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Paul McCartney is not a humble man by nature. That is not a criticism — it would be strange if he were. He co-wrote the most covered song in history (“Yesterday”), produced a body of work across six decades that has almost no parallel in popular music, and has been called a genius so many … Read more
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours is the best-selling album of confessional music ever made. It has sold over 40 million copies worldwide. It spent 31 weeks at number one in the United States. It won the Grammy for Album of the Year. And every person who appears on the record — every musician who played on those … Read more
Bob Dylan has released 39 studio albums. He has been making records since 1962. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016 — the first musician ever to receive it, a decision so unexpected that the committee reportedly had difficulty reaching him because he didn’t immediately return the call. He has reinvented himself as … Read more
Most people spend their twenties figuring out what they want to do. Elvis Presley spent his rewriting what music was allowed to be — and he was done with the most important part of it before his 25th birthday. That is the fact that gets lost in the jumpsuits and Las Vegas mythology. The young … Read more
Keith Richards has heard everything. That is not a figure of speech. The man has been alive and paying close attention since the early 1950s, when American blues records began washing up on British shores like messages in bottles. He has shared stages with Chuck Berry, recorded with Gram Parsons, jammed with jazz legends, sat … Read more
There is a reason the debate never ends. Fifty-plus years after The Beatles broke up, people are still arguing about who the greatest Beatle really was. Paul gets the votes for melody. George gets the votes for spirituality and underappreciated genius. Ringo gets the votes from people who understand drumming better than most. But Lennon … Read more
In 2024, one of rock music’s most enduring mysteries finally came to an end when Paul McCartney was reunited with the bass guitar stolen from him more than five decades earlier. As the year wrapped up and McCartney brought his Got Back Tour to London’s O2 Arena, fans were already expecting a memorable night. What … Read more
“Is this some kind of joke?” asked the young officer as she stepped out of the patrol car with a mocking look. James Harris, 82 years old, remained still on his motorcycle, hands steady on the handlebars, his calm eyes on the horizon. The officers exchanged impatient glances. “License and registration, and get off the … Read more
The sun hammered down on the cracked sidewalks of Willow Creek, Texas, like it had a personal grudge. Population 4,200, tucked between the rolling Hill Country and the black ribbon of Highway 87. It was the kind of town where the Fourth of July parade still featured the same faded floats, where the diner served … Read more
“Daddy! Daddy, help me!” A five-year-old girl in torn pink unicorn pajamas was being dragged across the concrete floor of the abandoned sawmill. Her small fists hammered uselessly against arms thick as tree trunks. Thirty feet away, seven-year-old Marcus Cole slammed his back against the cold brick wall, heart hammering so hard he thought it … Read more