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Joey Molland, the Badfinger guitarist who later took on lead singer duties as he led the group into later decades, has died. He was 77.

Molland died on Saturday after a months long battle with multiple health issues, his social media manager announced.

Badfinger was a Welsh rock band known for hits “No Matter What You Do,” “Day After Day,” “Come and Get It” and “Baby Blue,” the latter also famous for its use in the final moments of Breaking Bad. Molland began as the group’s guitarist in the early 1970s, after the band changes its name from The Iveys.

In recent years, Molland led a touring edition of the band despite the fact that the rest of the group’s core members — Pete Ham, Mike Gibbins and Tom Evans — were already dead. Though originally only on guitar, Molland became the lead singer for these shows, billed as Joey Molland’s Badfinger,...

Joey Molland, guitarist for the legendary Welsh rock band Badfinger, died at the age of 77 on Saturday (March 1st). While no cause of death was announced, the veteran musician had been battling a number of health issues recently.

Molland’s passing was reported by his social media manager Paul (aka Pd), who wrote on Instagram, “It is with profound sadness to inform his fans here on Ig, and around the world that Joey (Joseph Charles) Molland passed away last night at 11:39pm Cst, after a 3+ months long battle with multiple health issues.”

Previously, Pd had posted about Molland’s health on January 18th, linking to a GoFundMe page and writing, “Joey has spent the past 2 months in the hospital due to a complicated list of health issues, which centers on complications from his 30+ years of managing diabetes. Not to mention, he’s now 77. He is under constant care…has good days & bad days.

Joey Molland, guitarist and last surviving core member of the rock group Badfinger, has died at the age of 77.

The band’s official Facebook page announced Molland’s death, noting that he died Saturday night surrounded by family. No cause of death was provided, but Molland had faced health issues including pneumonia in recent months.

“Thank you, Joey…for keeping the band’s music alive for so long and for being a friend to us all,” the band added.

Molland joined Badfinger — formerly the Iveys, and one of the first...

In 1973, the world saw George Harrison as the Beatle who was winning the break-up. He became a solo superstar with All Things Must Pass, his big triple-vinyl extravaganza, then his noble and star-studded Concert For Bangla Desh. He’d finally broken free of the Fabs and gotten everything he’d ever wanted. Right? Well, not exactly. George turned his spiritual crisis into Living in the Material World, his slept-on masterpiece — the most profoundly weird album of his life.

It might seem strange they didn’t think of doing this new...

Peter Frampton’s road to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was a long one. The former Humble Pie guitarist has been eligible as a solo artist since 1997, but he wasn’t even nominated until this year. “It’s something I never expected,” he told Rolling Stone shortly after getting the good news earlier this year. “It’s because I keep working. I’ve never given up. I’ve kept coming back and doing more stuff, and I’ve kept touring. I’ve re-built a following that is now enormous.

George Harrison’s second solo album, Living in the Material World, is receiving a massive box set reissue for its 50th anniversary.

Arriving on November 15th, the Super Deluxe Edition features the remastered album pressed on both double vinyl and CD, plus a bonus disc containing 12 previously unreleased early renditions of every album track. Additionally, the box set features a Blu-Ray of the album with Dolby Atmos surround sound technology, a 60-page booklet with extensive sleeve notes, photography, and artwork from Harrison’s archives. There’s also a 7-inch single of Harrison’s previously-unheard rendition of “Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)” featuring Ringo Starr as well as The Band’s Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Garth Hudson.

The remastered album will be released digitally as well, and several exclusive vinyl editions are available for pre-orders now: George Harrison’s official online store is selling a purple-colored variant,...

In her office at the Friar Park estate where she and George Harrison lived, Olivia Harrison grabs a piece of correspondence she only recently saw: a handwritten letter from her late husband to his mother when the Beatles were hanging with the Maharishi in India in 1968. “I became famous and made all this material wealth,” the letter reads in part. “That was only to enable me to see that there was more in life … I now know that I’m going to make it to the real top, which is...

