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In 1969 rumors started to spread that Paul was dead. Rumors of the death were exaggerated. No one knows for sure where the "Paul is Dead" rumor began. Some rumors were spread that Paul had been dead for three years and that he had been replaced by a look a like. Beatles fans everywhere looked for clues that were left intentionally in lyrics, record covers and pictures that would reveal the truth about the hoax.

Many visual clues were on the Abbey Road LP. The media began reporting the joke as a fact as soon as it was released. The rumors began to grow larger. In October of 1969 McCartney himself made a public appearance in which he stated the breaking up of The Beatles. In a 1970 Rolling Stone interview with John Lennon, Lennon was asked if any of the hidden clues were supposed to have any meaning. Lennon replied, "No. That was bull. The whole thing was made up."

The Beatles enjoyed attention. They were jokers; maybe they were just having a little fun with their fans. Some people today still believe that Paul is dead because of the many convincing clues. No evidence shows that any of the members were behind the hoax. No one can prove that it did or didnt happen. The fact of the matter is that Paul is alive today. He is currently married to an ex-model. He is touring the concert world. And he is still a Living legend.

James Paul McCartney was born on June 18, 1942 in Liverpool. He was the first son of Mary and James McCartney. His brother, Peter Michael McCartney, was born eighteen months later. Paul's mother was a midwife, who died from breast cancer in 1955 when Paul was just 14, this troubled Paul deeply. Paul's father was a cotton salesman during the day for A. Hannay Co., and a jazz musician with Jim Mac's Jazz Band at night. Paul did very well in school. He passed his 11-Plus examination in 1957 and entered the Liverpool Institute, a very popular high school. There, he met a younger student by the name of George Harrison whom Paul later brought with him into John's group, The Quarrymen. As a child, Paul showed no particular interest in music. Both he and his brother were sent to piano lessons, but these didn't last long. Then he was given a trumpet by an uncle, and he began to teach himself. His musical talent probably came from his father. Of all The Beatles, Paul's family was the only one with any musical background or interest. At the Liverpool Institute, Paul became popular. His dealings with young girls, however, had little effect on his grades. He was a top student, but he soon found that school was interfering with his social life. Like John and the others, Paul was influenced by early rock songs. Still, it was Elvis that formed the greatest impression on him. Paul first met John through a mutual friend, Ivan Vaughan. Vaughan invited Paul to see The Quarrymen play at the Wooton Parish. c The Quarrymen, and Paul accepted. Paul's first public performance with The Quarrymen was at a dance at the Conservative Club in Broadway. Paul was supposed to play a solo that night, but for some reason, he never did. What he did do after the dance was play John some songs that he had written himself. John was impressed and later tried to write songs of his own. Neither wrote anything of much value, but the two began collaborating, each egging the other on to better works. From that day until the end of The Beatles, they never stopped, and together they became "Lennon & McCartney," one of the most renowned song writing duos of the twentieth century. Once they had become established songwriters, Paul and John would often write independently of one another. John's songs were more raw rock 'n' roll, while Paul's tended to be more romantic. Songs like "Yesterday," "Michelle," and "Lovely Rita" are typical McCartney songs. An early agreement between Paul and John assured that all Beatle songs that either wrote would bear the trademark of "Lennon & McCartney." Paul met Jane Asher at a pop concert at Albert Hall. She was then seventeen. The Radio Times asked her to go along to the concert to give her impressions of The Beatles. After the concert, she was invited back to their hotel for a drink. That night Paul and Jane spent the evening together. "I realized she was the girl for me," Paul once said. Jane, however, summed up her impression of the boys by exclaiming, "They couldn't believe I was a virgin. " Paul wanted Jane to give up acting to be with him constantly. She refused. This led to a number of arguments, but Paul was still attracted to her. It was for Jane Asher that he wrote "I'm Looking Through You" and "And I Love Her." Marriage seemed inevitable, and on Christmas Day, 1967, Paul asked Jane to be his wife. She accepted (Bio..)(Paul Mc)

According to one myth. Paul left the recording studio in anger, following a fight with the rest of the group. Paul stormed out of the studio, jumped into his car and sped off (I Buried P). All of the clues point to a car accident that reportedly happened prior to Paul leaving the studio in anger. On November 10, 1966 a British newspaper reported that on Wednesday morning at five oclock someone was involved in a car accident, according to the newspaper the accident was so bad that the body could not be identified in any way. In A Day In The Life, John Lennon sings, "he blew his mind out in a car, he didnt notice that the light had changed, a crowd of people stood and stared, theyd seen his face before, nobody was really sure if he was from the house of god (in the song god sounds like Paul)(I Buried P)

The idea that Paul McCartney was dead for three years surfaced during the release of Abbey Road in September of 1969. The first indications of the hoax were printed in two Midwestern College newspapers (Iowas Drake University Times-Delphic and Northern Illinois Universitys Northern Star). Russel Gibb, a Detroit radio jock for WKNR FM read about the story in the college newspaper articles and invented new "clues" for listeners. Listeners called the radio station and claimed to be able to hear secret messages by playing Revolution #9 and other songs backwards. A walrus is a Greek symbol for death. In the song Glass Onion, John Lennon sings, "well heres another clues for you all, the walrus is Paul," which connected Paul to his "death".

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Epiphone continued to grow and wanted even more of the market share. In 1935, Epiphone introduced the Electar Series to compete with Rickenbacker's electric guitars. By the time 1937 arrived, Epiphone's sales had doubled. The rest of the 30's continued with Epiphone and Gibson competing against each other and both companies introduced similar types of Hawaiian guitars.

