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- Rain on Me | Beatles tribute revisits older times and creates memories for new fans (Urban Tulsa)
- Book Review: Fab Four FAQ 2.0: The Beatles' Solo Years, 1970-1980 by Robert Rodriguez (Blogcritics.org)
- Big Beatles bash back in Stamford (The New Canaan News)
| Rain on Me | Beatles tribute revisits older times and creates memories for new fans (Urban Tulsa) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:31 AM PDT Because of my mother's dedicated fandom, I've grown up listening to The Beatles. My mother can recall -- and she's told the story more than a few times -- the first time she, as a teenager, saw the Fab Four on the Ed Sullivan Show. Although most girls her age were smitten by Paul and/or John, Ringo was always her favorite, the Beatle she imagined herself one day meeting, falling in love with and marrying. Nearly every Beatles song comes with a story from my mom, and she knows all the words to everything they recorded. And she wasn't even a fanatical devotee; that level of appreciation seemed to be pretty much the norm where The Beatles were concerned. And a significant number of my peers, while growing up, exhibited the same level of admiration for the group, never mind that the band broke up 13 years before any of us were born. Still, music like that never really goes away, as evidenced by the many Beatles fans still rocking out to The White Album. And one group is helping ensure The Beatles' music never dies by performing it regularly all over the world. Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles is just that -- a tribute band, not a cover band. The group got its start in the 1970s as Reign, and they played gigs, mostly Beatles tunes, in Los Angeles and Orange County. It didn't take long for the band to garner a strong following and plenty of attention from the media, which would often misspell the band's name. It didn't turn out for the worse, though, as the actual Fab Four had a hit in 1966 by this title -- the group, comprised of Mark Lewis (John Lennon), Joey Curatola (Paul McCartney), Joe Bithorn (George Harrison) and Ralph Castelli (Ringo Starr) -- and the revamped version of the group changed its name to Rain. In 1998, Steve Landes joined the group as Lennon, and Lewis stepped back to support the group on keyboards and percussion. According to its members, the band "has distinguished itself by focusing on details, always being faithful to The Beatles with the ultimate goal of delivering a perfect note-for-note performance." Lewis has called The Beatles "the Mozarts of pop." Rain's members use The Beatles discography like textbooks, working to ensure their performances match the harmony, vocal tone, chord inversion, handclap, cowbell and string arrangement of The Beatles' performances. Rain's repertoire includes more than 200 songs, spanning The Beatles' entire career. The group has played more than 4,000 gigs and makes its debut at Tulsa's Performing Arts Center, Chapman Music Hall, 110 E. Second St., Tuesday, March 30 for an eight-show engagement through April 4. Shows are at 7:30pm March 30-April 1, 8pm April 2-3, 2pm and 8pm April 3 and 7pm April 4. Tickets to Rain, presented by Celebrity Attractions, are $16-$53 and available at www.tulsapac.com. Inked On Friday, March 26, local tattoo artists will show off their creative talents -- but not on skin. "Low Brow Art Show" features works on paper -- mostly pencil, ink and watercolors -- by Brando, Mark and Austin, artists at the Rock-N-Rolla shop at 1322 E. 15th St. These works will be on display at Downtown Lounge, on the corner of Archer Street and Cheyenne Avenue, from 8pm to 2am on Friday. The show is open to patrons 21 and older. Food from Brookside's Keo will be provided. Ooh La La Tulsa Symphony Orchestra continues its worldly musical exploration with "The Music of France" Saturday, March 27 in the Tulsa PAC's Chapman Music Hall. The concert features Hector Berlioz's "Royal Hunt and Storm" from Les Troyens and Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G and Daphnis et Chloe. Andrew Grams is the guest conductor and Sun Min Kim, 2008 winner of the Rotary Club of Tulsa's Crescendo Music Awards, is guest pianist. Tulsa Oratorio Chorus will also perform. Tickets to the concert, second to last in TSO's "Hear the World with Tulsa Symphony Orchestra" -- only "The Music of Spain and Latin America" remains -- are $10-$65 and are available at the PAC's Web site. Hungry? Grace Ann Productions and Gnaw Raw present a raw food workshop and cabaret Saturday, March 27. Raw foodist Caleb Meadows leads the raw food demonstration, and E. Kirby Jr. provides the vocal entertainment. The event begins at 5pm, and tickets are $40. More information, including the location of the event, is available by e-mailing caleb@gnawraw.com. Face With the Name Judi Grove, founder of Breast Impressions and co-chairperson of this year's Breast Cancer Awareness Day (April 26) seeks photographs of Oklahoma men and women who've been affected by breast cancer. Grove will compile the photos into a multimedia presentation to be shown throughout the day on the fourth floor rotunda of the state Capitol. Grove asks families to send photos of survivors, along with their names and ages at diagnosis, as well as photos of those lost to cancer, with their names and ages at death. E-mail photos to Grove at breastimpressions@cox.net by March 31 to be included in the presentation. Photos may also be mailed to 4645 S. Vandalia Ave., Tulsa, OK, 74135. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope, so the photo may be returned.        
