Because the Beatles didn’t have enough original material to fill an album during those early days (and also because the record label executives at Parlophone probably thought it was a good idea) many cover songs were included on the first… Read More ›
Updated 12/25/13 Updated 11/26/13 – After the Kennedy assassination a lot of people began drawing parallels or coincidences between it and the Lincoln assassination. Not that they were true, but conspiracy theorists found the following: Abraham Lincoln was elected to… Read More ›
“She Loves You” By the time the Beatles came to the US they had already been a hit in Great Britain. Several of their songs made it to labels over here earlier before they struck a deal with Capitol Records… Read More ›
“Penny Lane” Paul McCartney (pictured with the vintage Hofner which became his trademark… I have a right handed version of this bass, probably about the same year) is about to release a new album with a song on it called… Read More ›
“All You Need Is Love” During the course of our Beatles Tribute we had to change instruments to capture the feeling of the various periods of their music. After Paul (and also Kim when he was in the band… I… Read More ›
This is from Art who found the picture on the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website. I found this on the Iowa R&R website. This band maybe saw you guys and got the “silver” and picture idea. –… Read More ›
“If I Fell” – “I Should Have Known Better” In our Beatles Tribute #2 (this one recorded at the Ranch and Co. in Port Byron) we left “A Hard Day’s Night” and went right into “If I Fell” followed by… Read More ›
“Something” We did very few George Harrison songs in our Beatles Tribute, but this one had to be included since it was one of the most popular tunes off the “Abbey Road” album. I think we do a bang up… Read More ›
“Turn It Down” LIVE from Port Byron Jon and I spent a lot of time on the lyrics for the song, “Turn It Down”. We were big admirers of John Lennon’s way of turning a phrase and clever lyrics,… Read More ›
“Please Please Me” – “From Me To You” Medley Once we were committed to doing a Beatles Tribute, we constantly looked for fun and intelligent ways to meld the songs together. We also studied the instrument parts so they were… Read More ›