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Something About the Beatles

Something About the Beatles

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Hosted by award-winning author Robert Rodriguez, Something About The Beatles is an intelligent but entertaining examination of The Beatles' music and career. Smart, funny and surprising - just like the Fab Four.Parading Press Music
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  • 326: Beatles (Guitars) For Sale

    326: Beatles (Guitars) For Sale
    May 20 2026
    In recent years there have been a number of Beatle-owned guitars rediscovered (sometimes in someone's attic) and put up for auction; some ended up in the collection of the late Jim Irsay and others did not. But all of these instruments have something in common: they were in the hands of George or John once, and they (mostly) ended up being heard by millions on recordings we all love. My guest Sam Popkin (Gear, There and Everywhere podcast) and I sat down to discuss the backstories of 7 of these guitars. (One of them was used by both George and Badfinger's Pete Ham.) This isn't (just) a conversation for guitar nerds: it's the stories behind these guitars that live on through the music they made. These instruments were, for a time, loved by their owners who used them to explore a sonic landscape resulting in songs that live on in our hearts. Something About The Beatles is sponsored by DistroKid and Magical Mystery Camp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 325: The Beatles Playing Live with Glenn Greenberg

    325: The Beatles Playing Live with Glenn Greenberg
    May 8 2026
    Touring and performing live represented a challenge to The Beatles during their years of rapid artistic growth. Being a successful recording act necessitated touring to maintain one's status and to sell records, but when the infrastructure of the day was insufficient to support both the music they were making as well as serve the high demand for tickets in every corner of the country, the strain became too great. Still, they labored to find an alternative, first with an album that would "go on tour" (Sgt. Pepper) and later with the concept of a tightly-controlled live situation that facilitated the audience-artist interaction on a manageable scale (the "Get Back" project). My returning guest Glenn Greenberg has just published a bookazine on the three North American tours, Beatles in America: The Touring Years. See link below. We discuss the pros and cons of touring as well as The Beatles' efforts to move to an alternative path (and the what ifs). https://magazineshop.us/products/the-beatles-in-america-the-touring-years?srsltid=AfmBOoobBR-sIJ0RhyFc-4YABsH7BrEgM2keYi5wR-FcO17tWSQtTWFS&variant=41350579355706 Something About The Beatles is sponsored by DistroKid and Magical Mystery Camp. Go to www.distrokid.com/vip/satb for 30% off your annual membership. Go to magicalmysterycamp.com for details on the coming event in June 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • SATB Special: Ivor Davis Remembered

    SATB Special: Ivor Davis Remembered
    Apr 28 2026
    SATB Special: Ivor Davis RememberedLondon-born journalist Ivor Davis holds a special place in the hearts of everyone lucky enough to speak with or spend time with him. He was a charming man who could make you feel like you were old friends in a manner of minutes; a raconteur full of tales from his rich life of the famous he'd crossed paths with and the history he'd witnessed. We came into each other's orbits when he penned his first Beatles memoir in 2014, The Beatles anf Me on Tour - recalling how as a journalist for the Daily Express he'd been assigned to cover the 1964 and 1965 Beatles North American tours for the folks back home. (He also ghost-wrote a column under George's name.) He naturally became a good friend to them, and later on was based in Los Angeles, where he found himself at the center of more history, this time tragic: the assassination of RFK in 1968 and the Tate-LaBianca murders a year later. But there was more pleasant history that he witnsessed, including the legendary meetings between The Beatles and Bob Dylan as well as with Elvis Presley. I hosted Ivor on the show three times: 130: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/130-the-beatles-and-charles-manson/id1483392342?i=1000453334078 174: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/174-once-upon-a-time-with-ivor-davis/id1483392342?i=1000453334001 284: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sixty-years-on-with-ivor-davis/id1483392342?i=1000662038846 But this 2021 conversation was never heard on the podcast before and serves as a sort of Ivor's greatest hits. So if you never met Ivor, his stories will live on through his books and this is as good an introduction to a friend we'll miss as any. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 mins
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