Beatles News
In an interview with Warren Huart, recording engineer Bradley Cook looks back on engineering the Foo Fighters classic The Colour and the Shape- particularly Dave Grohl’s work on the song “Everlong”. Alternative Nation transcribed comments from the interview. Hearing the vocals isolated off the mixing console, Cook recollected:
“On this record, Dave told me the first record, Dave tripled all his vocals, just tripled them out-that’s not so great and Gil [Norton, producer of the FF’s sophomore effort] kind of wanted him to step out of that and do more lead vocally stuff cause Dave hated his voice. So he [Dave] wanted to double, triple it; some of the songs were single vocals and it brought him out.”
Source: William Spevack/alternativenation.net
As feuds go, the private-turned-public battle between John Lennon and Paul McCartney was definitely one for the ages. When The Beatles broke up, the two old friends and songwriting partners didn’t shy away from letting people know about it.
On Ram, Paul took several shots at John. The track “Too Many People” had references to some unnamed people’s “preaching practices” that Paul didn’t like. He also sang, “You took your lucky break, and you broke it in two.” John heard these subtle messages loud and clear.
In response, he did his best to bury Paul on “How Do You Sleep?” So Beatles fans heard firsthand that John considered Paul’s music akin to “Muzak” and and his creativity “dead.” It was a long way from the image of two friends harmonizing cheek-to-jowl in 1964.
Source: cheatsheet.com
Beatlemania is coming back to Heritage Sandy Springs’ Sandy Springs Society Entertainment Lawn for Mother’s Day.
The Return, a Beatles tribute band, will kick off Heritage’s 23rd annual free spring/summer concert series May 12. The Griffin-based group last played at Concerts by the Springs in 2015.
Neither a member of The Return nor a Heritage representative were available for an interview with the Neighbor.
According to its website, The Return was founded in 1995, “when four young friends got together to play their favorite Beatles songs just for the fun of it.”
“It wasn’t long before they played in front of an audience at the request of a friend and as it turned out, were very well received,” the website stated. “That show—which was supposed to be a one-time thing--led to another gig, which led to another and so on until the band found themselves playing on a regular basis. They decided to go ahead and make it official. They named themselves the Roaches.”
Source: Bill Baldowski @NorthsideNbr/tribuneledgernews.com
Nowhere, Woolton Village’s quirky new cafe-bar, where John Lennon and his Quarrymen used to rehearse in the cellar, will open its doors for the first time for the Bank Holiday weekend.
Open from Friday, May 3, Nowhere will welcome guests across the weekend, before permanently opening on Tuesday. The new venue will offer a breakfast and brunch menu and evening small plates, along with a creative cocktail list, artisan coffees and a wide selection of loose leaf teas.
The cafe bar will also be available for private parties and will showcase the best of Liverpool’s up-and-coming singing talent. When there isn’t a live performance, “relaxed, soulful beats” will set the tone for Nowhere.
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Russ Gibb, the farsighted arts lover and entrepreneur who helped ignite Detroit's live rock scene, died Tuesday in Garden City after a series of medical struggles. The longtime Dearborn resident was 87.
Gibb — a larger-than-life character known to local music fans as "Uncle Russ" — transformed the Grande Ballroom into Detroit's psychedelic-rock palace in 1966, a game-changing move that launched an indelible chapter in Detroit music history. It was just one hallmark in a colorful life that included decades as a beloved video-production teacher at Dearborn High School.
Gibb, who had been battling health issues the past several years, was rushed Tuesday afternoon to Garden City Hospital after suffering respiratory distress while at the Heartland rehabilitation center in Dearborn Heights. He died Tuesday evening at the hospital, said Andy Fradkin, a former student of Gibb who held power of attorney.
Source: Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press
The Beatles legend John Lennon’s official Instagram account shared a recent photo of famous musician Klaus Voormann and celebrated his 81st birthday.
Here is what Lohn Lennon’s official Instagram account wrote:
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY KLAUS VOORMANN!
Friends since they met in Hamburg in 1960, Klaus Voormann not only famously created the Grammy Award-winning cover for The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ and their ‘Anthology’ albums, he also played bass on many John Lennon, Yoko Ono, George Harrison and Ringo Starr solo albums, as well as with a host of other artists.
Source: Enes K./metalheadzone.com
When John Lennon began recording with Yoko Ono in 1968, the couple had experiments they wanted to try out. They did just that with Unfinished Music Nos. 1 and 2 as well as Wedding Album. These three records all appeared while The Beatles remained together as a band.
In early 1970, with the days of Beatles recording sessions finished, John had a No. 3 hit with his single, “Instant Karma.” Phil Spector, the producer who finished up Let It Be, proved to be a great match for John on that track.
After the Fab Four’s official breakup and months of “primal scream” therapy, John and Yoko prepared to record again. They drafted Ringo to play drums, Klaus Voormann on bass, and Spector to produce.
Source: cheatsheet.com
Of all the awards The Beatles got together and on their own as solo artists, Paul McCartney has racked up the most honors. The still-thriving Paul has the most Grammys and Billboard No. 1 hits of any member of the Fab Four.
In 1979, he even got several entries in the Guinness Book of World Records. One proclaimed him the most successful songwriter in history for the number of hit singles he’d written. Some 40 years later, he’s still penning tunes and selling out concerts.
However, commercial success isn’t everything to an artist on Paul’s level. The respect of his peers and music critics has always mattered to him as well. You saw that when several bad reviews dinged his confidence in the early days of Wings.
During a series of interviews he gave in the ’90s, Paul said what he considered one of the highest compliments he ever got. It came from Jimi Hendrix just a few days after the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Source: cheatsheet.com
Legendary bass guitarist of The Beatles, Paul McCartney has shared a new question and answer session on his official website.
Interviewer asked:
“We’ve heard that you can do headstands. Are there any skills that you’re proud of that fans might not be aware of? And, is the headstand thing true?”
Paul responded:
“Oh yeah, I’ll show you! Come on, I’ve already done it today at the gym… [Paul does the headstand] YEAH! Come on! I’ve often thought about videoing it and singing a song upside down!”
Interviewer said:
“Thank you so much for showing us your headstand, some of us are keen yogis and haven’t mastered it yet.”
Source: Feyyaz Ustaer/metalheadzone.com
When The Beatles started out, the contributions of John Lennon and Paul McCartney could hardly be separated. They wrote lyrics and melodies together, harmonized on vocals, and took turns playing piano and guitar. A Lennon-McCartney song was exactly that.
Naturally, they developed their own styles over the years, and they grew apart as songwriters. Even though they had that Lennon-McCartney tag, you knew “Penny Lane” was a Paul tune and “Yer Blues” was 100% John.
However, their partnership didn’t end when “Good Day Sunshine” stood next to “I’m Only Sleeping” on Revolver. According to the Beatles Bible, 1967’s “Baby You’re a Rich Man” represented a late, equal collaboration between the two.
But that wasn’t that last time Paul and John made magic together. One more classic collaboration appeared on the final Beatles album. You can also hear the band deliver a spirited performance of it on the roof of Apple studios in Let It Be.
Source: cheatsheet.com
