John Lennon only issued seven solo albums in the 10 years after the Beatles broke up. The posthumously released Milk and Honey and Menlove Ave. made for a total of nine. With such a small sample ...

John Lennon was a perfectionist ... but it is Paul’s song,” said Lennon. “Son of ‘Day Tripper’ meaning a rock and roll song with a guitar lick on a fuzzy, loud guitar.” ...

John Lennon was also the band’s rhythm guitarist, and he doesn’t get enough love for his honestly underrated guitar-playing skills. His talents were showcased in a few specific songs ...

Lennon took inspiration from childhood favorite Lonnie Donegan's "Lost John" while playing guitar during the Beatles' early 1968 sabbatical with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi – then completed this ...

It’s well known that, in the beginning, the Beatles had three guitarists: John Lennon ... McCartney to take over bass guitar duties. The instrument was beyond Lennon's abilities, and Harrison ...

John Lennon didn't have ... Interestingly, Phil Spector – not Lennon – plays the similarly elliptical piano part. “Love” actually started out as a guitar-based demo. Lennon takes a breath ...

By Laurie Gwen Shapiro One morning in the mid-1970s, a solemn announcement came over the intercom at Friends Seminary: “Noted person John ... Lennon’s answer. Some swore he played guitar ...

And in the bridge, there’s a slightly heavier guitar in there and that’s me.” (from left) David Bowie, Yoko Ono, and John Lennon, photographed at the 17th Annual Grammy Awards on March 1 ...

Learning to play guitar through those tracks was an act of communion, every strum bringing him closer to his father John Lennon, who was killed in December 1980. John was 40 and Sean was 5.

The B-52s and Yoko Ono might not be the most obviously similar musical icons, but one evening in a Bermuda nightclub, that was exactly the comparison John ... Lennon used a unique electric guitar ...

Yoko Ono and John Lennon in New York City circa 1979. Michael Ochs Archives John Lennon and Yoko Ono were “obsessed” with their weight during their time in the spotlight. Former Los Angeles ...

Though the vocal melody is equally as enticing, it’s really Lennon’s playing that gives this song its wings. Though George Harrison also adds a guitar line, we have to give Lennon his props here.