By Steve Newton Thirty-five years ago today--on November 26, 1987--I did an interview with Joey Molland of Badfinger. I've loved Badfinger ever since I first heard them doing that 1969 song that everybody thought was the Beatles, "Come and Get It", from the film The Magic Christian. Joey Molland wasn't in the band then, but … Continue reading That time Joey Molland told me about the “crooks” that stole a ton of royalty money from Badfinger
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Badfinger’s Joey Molland on working with the Beatles and dealing with the fallout of suicide
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON DEC. 11, 1987 By Steve Newton Remember that neat movie from 1970, The Magic Christian, which starred Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr and was a cutting farce on the lengths people would go to to get money? And remember that film's nifty theme song, "Come and Get It", which sounded like the Beatles but … Continue reading Badfinger’s Joey Molland on working with the Beatles and dealing with the fallout of suicide