In the vibrant era of the 1960s and 70s, Jim Gordon stood out as one of the most gifted drummers, celebrated by legions of rock fans as a deity of rhythm. His percussive prowess became legendary, his beats driving the pulse of iconic songs that defined a generation.

Yet, amidst this adulation, fate dealt a cruel blow, plunging Gordon from the heights of adoration into the depths of torment.

Jim Gordon

A harrowing illness besieged his life, transforming the paradisiacal realm he inhabited into a living nightmare. Yet, amidst the shadows of his downfall, a beacon of light emerges in the form of a groundbreaking book seeking to unravel the enigma of Jim Gordon’s life.

Renowned music journalist Joel Selvin has penned a gripping narrative titled Drums and Demons, delving into the depths of Jim Gordon’s journey with a depth and intimacy previously unseen.

Joel Selvin’s Quest...

Peacock offers a wide range of documentaries that cater to various interests, including sports, music, filmmaking, and social issues. Notable documentaries available on Peacock include "Hardball: The Girls of Summer," "QT8: Quentin Tarantino: The First Eight," and "Hoop Dreams." Peacock also features acclaimed documentaries like "Being Evel," "Man On Wire," and "Food, Inc." that have received universal acclaim and awards recognition.

Peacock is the over-the-top streaming service from NBC Universal, which means it has a robust library of movies and television shows to entice any viewer, including great Peacock documentaries. While many fans know about the NBC shows that make their way to the streaming service, there is also a huge catalog of Universal movies, as well as movies licensed for the streaming service from other studios. This includes a huge back catalog of documentaries that make for the most engaging, versatile deep dives into what Peacock has to offer.

London – Abbey Road, the last album recorded by The Beatles, is one of the most groundbreaking albums of all time. Named after the now world-famous road on which the recording studios are situated in London, the album’s distinctive sound is indebted to the studios’ Emi TG12345 Mk I console that it was produced on. Developed specifically by Emi, the console was installed at the studio in 1968, and was used by The Beatles to record and mix their legendary album, Abbey Road in 1969, resulting in a smoother more polished sound. The first solid-state transistorised desk built by Emi, known as The Beatles Abbey Road console, is to be offered for the first time at auction in Bonhams’ dedicated sale, Sound of The Beatles: The ‘Abbey Road’ Console, on Thursday 14 December at Bonhams Knightsbridge, London.

Claire Tole-Moir, Head of Bonhams Popular Culture department, commented: “Abbey Road was unlike any of the Beatles’ previous albums.

Sofia Coppola, whose awards contender “Priscilla” is now in theaters, is just one of several filmmakers whose parents were already major names in the industry. Both her father, Francis Ford Coppola, and her mother, Eleanor Coppola, are directors, as is her brother Roman.

Here are some of the most notable second-generation directors in Hollywood, including Jason Reitman, Rob Reiner, Mario Van Peebles and Colin Hanks.

We’re also a big fan of Francesca Scorsese’s TikTok videos with her dad, Martin Scorsese, especially the one where he auditions the family dog.

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Ivan and Jason Reitman

Jason has picked up the “Ghostbusters” mantle from his father, who died in Feb. 2022. He directed “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and the fourth film in the franchise is due in 2024. Jason’s films include “Up in the Air,” “Juno” and “Thank You For Smoking.”

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There is no surprise twist in Chris Wilcha’s Flipside, a documentary making its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. This is not a true-crime doc or a story of unearthed family secrets. (Although there is lots of ephemera excavated after years of quasi-hoarding.) Instead of a twist, though, there is an audience awakening, one that takes a rather standard there-are-places-i-remember doc into surprisingly resonant territory. Ultimately, Flipside is a moving, funny, inventive film that may cause viewers to follow Wilcha’s lead and ask tough questions about their own lives. That is no small feat for a documentarian.