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| Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:16 PM PDT What were Paul McCartney's most underrated songs? Which George Harrison tunes failed to reach the top ten? How many times did John Lennon appear on The Beatles' solo albums? Which songs include Ringo Starr's best drumming? Fans who enjoy pondering and debating these questions will find a kindred spirit in Robert Rodriguez, who discusses these topics and more in Fab Four 2.0: The Beatles' Solo Years, 1970-1980. A companion to his previous book, Fab Four FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Beatles…and More! (co-authored with Stuart Shea), Fab Four FAQ 2.0 focuses on the Beatles' solo years, jam-packed with history, little-known facts, and controversial topics. In his introduction, Rodriguez states that his goal is to create a "quadruple biography" that would be told in stand-alone chapters. Readers can select chapters addressing themes of interest rather than reading the entire book in one sitting. Like its predecessor, Fab Four FAQ 2.0 is best enjoyed in this manner; reading such massive information at one time could prove daunting. Hard core fans will appreciate Rodriguez's attention to detail, providing background stories on well-known and more obscure tracks. As a fan, I find it fascinating that I learn new facts about the group every day, and this book offers such new information. For example I had no idea that Harrison once played on a Cheech and Chong single, or that he first offered "It Don't Come Easy" to Badfinger rather than Starr. A chapter detailing the worst-performing solo singles reveals some surprises; today, it's difficult to believe that the 1970 Lennon classic "Mother" peaked at only 43 on the charts, or that Harrison's pop-friendly "Love Comes to Everyone," released in 1979, failed to chart at all. These revelations make Fab Four FAQ 2.0 an interesting read for any Beatles enthusiast. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Big Beatles bash back in Stamford (The New Canaan News) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:07 AM PDT po, a periodic celebration of the legendary British band and the era they influenced, such an anticipated event among young children, their parents and even grandparents. "I'm looking forward to this, my kids are looking forward to this," said Rosenay, head of Liverpool Tours and Productions, the company putting on the convention. "Generation after generation, people continue to love the Beatles and their music." Taking place this weekend at the Holiday Inn in downtown Stamford, the BEATExpo will feature a series of live performances Saturday from Beatles tribute bands, as well as Peter Tork of the Monkees and Greg Hawkes of the Cars, who last year released a collection of Beatles covers recorded on the ukulele. The following day, the Holiday Inn will be the site of a rock 'n' roll flea market and memorabilia marketplace, video screenings and displays and appearances by stars affiliated with the Beatles. Among the guests are Sid Bernstein, producer of the Beatles concerts at Carnegie Hall and Shea Stadium; Dennis Ferrante, John Lennon's recording engineer; and Clay Cole, the famed New York City TV host who brought together performances by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones on the same show in June 1964. "We billed it `The Beatles Versus The Rolling Stones,' said Cole, then the host of "The Clay Cole Show" in Manhattan. "It was thrilling. It raised the hairs on the back of my neck." For past expos, Rosenay sought to recruit guests with a "direct connection to the Beatles," including Pete Best, the Beatles drummer from 1960 to 1962; Cynthia Lennon, John Lennon's ex-wife; and even the Beatles' personal chauffeur and tailor. This year, however, Liverpool Tours broadened the spectrum of guests to include "contemporaries of the Beatles -- people who can talk about the Beatles, the music of the time and the lifestyle of the '60s," Rosenay said. "We used to focus on the Beatles' world and now, we are expanding the scope of the guest list," he added. Butch Patrick, known for his role as Eddie Munster on "The Munsters," will be on hand to talk about the band and his collection of Beatles memorabilia. Members of the Fifth Estate, the '60s garage rock band formed in Stamford, will promote their first studio album in 40 years, "Time Tunnel." "Several of us will be there and we'd love to see some of our hometown friends again," said Stamford native Ken "Furvus" Evans, the band's drummer. Initially called the D-Men before changing its name in 1966, the group made waves with the international hit, "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead," and was nearly signed by Beatles manager Brian Epstein. But after the Beatles' infamous Jesus controversy, Evans said the band was "put on the back burner," and instead, it released several albums on the small Veep and Jubilee record labels. They have since re-released their entire catalog on Boston Skyline Records and are staging a comeback this year. First held in New Haven in 1978, the BEATexpo began as a modest networking event for Beatles fans from the Tri-State area, but over the years, it became a large-scale convention drawing thousands of fans from across the country. After last being held in 1995 in Stamford, Rosenay said he "decided to take a break. "We had run the gamut of guests," he added. But with the popular release of the remastered Beatles catalog and "The Beatles: Rock Band" music video game in September, Rosenay wanted to bring the convention back to Stamford. He also wanted to expose the Beatles' music and history to a new generation of fans, including his three kids. "The Beatles have really stood the test of time," Rosenay said. "Every few years, a product is released, and it is so popular. The Beatles' music is truly eternal." BEATexpo 2009 is Saturday 8 p.m.-midnight and Sunday noon-8 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 700 E. Main St., Stamford. Tickets for each day are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Early Bird VIP admission for Sunday 11 a.m. is $30. https://beatexpo.ticketleap.com/BEATexpo. A new Starr is born? BEATexpo 2009 is hosting a casting call for the upcoming remake of "The Fab Four" film to be produced by Walt Disney Studios. Four actors are sought to play the leads who resemble, or can imitate, Beatles members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Casting calls are Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday, noon-8 p.m. at the Holiday Inn. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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