Last Friday evening I was lucky enough to host a private house concert featuring the two lead guitarists from the excellent Beatles tribute band Daytripper in an “un-plugged” session. The show was two hours of great Beatles songs and chat about the Fab Four’s music. Here’s a short video I shot of them perfoming my wife’s favorite [...]
Our good friend, and fellow Beatle comics collector, Fabio from Italy has launched Beatlestube.net, a YouTube style site devoted entirely to The Fab Four. Here’s how he describes the site: the site that tries to organize all Beatles Video that you can find on the web. There are plenty of Beatles clips on Youtubeâ„¢ and [...]
Elvis covers Yesterday during rehersals in 1970. That lyric – “I’m not half the man I used to be,” never seemed more appropriate.
Listed among the upcoming releases at the MVD Entertainment website is “BEATLES – DESTINATION HAMBURG.” The DVD is described as covering the period “from the formation of the Quarrymen in 1957, and The Beatles early years in Hamburg, this 60 minute music documentary uses contemporary film, and recently rediscovered and restored footage to tell the [...]
Last week’s posting of the Whitesnake cover of Day Tripper sent me on a search for other artists covering Beatles songs. Most of what I found ranged from simply bad to stunningly awful. Some of it was good. And then there were the few truly brilliant interpretations… Topping that later list was this stunning performance of Come Together [...]
I thought I’d seen or heard most Beatles covers by now – but I must admit this version of Day Tripper by Whitesnake was a new one to me…
Capitol/EMI Press Release – Digital Release Card is Format’s First-Ever Music Video Title; Features 21 of Lennon’s Capitol/EMI Music Videos HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Capitol/EMI Music Marketing and iTunes will release a new “John Lennon Video Album†on December 4 at Starbucks locations nationwide. The “John Lennon Video Album,†the iTunes Digital Release [...]
The comic genius, actor Peter Sellers channels Shakespeare’s Richard III while reciting the lyrics of A Hard Day’s Night on the 1964 TV program, The Music of Lennon & McCartney.
Came across this on-line today – not sure if to be amused or appauled.. you decide.Â
Paul nods his head in his latest video – with a little help from his friends.
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
