play on it – it’s a genuine Beatles recording”: The final Beatles song, Now and Then, has been released at last – but is it any good?
Built from a John Lennon demo, Now and Then features newly recorded contributions from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, with additional guitar work from the late George Harrison
John Lennon: “Willie Weeks was supposed to do it, but he was doing a George Harrison session”: In August 1980 John Lennon could have called just about any bass player on Earth. He went with Tony Levin
The King Crimson bassist recalls the making of Double Fantasy and why he laughed at The Beatle’s first ever words to him
