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Joey Molland, a guitarist with 1970s Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger, dies at 77

Joey Molland, a guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger that was known for such 1970s hits as “No Matter What” and “Day After Day,” has died at age 77

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“George gets up and says, ‘Andy was not the first choice. There were seven guitarists and he was the seventh choice’”: Before Andy Fairweather Low joined George Harrison’s band, the Beatle was eyeing up Gary Moore and Alvin Lee

The prolific session player joined Harrison for his 1991 tour of Japan, but it turns out he was rather low on the pecking order when the Beatles legend came to assembling his band

Guitar World

Rare Beatles vinyl gifted by George Harrison sells for £10,000 at auction

The self-titled record, commonly known as the White Album because of its plain white sleeve, was sold on Monday.

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“An unbelievably special musician, and an amazing person”: Joey Molland, guitarist, singer, last surviving original member of Badfinger, dies at 77

In addition to his time with the early '70s hitmakers, Molland worked independently with all four Beatles, playing guitar on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and John Lennon's Imagine

Guitar World

“Our manager overheard one of Pink Floyd say something about our keyboardist and he threatened to break their legs”: Andy Fairweather Low’s wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters and Tom Jones

From Hendrix’s backing vocalist to George Harrison and Roger Waters’ right hand man, Andy Fairweather Low is one of rock’s secret MVPs

Louder

“AI is not creating John's voice. John's voice existed on that cassette and we made the song around him”: Giles Martin explains why you’d be wrong to think ‘AI’ created Lennon's parts for The Beatles' Now and Then

Exclusive: Watch the track's co-producer demonstrate the machine learning technology behind the Fab Four's final single

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“It was like unraveling a mystery, trying to imagine what George might have meant”: Lost chords that George Harrison wrote down before his passing have been turned into a new song – and it was recorded using three of his famed Beatles guitars

For the Love of George is taken from a new George Harrison tribute album, which was recorded using the late Beatle’s own guitars

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George Harrison's amazing career as a guitarist, during and after the Beatles – only in the new Guitar World

Also starring Dhani Harrison, Dream Theater's John Petrucci, Spiritbox's Mike Stringer, Warren Haynes, Buck Dharma, X's Billy Zoom, Jinjer, Paul Gilbert, Cobra Kai's guitar guys, 60 years of Peavey and more

Guitar World

“A meeting was arranged, but the guy took off and drove to Guadalajara”: It was used for one of the greatest guitar solos of all time, then “kidnapped” and driven to Mexico – the Hollywood-like story of one of George Harrison's most famous guitars

Clandestine meetings, dramatic TV pleas, ransom demands, hurried getaway drives across the Mexican border... it sounds like a thriller, but it all revolved around a very special Les Paul

Guitar World

“I figured people would call me a liar so I didn’t take it. That guitar may be the most valuable guitar in history”: Norman Harris on the one vintage guitar that got away

The owner of Norman’s Rare Guitars made one early career mistake that still haunts him

Guitar World

“I always thought that Pink Floyd were a band for people who don’t like music or rock’n’roll”: Jack Bruce’s wild tales of Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Leslie West and more

From Ginger Baker’s genius to Leslie West’s food roadie, former Cream man Jack Bruce saw it all

Louder

“I sang this song with George Harrison on Saturday Night Live in 1976”: Paul Simon teams up with Sabrina Carpenter for Simon & Garfunkel classic during SNL's 50th anniversary special

The star-studded event also featured Jack White's rendition of Neil Young's Rockin’ in the Free World, Adam Sandler on acoustic, Bonnie Raitt joining forces with Coldplay's Chris Martin, and Paul McCartney serving Beatles classics

Guitar World

30 Pics That Show Something Interesting That You May Not Have Seen Before

There's always something captivating about a historical photo. Check this list out to see what we mean. The post 30 Pics That Show Something Interesting That You May Not Have Seen Before first appeared on Bored Panda.

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“It threw me off completely. Here I am in front of 16,000 people, on the stage where Jeff Beck stood, where The Beatles stood, and where Jimi Hendrix stood”: Steve Lukather on wielding Beck’s Strat, jams with George Harrison –and his best solo slip-up

Luke sets the record straight on recent fake interview about modern players, explains how he knew when Michael Jackson liked his playing, and hints at what to expect from his new Music Man signature

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This new magazine feels like the F1 museum of your dreams

RQ1 magazine, from the team behind RACEWKND, shows off some of the coolest, rarest F1 memorabilia you've ever seen

Evening Standard

Ringo Starr sends ‘peace and love’ after Beatles’ Grammy win

The award came more than 60 years after the foursome, who formed in Liverpool in 1960, won the Grammy for best new artist.

MusicRadar

“He turned out to be the nicest, funniest guy I'd ever hung out with": Steve Lukather on meeting his hero, George Harrison

Toto man shared stage with both Harrison and Eddie Van Halen

Guitar World

“I gave him my Les Paul to use, which, just by him holding it, increased its value by like a million dollars”: In 1992, Steve Lukather was still getting over meeting his Beatles icon – then there was a knock on the stage door

For one night, the Toto icon wound up onstage with Eddie Van Halen –and his guitar hero

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“Adrian and I connected on everything – we even went to the Whisky and paid $5 to see Van Halen play in a one-third full room”: Cult guitar hero Rob Fetters on his friendship with Adrian Belew – and the time they raced home to try tapping after seeing EVH

The Raisins co-founder has returned to making his own music after years of commercial work. He looks back on his fruitful friendship with Zappa sideman Belew – but can’t predict if they’ll reboot their former band

MusicRadar

"I’ve written this tune and I’m going to record it tonight and have it pressed, up and out tomorrow": John Lennon wrote and recorded Instant Karma in one day. Here's how it happened

"It was like all hell breaking loose. Tape machines, tape loops, tape delays, echo chambers, you name it!"

Evening Standard

Elton John warns AI plans would ‘threaten’ artist earnings as he backs McCartney

The use of copyrighted material to help train artificial intelligence models is the subject of a newly launched Government consultation.

BANG Premier

Ringo Starr has late Beatles bandmate George Harrison to thank for new country album

Sir Ringo Starr and T Bone Burnett's new album 'Look Up' happened because the two musicians met up unexpectedly at the launch party for Olivia Harrison's book 'Came the Lightening - Twenty Poems for George' - which she released to mark the 20th anniversary of her husband George Harrison's death…

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Sir Paul McCartney: Ringo Starr for President!

Sir Paul McCartney thinks Sir Ringo Starr would make a "great" president and has given his backing to a long-running campaign.

Guitar World

“A less idiosyncratic, more intuitive but still distinctly handsome machine. It plays and feels like a much more modern proposition”: Gretsch Professional Series Hollow Body Tennessean review

The working musician’s hollowbody designed to handle most popular styles but retaining that unmistakably cool Gretsch vibe

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“George is certainly not a rock player, and neither is Ringo. They’re both swing musicians”: Producer T Bone Burnett on the country roots of the Beatles

"Almost everything he did with the Beatles was country," Burnett says of Starr

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