Ever since the early Beatles days, Paul McCartney’s signature instrument has been the Höfner 500/1 violin bass guitar. In 1961, an 18-year-old McCartney bought the instrument in Hamburg for £30. That ...

Close to 70 years after German instrument company Höfner started selling an electric bass that looked like a violin, the company has filed for bankruptcy. The news has hit Paul McCartney, who has made ...

Passover at my cousin Doug’s house was always a strange blend of ritual, impatience and barely contained chaos. None of us was particularly religious, but we knew the drill: Read the Haggadah, dip the ...

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On their official website, The Cure confirmed that the group's guitarist and keyboardist Perry Bamonte has died. He was 65.

Perry Bamonte, a celebrated guitarist and keyboardist who performed with The Cure, has died. He was 65. The band confirmed Bamonte's death over the Christmas holiday with a statement on their website.

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Perry Bamonte, a keyboard and guitar player in the English band The Cure, has died. He was 65 years old. In a statement, the band called him "quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative." ...

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