The Beatles’ ‘Yer Blues’: How John Lennon’s Trolling of Eric Clapton Birthed a Rock-and-Roll Classic

The Beatles’ ‘Yer Blues’: How John Lennon’s Trolling of Eric Clapton Birthed a Rock-and-Roll Classic

On Aug. 13, 1968, the Beatles convened in a small annex room adjacent to Abbey Road’s studio two to take on a genre that was not their standard remit. The Beatles, in English parlance, were not getting on, struggling to find a way to keep going as a cohesive unit while creating more music than ever in what was tantamount to each member’s push for artistic and personal freedom. It gets overlooked in their legacy, but the Beatles had been masters of rhythm and blues.