Of course, Wilcha is no novice. His first success, 1999’s The Target Shoots First, brought him rave reviews and modest fame. Wilcha shot it while working at Columbia House Records––yes, the “8 CDs for a penny” mail-order service many remember with great fondness. In Flipside, Wilcha shows the viewer his early-20s self,...

Gary Wright, the singer and keyboardist known for the 1970s synthesizer-driven hits “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive,” has died. He was 80.

Wright died Monday at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, his son Justin Wright told TMZ.

Born on April 26, 1943, in New Jersey, Wright worked as a child actor and at age 7 appeared on the 1949 TV series Captain Video and His Video Rangers. He also worked on TV commercials and starred in the 1954 Broadway musical Fanny.

Wright went to college in New York to study psychology before moving to Germany to complete his studies. In Europe, he met Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, who introduced him to musician Mike Harrison in the late ’60s. They formed the British rock band Spooky Tooth, which disbanded in 1970.

Wright recorded solo for A&m Records, formed the band Wonderwheel and collaborated with other artists, including playing keyboard on George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass album,...

The artist died on Monday at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California.

Gary Wright — the singer-songwriter best known for his iconic single “Dream Weaver,” has died. He was 80.

Wright died Monday at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California, according to his son, Justin, who confirmed the news to Variety, and revealed that his dad has been struggling with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia for the past several years.

Born and raised in Cresskill, New Jersey, Wright went on to move to Europe for his college studies and began performing solo before co-founding the UK rock group Spooky Tooth in 1967.

Wright also played keyboards on George Harrison’s triple album, and his first solo album post-Beatles, All Things Must Pass, in 1970. His friendship with Harrison influenced his appreciation for new age genre and sound and played a big role in Wright’s breakthrough album, The Dream Weaver,...

Gary Wright, singer of mid-70s hits “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive” as well as a close collaborator of George Harrison, has died at the age of 80.

Wright passed away Monday, September 4th, due to complications from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia.

Wright spent the early part of his musical career in Europe, where he fronted the blues rock outfit Spooky Tooth. While working on his debut solo album in the early 1970s, his bassist Klaus Voormann introduced him George Harrison, The two ended up becoming close friends and collaborators, with Wright playing keyboard on Harrison’s solo album All Things Must Pass and all subsequent releases during the 1970s. In turn, Harrison contributed to Wright’s 1971 solo album, Footprint.

Wright’s most successful solo release came in 1975 with The Dream Weaver. Both the title track and the song “Love Is Alive” hit No. 2 in the US,...

Singer-songwriter and synth pioneer Gary Wright, who penned the massive hits “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive” and became George Harrison’s longtime friend and collaborator, died Monday morning. He was 80.

Wright’s son, Justin, confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone, adding that the cause was Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. According to Justin, Wright was diagnosed with Parkinson’s “around six or seven years ago” before a subsequent dementia diagnosis. “He managed it fairly well for a while,” Justin tells Rolling Stone. “But a few years ago,...

John Wick Chapter 4 pushed the envelope on stunt performance with the many flinging of bodies every which way. Extraction 2 boldly showed a visceral prison yard riot fight sequence in a one-shot. Tom Cruise did his thing and collaborated with many more brave souls participating in his death-defying stunts in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. This year saw many accomplishments in the popular genre of action and it seems as though the public are giving the hard-working stunt people behind the scenes more and more deserved recognition.

Bullet Train‘s David Leitch and Kelly McCormick are big names in the stunt community, and they join the likes of Chad Stahelski, Sam Hargrave and countless others in elevating the action genre to new heights. According to Variety, Leitch and his producing partner spouse, Kelly McCormick, are working with Universal Pictures Content Group for a new series centered on Hollywood stunt performers to be titled Action.

“Bullet Train” duo, director-producer David Leitch and his producing partner Kelly McCormick, have partnered with Universal Pictures Content Group for Hollywood stunt performer series “Action.”

