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.

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233 episodes
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Apr 21, 2018 · 48 min
134: The Beatles in the Studio with Jerry Hammack (part 1)
In which we (Ben Rowling and I) discuss the Beatle's approach to their work in the studio:
Apr 5, 2018 · 1 hr 8 min
133: Rutles I – A Conversation with Director Gary Weis
In the first of what will, over time, serve as a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the All You Need is Cash TV film, I spoke with director Gary Weis.
Mar 27, 2018 · 1 hr 33 min
132: John and Paul – Truth and Beauty
Returning as a SATB guest is Jeff Martin, whom you will remember from 122 – The Simpsons episode. In addition to his writing on that show as well as Late Night with David Letterman beginning in the 1980s, he is also a musician and therefore speaks the .
Mar 9, 2018 · 1 hr 25 min
131: The Beatles and Randy Bachman, By George!
Yes, he’s the guy who sang “Takin’ Care of Business” and “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet,” but if that’s all you know about this accomplished artist, then you are missing out on a lot. Randy has penned #1 hit singles for two different recordin
Feb 23, 2018 · 1 hr 14 min
130: The Beatles and Charles Manson
Now that there’s been an ending to the story, it seems like a good time to examine the intersection between artists who stood for love and peace and a career criminal/sociopath who will forever be tied to them,
Jan 15, 2018 · 1 hr 15 min
129B: “Acoustic Beatles” with Dave Mirkin 2 (This Time It’s Personal)
Picking up where we left off, we discuss an array of topics and songs, mostly adhering to the “acoustic Beatles” theme. (For some reason, we seemed to gravitate to the White Album a lot…) But there’s also much about the impact of success; the leve
Jan 12, 2018 · 53 min
129A: “Acoustic Beatles” with Dave Mirkin
Back in September, I first talked Beatles with this Renaissance man, in the context of The Beatles with The Simpsons. As you listeners will remember, Dave had a lot to say about the Beatles well beyond the parameters of that TV show. Well he’s back,
Dec 20, 2017 · 51 min
128: The Beatles, Paul McCartney (and added Attraction)
In 1978 – the year he joined Elvis Costello in The Attractions – bassist Bruce Thomas was personally selected by Paul McCartney to participate in the Rockestra – an all-star ensemble assembled for a pair of Back To The Egg tracks.
Dec 4, 2017 · 1 hr 17 min
127: John Lennon, “Invisible Guitarist”
John once observed that, in his opinion, Paul was “…an egomaniac about everything else about himself, but his bass playing” – which was as influential as it was innovative. It is therefore a delicious irony to report the same was true of John: whi
Nov 24, 2017 · 1 hr 31 min
126: 70s Beatle Fandom, etc…
SATB began as a conversation between two Beatle friends who happened to be writers; this episode began as a conversation about being a Beatles fan in the 70s. But in both instances, some unexpected twists and turns along the way led to other destinatio...
Nov 2, 2017 · 1 hr 21 min
125: Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and the Traveling Wilburys
The unexpected loss of The Heartbreakers’ leader (and “Charlie T./Muddy Wilbury”) presents an opportunity to look back on the career of the accidental supergroup: the Traveling Wilburys, whose debut album issued almost thirty years ago represented a
Oct 22, 2017 · 1 hr 21 min
124: Finding The Fourth Beatle with David Bedford
You may already know the author of Liddypool and The Fab 104 for his meticulous research in already well-trod grounds. But with his latest work, David Bedford reveals new revelations – some of them shocking. In Finding The Fourth Beatle,
Oct 17, 2017 · 1 hr
123: All About That Bassist
In something of a departure from the usual, SATB presents a conversation with Arion Salazar, original bass player with Third Eye Blind (“Semi-Charmed Life” – “Losing A Whole Year” – “How’s It Going To Be” – “Never Let You Go”) and

Something About the Beatles

134: The Beatles in the Studio with Jerry Hammack (part 1)

133: Rutles I – A Conversation with Director Gary Weis

132: John and Paul – Truth and Beauty

131: The Beatles and Randy Bachman, By George!

130: The Beatles and Charles Manson

129B: “Acoustic Beatles” with Dave Mirkin 2 (This Time It’s Personal)

129A: “Acoustic Beatles” with Dave Mirkin

128: The Beatles, Paul McCartney (and added Attraction)

127: John Lennon, “Invisible Guitarist”

126: 70s Beatle Fandom, etc…

125: Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and the Traveling Wilburys

124: Finding The Fourth Beatle with David Bedford

123: All About That Bassist