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“His death was such a shock. I met him before he joined the Pretenders – he had actually talked to me about playing with the band”: How the Pretenders emerged from tragedy with new guitarist Robbie McIntosh

Shattered by drugs and reeling from the loss of James Honeyman-Scott, the Pretenders came back swinging with 1984’s Learning to Crawl

Guitar World

“I never even got as far as Riverside. But I lost her. She married some other guy. We’re still friends”: How Jimmy Webb's classic song By The Time I Get To Phoenix found the right interpreter

“It's a kind of fantasy about something I wish I would have done” said Jimmy Webb

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“A guy approached me one night after a concert. He had a map, he had all the times, and he had a stopwatch. And he showed me how it was impossible”: The story of how the classic song By The Time I Get To Phoenix found the right interpreter

“It's a kind of fantasy about something I wish I would have done” said Jimmy Webb

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“I’ve got a little story about a chord you might like”: Paul McCartney is challenging fans to work out the mystery guitar chord that inspired his new album – and we’ve figured it out

The unusual chord that opens The Boys of Dungeon Lane has been fuelling a hearty debate. So, what is it?

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The song Bob Dylan called the greatest ever written: “I just held two notes down… it’s shivery, icy, almost like outer space kind of sound. Glen went crazy and said ‘We have to get that, we gotta put that on the fade’” - The story of Wichita Lineman

“When I heard it I cried”

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The 23 most embarrassing lyrics of all time, from U2 to Eminem

COUNTDOWN: Kevin E G Perry runs down the clunkiest and most baffling song lyrics

The Independent UK

“We took 36 hours to cut Good Vibrations. We knew it was a big deal”: Carol Kaye’s 10 greatest basslines

The session legend was responsible for some of the finest bass playing ever committed to tape – here are her best moments

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“A lot of people don’t think this fits with Pet Sounds. But really, what does fit with Pet Sounds?”: Carol Kaye on her 10 greatest recordings

As she celebrates her 90th birthday, we revisit our classic interview with the legendary bassist

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The song Bob Dylan called the greatest ever written: “I just held two notes down… it’s shivery, icy, almost like outer space kind of sound. Glen went crazy and said ‘We have to get that, we gotta put that on the fade’” - The story of Wichita Lineman

Best of 2024: “When I heard it I cried”

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Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Jimmy Webb and more stars pay tribute to Kris Kristofferson

Barbra Streisand has called him something special

The Independent UK

Cher determination: Inside the skill, scandal and survival of pop’s most immortal star

As the ‘Believe’ singer re-releases two of her least celebrated electro-pop albums, Helen Brown salutes a woman who has packed a surreal amount of glitz, glamour and controversy into her six decades of fame

The Independent UK

“What surprises people about Wichita Lineman is that it was written in a hurry. If I'd had more time, I would have looked at that couplet and taken it out”: Jimmy Webb on Elvis, his lost weekend with Nilsson and Lennon, and that classic lyric

Plus, he picks his top 5 lyrics by other artists

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"With music, you seem to take it all in and it becomes immersive. Music has a power all its own": The Cure's Reeves Gabrels picks the 10 records that changed his life

Former David Bowie and current Cure guitarist Reeves Gabrels picks ten singles that left a lasting impact

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Carol Kaye on her 10 greatest recordings: "How many people can go home and say, ‘Yeah, I played with Frank Sinatra today’ or ‘We cut a cool track for The Beach Boys this afternoon’? Not many"

Classic interview: the most recorded bassist in history on here personal highlights

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The Guardian - UK

The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan review – an enlightening listen-along

Dylan meditates on 66 songs he holds dear in an eclectic collection of essays that breathes new life into groundbreaking hits while relishing obscurities and oddities

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‘He thought the world was bad and life was rubbish’ – Jared Harris’s shock at his dad Richard’s worldview

He topped the charts, dated a princess and was a screen star from the kitchen sink 60s to Harry Potter. Yet his achievements were eclipsed by his hell-raising image. As a new film searches for the real Richard Harris, his son Jared looks back

The National (Scotland)

American legend Jimmy Webb heading to Scotland where 'they really know how to sing'

SOME songs paint vivid pictures. Few songwriters have combined the seemingly mundane – the worker on a telephone pole or the man leaving quietly…

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