The 6 x 60′ series follows elite stunt performers as they push themselves to the limit and risk personal sacrifice for professional success and aims to capture their real lives. It will feature exclusive behind-the-scenes access to some of Hollywood’s biggest movie sets including “The Fall Guy,” directed by Leitch and produced by McCormick, a film that celebrates these talented individuals as the crew go about their work as stunt doubles, coordinators and second unit directors on set.

The series, which is currently in post-production, will be produced through Leitch and McCormick’s production and action design company, 87North. The duo serve as executive producers on “Action,” working with producers Josh Oreck and Chelsea Allen (“Prop Culture”) and director Bridger Nielson (“All Things Must Pass”). NBC Universal Global Distribution...

A bit of Beatle history was made this week, and we have Dolly Parton to thank for it. Earlier this month, Parton debuted her cover of “Let It Be” featuring Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Now, the single from her upcoming covers album Rockstar has landed a spot on a number of Billboard charts, marking the first time in history that two Beatles are listed as separate artists on the same charting song

Parton’s “Let It Be” — named Consequence’s Song of the Week — has hit No. 2 on the Rock Digital Song Sales chart, No. 15 on the Country Digital Song Sales chart, and No. 22 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart, all dated the week of September 2nd. The song is credited to “Dolly Parton, featuring Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr”.

Thus, Parton’s “Let It Be” marks the first time that Starr and McCartney — or any former Beatles,...

Cornelius’s seventh studio album, Dream in Dream, falls more in line with the Japanese multi-instrumentalist’s previous release, 2017’s largely ambient Mellow Waves, than any of his earlier (and livelier) efforts, and the two back-to-back albums point to an emerging late-period trend toward minimalism. But while Mellow Waves stripped Cornelius’s sound down to its most essential elements, Dream in Dream effectively leverages his keen compositional abilities with his ear for catchy pop melodies.

Opener “Change and Vanish” kicks things off with a misdirection of sorts: After a brief bit of distorted reverb, it seems as if the entirety of track might be composed of just a few sour synthesizer notes, but cascading synth arpeggios eventually bubble through the sparse mix. The same kind of bait-and-switch can be found on the muzzy “Environmental,” whose backend is suddenly filled with 8-bit-era chiptuned notes and woozy electronics.

“Too Pure,” on the other hand,...

In 1973, the world saw George Harrison as the Beatle who was winning the break-up. He became a solo superstar with All Things Must Pass, his big triple-vinyl extravaganza, then his noble and star-sudded Concert For Bangla Desh. He’d finally broken free of the Fabs and gotten everything he’d ever wanted. Right? Well, not exactly. George stripped it all down for his sleeper masterpiece: Living In The Material World, released 50 years ago at the end of May 1973. It’s the most profoundly weird album of his life.

Over the years,...

Willie Nelson celebrated his 90th birthday last weekend with some of his talented friends and admirers — from Keith Richards to Billy Strings — at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A. Just a few days later, the iconic singer-songwriter also added to his accolades by becoming a newly elected member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. From covering rock and pop classics to collaborating with non-country acts both live and on record, here are 10 of the mercurial master’s best rock-influenced performances.

“All Things Must Pass” (with Lukas Nelson)

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Jim Gordon, a drummer who played on Derek and the Dominos’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs and the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, died Monday at the age of 77. The musician, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was serving a prison sentence for killing his mother in 1983, died in a state-run medical facility in Vacaville, California. Publicist Bob Merlis confirmed Gordon’s death in a statement, adding that Gordon died of natural causes.

In addition to his incredible catalog of recordings, Gordon is also known for sharing a songwriting credit on “Layla” with Eric Clapton,...

Jim Gordon, a prolific and in-demand session drummer for dozens of acts who joined Eric Clapton in writing “Layla” for their band Derek and the Dominos and later was convicted of murdering his mother, died Monday at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, CA. He was 77.

