April 4, 2013 Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett had the tendency of being overshadowed by a couple of big names that they nurtured, for one George Harrison and the other Eric Clapton.
October 22, 2012 If you're a Beatles fan like me, you're likely loving all of the "new" releases and reissues that are coming out and there's one more single that's dropping today.
October 2, 2012 In 1967, in the wake of the Sgt. Pepper’s album, The Beatles devised, wrote and directed their third film, Magical Mystery Tour. It never saw the light of day in the US and was broadcast only once on British TV. Now, Apple Films have worked their own magic on this quirky masterpiece.
October 1, 2012 The remastered Beatles catalog is coming to fans in a big, big way. I mean. This is going to be huge.
September 17, 2012 The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were held over the weekend and George Harrison's documentary went home a winner.
A 1964 Beatles record player just sold on eBay for $1580.00 and it doesn’t even play records! That didn’t deter collectors in the slightest because the vintage turntable that listed for $9.99 found the high bidder spending the equivalent of what most folks might pay to own a high-definition sound system.
The Beatles already own at least a dozen Guinness World Records, including Most Recorded Song (‘Yesterday,’ natch), Most No. 1 Singles on the U.S. Chart (an even 20 between 1964-70), and Biggest All-Time Sales for a Band. And on Oct. 5, fans will gather in Liverpool to try and add one more record to the list.
Drummers are the Rodney Dangerfield of rock. From jokes like, “What did the drummer get on his IQ test?” (answer: drool) to the mock tragedies that befell Spinal Tap’s myriad timekeepers, drummers get no respect. However, a new list shows that many of them are laughing all the way to the bank.
For the seventh time since being convicted of killing John Lennon, Mark David Chapman has been denied parole. The New York Department of Corrections announced the ruling this morning, meaning the man who shot the Beatle on December 8, 1980 will serve at least two more years in jail.
The British Film Institute has announced that they’ll screen the Beatles classic ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ with a new behind-the-scenes BBC TV ‘Arena’ series feature titled ‘Magical Mystery Tour Revisited.’ The Examiner reports that the event comes Oct. 2, a week before the rumored release of a Blu-Ray and restored DVD surrounding the film.
If you’re looking for a reason to stay in tonight, PBS has it as their ‘My Music’ series served up ‘Ed Sullivan’s Top Performers.’ The special, airing on PBS stations across the country, takes a look back at the longtime variety show host’s top music acts.
July 25, 2012 When the Beatles catalog went up on iTunes, I thought, "This will never last. The vinyl generation would never let this happen." I guess I was wrong because a new Beatles vinyl compilation is headed for iTunes.
