Although he started out as a guitar player, Paul McCartney took on bass guitar duties for the Beatles in July 1961, while the group was performing in Hamburg. Until then, he’d been one of the ...

Paul McCartney and John Lennon on The Ed Sullivan Show. Getty Images “We had this gig and it was like, the first thing I ever played, and I was lead guitar player. John was rhythm,” he recalled.

Ray describes how he and Anderson are joined by McCartney on third guitar for the Beatles’ classic The End. “At the end of the show, we do the guitar shoot-out on The End with Paul, Rusty and ...

He explained that it would have made little sense to ask if he could re-string someone's guitar. "And at a party, you only want to play it for 15 or 30 minutes or so, and by the time you've goofed ...

Sir Paul McCartney’s bass guitar that went missing more than 50 years ago has been found. The Beatles band member used the guitar on famous tracks such as Twist And Shout and She Loves You but ...

Beatles history is full of stories about Paul McCartney’s dual life as a bassist and guitarist. After getting saddled with the instrument when Stuart Sutcliffe left the group in July 1961 ...