Publicist Bob Merlis said Gordon, who and had been in prison for 40 years and struggled with mental health issues, died of natural causes.

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Born in Los Angeles, Gordon was part of the Wrecking Crew, the core group of studio musicians who played on scads of hits records for dozens of acts. He was behind the kit for such memorable 1960s albums as the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and Crosby,...

Jim Gordon, a Wrecking Crew session drummer and member of Eric Clapton’s band Derek and the Dominos who was diagnosed with schizophrenia after murdering his mother, has died at the age of 77.

In 1983, Gordon murdered his mother in a psychotic episode. He was sentenced to 16 years to life, but never showed up for any of his parole hearings. As of this year, he was serving his sentence at California Medical Facility in Vacaville, where he died of natural causes on Wednesday (March 15th), as confirmed by a representative.

Born James Beck Gordon in Southern California, he began playing drums in his early teens and quickly developed a reputation as a talented and versatile musician. His big break came in the late 1960s when he was hired as a session drummer for The Everly Brothers.

With legendary drummer Hal Blaine as his mentor, Gordon became a member of the group...

Like many kids of the '90s, John Candy was my treasured movie uncle growing up. The beloved "Second City Television" funnyman turned comedic superstar could just as easily make you bust a gut laughing as he could tear your heart out. Heck, he was capable of doing both those things in the span of a single scene. That we were forced to bid farewell to him at the age of only 43 — when he died of a heart attack in 1994 — only makes the time we got him all the more precious.

Candy's fellow wise-cracking Canuck, Ryan Reynolds, paid his respects to the late funnyman on the 25th anniversary of his passing in 2019, posting a short video of clips from Candy's movies on Twitter as "a small tribute to a comedic genius and Canadian hero." Three years after that, however, Reynolds revealed he's also working on a far more labor-heavy love...

The late comedian John Candy is getting the documentary treatment from Colin Hanks and Ryan Reynolds.

Amazon’s Prime Video is in negotiations to acquire an untitled film that Hanks has been quietly directing. Reynolds — who, like Candy, hails from Canada — is producing alongside George Dewey via his Maximum Effort production company.

The film will explore the life and legacy of the iconic funnyman Candy, who died of a heart attack in 1994 at the age of 43. But insiders say the film will go beyond the persona and delve into the inner life that Candy kept private off-screen. With the full support of Candy’s widow, Rose, and their two children, Jen and Chris, Hanks will utilize never-before-seen home videos, archives and interviews with the family to explore the man behind the movie star. Candy became one of the most in-demand comic stars of the 1980s and early ’90s, appearing in...

Look at her, she’s Sandra Dee… and also a spandex-rocking stiletto queen. Those extremes were dictated by the plot of “Grease,” but Olivia Newton-John had a strong narrative arc in her recording career, too. First, she was the country-pop crossover queen who set a template for Shania Twain; then, a dance-pop princess who could well have been the proto-Kylie; finally, a mature balladeer leaning toward self-help material that befit the public struggles and inspirational tone of her life’s difficult last act.

In celebration of the pop icon who died Monday at age 73, here’s a survey dedicated to covering the musical peaks and occasional eccentricities of a career that stretched from her film debut in 1965 to her ’70s and early ’80s heyday to her reflective final albums in the 2010s. The “Hopelessly Devoted” singer doesn’t deserve anything less than 25 critical devotionals.

25. ‘I Touch Myself’

Even most of...

Yes drummer Alan White, who joined the progressive rock band in 1972 and stayed with them for the next 50 years, has died at 72 after a brief illness.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is most famous for his work in Yes, but also performed with John Lennon in the Plastic Ono Band — He’s featured on both “Instant Karma” and “Imagine” — and with George Harrison on All Things Must Pass.

“Throughout his life and six-decade career, Alan was many things to many people,” his family wrote in a statement confirming his death.

