The Beatles and Texas

The Fab Four's influence on popular music is enormous, but who influenced the Beatles? Well, Lubbock's own Buddy Holly for one. The name "Beatles" is a play on Buddy Holly and the Crickets, though the boys from Liverpool decided to spell "beetles" with an "a" so that it would have a double meaning. 

Besides Buddy Holly, Fort Worth's Delbert McClinton also influenced the Fab Four. In fact, McClinton gave John Lennon tips on how to play harmonica before Lennon was famous; and though there are myths and legends surrounding the story, there is little dispute regarding McClinton's influence on the band.   

Here is an interview with the Beatles in Dallas in 1964.

Here is Steve Earle covering the Beatles' "I'm Looking Through You," which was originally released on Rubber Soul.