Beatle Blethers

Alan McClure

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MUSIC INTERVIEWS

Alan McClure and Gerry Hassan chat about all things Beatle from their cosy corner of South West Scotland. Includes interviews with Beatle authors and musicians whose work has been influenced by the Fab Four.

JAN 12

Season 2 Episode 3: Ringo!

Alan and Gerry explore the musical and personal chemistry which allowed Ringo Starr to become an indispensible part of The Beatles.

1h 1m
11/30/2025

Season 2 Episode 3: Female Fandom (with Bea Martinez-Gatell)

Gerry and Alan chat with author Bea Martinez-Gatell about female fanhood through history, inspired by her book 'Swoon - Fangirls, Their Idols and the Counterculture of Female Lust - from Byron to the Beatles'.

52 min
11/11/2025

Season 2 Episode 2: Paul is Cool! Interview with JR Moores

In this episode we chat to author JR Moores about Paul McCartney's cultural standing through the years, and celebrate its current justified heights.

56 min
10/27/2025

Season 2 Episode 1b) Rubber Soul Side 2

Second part of our celebration of this influential album.

35 min
10/27/2025

Season 2 Episode 1a) Rubber Soul, Side 1

Gerry and Alan take their first deep album dive, this time into the the 1965 classic Rubber Soul. Part 1.

50 min
10/02/2025

Episode 5: Beatles Bootlegs and Beyond (with Adam Blake)

Alan and Gerry are joined by Blues guitarist, sitarist and musical maestro Adam Blake, to discuss his enduring love of the band and the joys of hidden treasures in bootleg recordings.

1h 14m
09/13/2025

Episode #4 Interview with Ken McNab

Gerry and Alan are joined by Ken McNab, author of The Beatles in Scotland, Shake It Up Baby and And In The End, to discuss some of the most significant phases of the band's career.

49 min
09/06/2025

Episode 3: Interview with Graeme Thomson

This week we interview Graeme Thomson, author of George Harrison - Behind That Locked Door, to discuss George's role in the greatest band of all time.

34 min
08/28/2025

Episode 2: The Beatles and Brian Wilson

Recorded shortly after the sad passing of Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson, Alan and Gerry look at the relationship between the two bands and in particular the friendship between Brian and Paul McCartney.

53 min
08/23/2025

Episode 1 - Introducing Beatle Blethers

Alan and Gerry share their own Beatle obsessions and consider what (if anything) is left to say about the greatest band of all time.

48 min

10 Episodes

Alan McClure and Gerry Hassan chat about all things Beatle from their cosy corner of South West Scotland. Includes interviews with Beatle authors and musicians whose work has been influenced by the Fab Four.

Creator

Alan McClure
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

10
Rating

Clean
Copyright

© 2025
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Beatle Blethers