Alan White, the longtime drummer for the British progressive-rock band Yes and also played with John Lennon and George Harrison, died today at his home in Seattle following a brief illness, his family has announced. He was 72.

“Throughout his life and six-decade career,” White’s family posted on Facebook, “Alan was many things to many people: a certified rock star to fans around the world, band mate to a select few, and gentleman and friend to all who met him.”

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Although best known for his drumming with Yes — a band he joined in 1972 and with whom he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 — White also played with the John Lennon & Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band in 1969, performing on the smash Lennon singles “Imagine” and “Instant Karma (We All Shine On).” He performed with Lennon, Ono and Eric Clapton...

Looking back 50 years at anything that isn’t related to geology, evolution or astronomy feels like a glimpse at a long-bygone age. That’s especially so for the 14th annual Grammy Awards, which took place on March 14, 1972 at the Felt Forum in New York’s Madison Square Garden and were broadcast on ABC.

The show was hosted by virtuoso easy-listening singer Andy Williams; presenters included Ed Sullivan, the Fifth Dimension, the Carpenters and “Brady Bunch” star Florence Henderson. Carly Simon won Best New Artist; Kris Kristofferson won Best Country & Western Song for “Help Me Make It Through the Night”; and in a horrifying-in-retrospect accolade, best children’s album went to “Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs.”

However, in uncharacteristically hip moves, Isaac Hayes’ “Shaft” won Best Original Score for a Motion Picture; Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers and Ike & Tina Turner won R&b categories; Cheech and Chong, nominated for Best Comedy Album,...

In 2018, Lee Bains was at a Swedish university, where he’d been invited to speak about music and movement-building, when a student asked him a question he still thinks about to this day: Given Bains’ interest in social justice organizing, the student wanted to know if Bains ever wrote songs with the idea of people being able to sing along to them?

“Not really, to be honest,” Bains replied.

“The reason I ask,” Bains remembers the student saying, “Is that in the early 20th century Swedish labor movement, there would be songs adapted from hymns,...

Procol Harum frontman Gary Brooker, who led the band throughout their 55-year history and co-wrote and sang their 1967 classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” died at his home from cancer on Saturday, Feb. 19. He was 76.

“His first single with Procol Harum, 1967’s ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale,’ is widely regarded as defining ‘The Summer of Love’, yet it could scarcely have been more different from the characteristic records of that era,” Procol Harum said in a group statement. “Nor was it characteristic of his own writing. Over thirteen albums Procol...

George Harrison was all of 27 years old when he started making what became All Things Must Pass, in May 1970. The Beatles, the band to which he had dedicated his musical life since he was 15, were over, and Harrison spent the summer and fall in the studio, hammering out songs he had been sitting on and building new ones. He assembled an all-star cast of peers, from pal Eric Clapton and future Domino Bobby Whitlock to semi-Beatles Klaus Voormann and Billy Preston to actual Beatles Ringo Starr and John Lennon and a dozen more.

The world knows so many different Paul McCartneys: the charming young moptop, the Sixties avant-garde innovator, the bearded family man, the rock & roll legend. But the stunning new Hulu docuseries McCartney 3, 2, 1 presents Paul like we’ve never seen him before: the proud music geek. It’s just Macca in deep conversation with fellow legend Rick Rubin, as they listen close to the Beatles’ music, sharing memories and focusing on the sonic details. 3, 2, 1 has struck a nerve with fans, because there’s never been a music doc quite like it.

As Klaus Voormann recalls, the bass player, artist, and friend of the Beatles had no idea what was about to hit him when he arrived at Emi Studios (later known as Abbey Road) one day in late May of 1970. All he knew was that George Harrison was about to start a new project and that Ringo Starr would be drumming. Before he realized it, Voormann was rehearsing a bunch of unheard Harrison songs — one after another, 15 in all, including “What Is Life,” “Awaiting on You All,” and “My Sweet Lord.

