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A Hidden Audience Member – And a Message from the One Who’s No Longer Here New York, July 14, 2025. As Paul McCartney performed “Here Today” — the song he wrote for John Lennon — he noticed an elderly man in the front row, silently weeping, clutching an old sketch of the two Beatles as young men sitting and singing together on a Liverpool sidewalk. After the show, Paul asked to meet him. The man said only one thing as he handed over a worn envelope: “I was John’s schoolmate. I’ve kept this for 60 years, waiting for the right person to give it to.” Inside was a handwritten lyric: “If I go first, don’t cry – I’ll still play rhythm when you sigh.” Paul stood still, eyes lifted to the New York night sky. “So you’re still writing, aren’t you, John?”.

July 14, 2025 Breezy 0

A Hidden Audience Member – And a Message from the One Who’s No Longer Here There are moments in music history that feel almost scripted […]

Joe Walsh telling the story of the transaction… “Jimmy was still playing the Telecasters that he played in the Yardbirds. He was looking for a Les Paul and asked if I knew of any, ’cause he couldn’t find one that he liked. And I had two. So l kept the one I liked the most and I flew with the other one. I laid it on him and said, ‘Try this out.’ He really liked it. So I gave him a really good deal. I had to hand-carry it; I flew there and everything. So whatever my expenses were, that’s what I charged him. But again, I just thought he should have a Les Paul for godsakes!” Jimmy used it to record Zeppelin Il that May. The guitar became and remained his favorite guitar throughout his years with Zeppelin, and as he acquired others, he started referring to it as his number one

July 5, 2025 Breezy 0

“The Guitar That Changed Rock History: Joe Walsh Recalls the Day He Gave Jimmy Page His Beloved Les Paul” In the vast tapestry of rock […]