Something About the Beatles
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.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 82 minutes
- Episodes
- 209
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
224A: The Making of Get Back
Well, it's finally here. Worth the wait? Oh, we think so! But before we get into discussions on SATB about what we thought about it, we thought it would be worthwhile to discuss the making of it - th…
01:02:37 |
Thu 02 Dec 2021
223: The Beatles 1971 - 1973
We have all made compilations of Beatles solo material, but within this large group, a smaller group has imagined taking some of this material and arranging it as The Beatles might have, had they rec…
01:19:57 |
Mon 15 Nov 2021
222: On Pepper
SATB has touched on the Sgt. Pepper album in the past, but never like this. My guests, Pat Sansone (of Wilco and The Autumn Defense) and Luther Russell (Those Pretty Wrongs) are each accomplished sin…
02:08:51 |
Sun 03 Oct 2021
221: Lennon in Montreal
In 1969, Bill Rotari was Regional Managing Director with Capitol Records in Quebec when he received word that John and Yoko were coming. As label rep, it was his job to see to it that John's needs we…
01:33:50 |
Sun 29 Aug 2021
220: Get Back to Peter Jackson
In June and again in July, the director of the upcoming The Beatles: Get Back series gave interviews - in Vanity Fair and in GQ - holding forth on what to expect from his re-tooling of the Beatles …
01:25:01 |
Mon 02 Aug 2021
219: John - George - Eric & Layla
In late summer 2020, my guest Kyle Driscoll penned this wonderful analysis of the three 1970 releases by three artists whose paths had intertwined and who, as it happened, all found themselves at sim…
01:22:45 |
Sat 17 Jul 2021
218: Beatles on Guitar
You may recall my returning guest from his first appearance in late 2020: Mike Pachelli is an accomplished jazz guitarist and recording/performing artist, as well as a major Beatles fan. His series o…
01:06:37 |
Sat 03 Jul 2021
217: It's All In The Mind
Back in 2018, I had a conversation with Dr. Robert Hieronimus and Laura Cortner, authors of Inside the Yellow Submarine: The Making of the Beatles' Animated Classic - the definitive history of the 1…
01:25:45 |
Fri 25 Jun 2021
216: Dear Friend
There's been loads of speculation as to the exact nature of the friendship between John Lennon and Paul McCartney; during and after The Beatles. And when I say "loads," it runs the gamut from former …
01:24:47 |
Sat 05 Jun 2021
215: Four Sides of a Square
In this discussion, Dr. Duncan Driver (SATB 205, Fab4ConJam, One Sweet Dream podcast) springboard off of the title Paul McCartney quote, in which he asserted that each Beatle was as important as anot…
01:36:19 |
Tue 04 May 2021
214: Beatle Production
In this episode, we examine the process of a song becoming a record, as heard through the ears of those in the producer's chair. Luther Russell, previous SATB guest and Fab4ConJam star, has operated …
01:15:39 |
Sun 25 Apr 2021
213: John Lennon's 1980 Playlist
My guest Tim English (Sounds Like Teen Spirit, Popology) discuss his newest book, examining the artists that John was listening to in the last few years of his life and how certain artists and record…
00:55:05 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
212: Countdown To Break-Up II
Back in SATB 205, Dr. Duncan Driver (showcased 2+xs at Fab4ConJam) and discussed his article on the timeline to The Beatles break-up. In this episode, returning guest Gary Wenstrup and I dissect th…
01:28:05 |
Fri 12 Mar 2021
211: Meeting Paul Saltzman in India
It was in 1968 that a young Canadian filmmaker, seeking solace in TM for a broken heart, was befriended by The Beatles in Rishikesh during their immersive study with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. In 2000, P…
01:15:31 |
Tue 02 Feb 2021
210: The Beatles 1962 - 1970
Big things take much time to execute: both this episode and the long-awaited event I've been teasing for the last few months.... First: the new show. SATB 210 features n guests and no host; instead,…
02:45:33 |
Sun 24 Jan 2021
209: The Wish List
In which Luther Russell and myself detail our picks for the things in the vault known to exist, group and solo, that we one day hope for Apple to release, in well-presented packages. This episode was…
01:43:37 |
Tue 22 Dec 2020
208: The Beatles As Guitarists with Mike Pachelli
If you aren't already aware of this veteran jazz/blues guitarist's Youtube channel with loads of deconstructions of their music, by all means, check it out. Mike has been performing and recording for…
01:21:04 |
Mon 07 Dec 2020
207: John Leckie/Plastic Ono Bands
This episode features a conversation between Luther Russell and I with producer John Leckie - if you aren't familiar with his name, you may be with the acts he's worked with (working backwards chrono…
01:52:52 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
206: Performing The Beatles
Returning guest Jack Petruzzelli of The Fab Faux has been playing Beatles music onstage all over the world since 1998. In this conversation, he goes into detail about what goes into the effort to rep…
01:08:28 |
Tue 10 Nov 2020
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