The Beatles are credited with a lot of “firsts” in rock history. They were the first band to play stadium concerts, put intentional feedback, backwards instrumentation, and faded introductions into songs. Because of their ever-experimental guitarist, they were also the first rock band to put sitar and tamboura drones in pop rock and perform the first Indian modality prog piece. George Harrison didn’t stop expanding possibilities away from his bandmates. His first solo release after The Beatles’ break up, All Things Must Pass – which will have a celebratory remix release this week, was the first triple album coming from a single act in rock. In 1971, his Concert for Bangladesh was the first rock benefit concert.

The Aug. 1, 1971 show, and subsequent record and film, set the standard for musical contributions to charity. Mistakes were made, and Harrison himself paid out to fix them, teaching a valuable lesson for rock benefits to follow.

A new remaster of George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass highlights why it was such an important record. Not just as an album, but of the time it was made. Besides the lead guitarist for the biggest act in showbiz history, it boasted players and a producer who each made an impact on the course of modern music. It’s been celebrating its 50th anniversary for a while now and it’s earned it. It was the first triple album by a single artist in rock history, and set the standard for longer long-playing albums.

Harrison set quite a few standards, including the first rock benefit project, The Concert for Bangladesh. As the Beatles guitarist, he demonstrated melodic and harmonic possibilities which hadn’t been explored in rock and roll, often changing the entire feel of songs with a single riff. As their in-house tonal experimentalist, his sitar-led songs...

When George Harrison went into the studio in 1970 to make All Things Must Pass, he was a man on a mission. He’d spent years waiting for this moment. George had so many songs saved up from his years in the Beatles, when he was limited to two or three songs per album. By now, he was sitting on a massive stash of material he was burning to share with the world. So he made sure nobody could ignore his definitive solo statement—the massive triple-vinyl classic All Things Must Pass.

A previously unreleased take of George Harrison’s “Isn’t It a Pity” has arrived ahead of the release of the 50th-anniversary edition of the musician’s solo classic, All Things Must Pass.

“Isn’t It a Pity (Take 27)” is closer in style and sound to the second version of the song that appears on the latter half of All Things Must Pass. Even still, the groove on “Take 27” feels a bit slower and deeper, the steady bass thumps driving the song as piano, delicate guitar, organ, and Harrison’s...

Forty years ago this winter, a strange new album arrived in U.S. record stores. It was a triple-vinyl set, by a London band still best known as punk rockers: the Clash’s Sandinista! It was barely a year after their global breakthrough, London Calling, which got them a U.S. Top 40 hit with “Train in Vain (Stand by Me).” Yet it sure didn’t sound like a band trying to ride the momentum of their first hit. Sandinista! was full of dub-reggae goofs and sound effects and proto-rap experiments.

A version of this story about Daniel Pemberton and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” first appeared in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.

At first, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” was supposed to end with “Here Comes the Sun.” That was the initial plan by writer-director Aaron Sorkin, who figured the gentle, optimistic Beatles song would be a good way to conclude his film about the stormy protest movements of the late 1960s.

“He wanted a note of positivity, a moment of light and hope at the end,” composer Daniel Pemberton said. “‘Here Comes the Sun’ is a beautiful song, but everyone’s got their own history with that song — and I just did (the Beatles-themed movie) ‘Yesterday’ the year before, so I was not in a massive rush to do ‘Here Comes the Sun’ again. That song is nice shorthand for positivity through a ’60s lens,...

The 1970 Bob Dylan/George Harrison sessions have circulated in bootleg form for decades, but they were finally released on Sunday as an extremely limited-edition package created solely to preserve the music’s copyright in Europe. The set was available for about four seconds via the website of the U.K. retailer Badlands. For the 99.999 percent of Dylan fans who didn’t manage to snag one, prepare to either shell out about $1,000 on the resale market or dive into the legal grey area of file sharing.

The recording sessions took place May 1st,...