In 2008, the Epiphone guitar is still going strong and more popular than ever. Included in their recent line up is of course the great Les Paul guitars and also signature guitars from some of the greatest guitarists ever. Some of the artists immortalized with these guitars are John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Slash, BB King, Tony Iommi, Zakk Wylde and Nikki Sixx.

Around this time, Epiphone was one of the top guitars in the world and some of the best musicians in the world were playing them. In fact Epi would open up his display cases on Saturday afternoons and let these famous musicians play the guitars.

A man by the name of Anastasios Stathopoulo began making his first musical instruments in 1873. In 1877, Anastasios and his family moved to Turkey to start a new life. By 1890 he had opened a factory, which made violins, mandolins, lutes and traditional Greek lioutos. In 1893, Anastasios' wife Marianthe, gave birth to their first child Epimanondas. By 1903, the Stathopoulo family was on the move once again. This time they moved overseas to the U.S. in a lower Manhattan neighborhood of New York

By 1983, production costs kept going up so Epiphone moved to Korea. Around this time, David Berryman, Henry Juszkiewicz and Gary Zebrowski purchased Gibson. Although Gibson was their main priority, Juszkiewicz saw potential in Epiphone and soon went out to Korea to figure out what to do. Soon the Epiphone guitar was selling well again.

In 1943, Epi passed away and left his brothers Orphie and Frixo to run the business. With Orphie looking after the financial part and Frixo looking after the mechanical part, Epiphone continued to compete with Gibson and things looked to be running smoothly. By 1948 this would be different. Orphie and Frixo weren't getting along and Frixo sold his share of the business to Orphie. The company continued to go downhill and in 1953, to solve a problem of a strike by the workers in Manhattan, the factory was moved to Philadelphia. Many of the company's talented craftsmen decided not to go to Philly and the result was a decline in the quality of their products.

The size war didn't stop there because in 1936 Epiphone produced wider versions of their Broadway, De Luxe and Triumph models by a whole inch to make them 3/8" wider than the Gibson's.

With the success of Epiphone's Recording Series banjos, Epiphone bought out the Favoran banjo company in 1925, to keep up with the demand. The sales of these banjos were so great and Epiphone's name was known so much for them, Epi changed the name of the company to the Epiphone Banjo Company in 1928.

Finally in 1928, Epi introduced a Recording line of guitars, mostly made of carved tops and a combination of spruce and laminated maple. The following year was the stock market crash of 1929 and the banjos that once sold so well were now rapidly going downhill. Epi decided that the company should focus more on selling its guitars and the Gibson Company was their main competitor.

In 1964, The Beatles discovered Epiphone guitars and John, Paul and George bought some of the Casino models. By 1965, Epiphone guitars were selling very well again, accounting for 20% of the total units shipped from their Kalamazoo factory. Epiphone was once again one of the top names in guitars.

The problems kept on getting worse in the 50's while the Gibson Company were getting stronger. Orphie called Gibson's general manager Ted McCarty and asked him if he would like to buy the Epiphone bass business for $20,000. McCarty agreed and Epiphone was taken over by Gibson in 1957. Initially Gibson had planned just to take control of the upright bass business but ended up revamping the whole Epiphone Company. In 1958, Gibson released a whole new line of acoustic and electric guitars and moved the production of these instruments to their own factory in Kalamazoo Michigan.

In 1917, Epi changed the name of the company to the House Of Stathopoulo and began to change the product line as well. The mandolins that they were making weren't as popular as they once were, so Epi concentrated on an instrument that was... banjos. He also got his first ever patent for banjo construction at this time.

The competition between Epiphone and Gibson in the 30's was very intense. In 1934 Gibson increased the body width of one of their existing models to compete directly with the Epiphone Masterbuilt guitar. The next year Epiphone returned the favor by releasing their Emperor model, which had an even wider body. They also created quite the buzz by advertising the new Emperor with posters of a half naked model playing the guitar.

This would continue until the end of the 60's, when foreign guitar companies started to produce cheaper models that were often very similar to the American designs. This cut into the sales of the Epiphone and Gibson guitars and the company decided to give the Gibson line more attention. This then led to moving the production of the Epiphone's to Japan in 1970.

In New York, Anastasios bought a place where he made and sold his instruments on the ground floor while his family lived on the floor above. Business was great for him at that time because it was at the height of the mandolin craze. Anastasios began marking his instruments with an "A. Stathopoulo, manufacturer-repairer of all kinds of musical instruments" and built his company a warehouse.

The Epiphone guitar officially got its name for the first time when it was registered in 1924. The actual company got its start many years earlier, so let's go back a bit further to see how it began.

In 2002, Gibson luthier Mike Voltz is moved over to Epiphone to take care of their acoustic guitar production and marketing. Voltz ended up reviving their acoustics with the new range of Masterbilt guitars. The demand for Epiphone guitars grew so much that in 2003 they opened a factory in China strictly for Epiphone. In 2005, Epiphone reintroduced Paul McCartney's 1964 USA Texan guitar.

The 90's ended up being a huge decade for Epiphone. They began to make almost every style of guitar at a decent price. They also opened up Epiphone's own office separate from Gibson, to provide a better relationship with their products and workers instead of the long distance communication they had in the past. The 90's also was the release of Signature models for Noel Gallagher, John Lennon and John Lee Hooker.

History Of The Epiphone Guitar

In 1915, Anastasios Stathopoulo died, leaving his son Epimanondas in charge. Epimanondas, whose nickname was Epi, was 22 years old when he took over the business. Epi turned out to be a great luthier and businessman.

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