Of all his post-Beatles undertakings, George Harrison was especially fond of All Things Must Pass, the 1970 triple-lp set he released months after the group had officially imploded.

“It was a really nice experience making that album — because I was really a bit paranoid, musically,” Harrison said a few years later. “I remember having those people in the studio and thinking, ‘God, these songs are so fruity!’ I’d play it to them and they’d say, ‘Wow, yeah! Great song!’ And I’d say, ‘Really? Do you really like it?...

Sheryl Crow performed an intimate rendition of George Harrison’s “Beware of Darkness” on The Late Show Tuesday evening.

“I love you, Stephen Colbert,” Crow tells the camera, sitting at her piano. “There, I said it. I’m going to play you guys a song called ‘Beware of Darkness’ from George Harrison, one of my favorite artists of all time.”

Crow launched into the All Things Must Pass track, singing its comforting opening lines: “Watch out now, take care/Beware of falling swingers/Dropping all around you/The pain that often mingles/In your fingertips.

The Beatles camp is commemorating the 50th anniversary of Let It Be this year with the release of the movie The Beatles: Get Back on September 4th. Directed by Peter Jackson, the documentary is packed with unseen footage from the contentious recording sessions for Let It Be that culminated with their legendary rooftop performance. Some of the footage was used in the 1970 Michael Lindsey Hogg-directed film Let It Be, but the vast majority of it has never been seen anywhere. Beatles fanatics have been salivating at the chance to see...

As Olivia Harrison remembers, her future husband, George, drove himself to work on the first day on his new job. It was October 1974, and George Harrison had flown to Los Angeles to visit the offices of the record label he’d just launched. The only problem was that no one had organized a welcoming party for him, but Olivia — then Olivia Arias, newly hired to work on the project — dashed out to the parking lot to greet him. “I thought somebody should,” she says. “He drove onto the lot by himself in this little car,...

As he showed in All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records, Colin Hanks has a feel for American pop culture and fandom, and a knack for connecting with his interview subjects. In the case of his new film, the subjects are also friends of his: the Southern California hard rock act who performed at the premiere for his first doc — and whose November 2015 show at the Bataclan theater in Paris was interrupted by three heavily armed Islamic State militants who left 90 people dead and hundreds wounded.

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Colin Hanks is set to direct his second documentary, “Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends).” The film follows the rock band Eagles of Death Metal and chronicles the events before and after the November 13 terrorist attacks that took place while they were performing at the Bataclan in Paris.

Produced by Live Nation, the film is set to be released early next year and takes a look at Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme’s friendship, as well as their relationship with their fans. According to Pitchfork, the doc will also feature the band’s returning performance in Paris with U2.

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Deadline recently spoke with Hanks, who explained that he hopes his new documentary allows fans to answer the following question: “How do you go on with your life with something like that?” Adding that the film is not political,...

Remember Tower Records? The saga of the massive brick & mortar music retailer is a great story with marvelous characters. When you meet founder Russ Solomon it becomes obvious why the store clicked -- the guy knew how to turn music-brained hippies into motivated collaborators. With good extras... this docu generates genuine Good Vibes. All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records DVD FilmRise 2015 / Color / 1:78 enhanced widescreen / 94 min. / Street Date January 19, 2016 / 24.95 (also available on Blu-ray) Starring Russ Solomon, Chris Cornell, Heidi Cotler, Rudy Danzinger, Bob Delanoy, David Geffen, Stan Goman, Dave Grohl, Chris Hopson, Elton John Steve Knopper, Steve Nikkel, Bruce Springsteen, Jim Urie, Mark Viducich. Cinematography Neil Lisk, Nicola Marsh, Bridger Nielson Film Editor Darrin Roberts Original Music Bill Sherman Written by Steven Leckart Produced by Sean M. Stuart Directed by Colin Hanks

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

If you lived in a city with a Tower Records in the 1970s,...