Beatleweek 2000... Post-Mortem!

Well it was another year of Beatles mayhem, magic and memories! We here at The Word Is Love asked the fans and the bands of the week: What were your favourite band, favourite moment and favourite live song? Here are some of the answers we got:

Andy Catling - UK
Favourite Band: The Overtures.
Favourite Moment - Meeting so many people that carry the sprit of the 60's music with them.
Favourite Live Song: The Overtures - 'And Your Bird Can Sing'.

Dennis Pugsley - The Overtures - The Ultimate 60's band (UK)
Favourite Band: The Fab Faux.
Favourite Moment: Recording at Abbey Road Studios.

Johnny Silver - Johnny and The Silver Beatles (Germany)
Favourite Band: Ringer.
Favourite Moment: Adelphi Fringe (the nice relaxed atmosphere).
Favourite Live Song: Ringer - 'Rain'.

Jo Rishton - The Word Is Love (UK)
Favourite Bands: Fab Faux & Hard Night's Day.
Favourite moment: Sing song with Fab Faux - 'Because'.
Favourite Live Song: 'Look Through Any Window' - The Overtures.

Bob Bartey - Banned On The Run (UK)
Favourite Band: Fab Faux.
Favourite Moment: Going to bed.
Favourite Live Song: 'Because'.

Jean Catharell - Liverpool Beatlescene Fan Club
Favourite Band: Fab Faux.
Favourite Moment: Watching Will Lee!
Favourite Live Song: Has to be 'Helter Skelter' - Fab Faux!

Frank Agnello - The Fab Faux (New York)
Favourite Band: The Overtures/The Fab Beatles (tie).
Favourite Moment: Walking into a music store and seeing a band, in their Sgt. Pepper costumes, buying guitar strings. It made me think, I'm here again!
Favourite Live Song: The Overtures - 'Let It Be'.

Bob Cummings - A Hard Night's Day (Texas)
Favourite Band: The Overtures don't take what they do too seriously. And really great guys!
Favourite Moment: Was having our Mathew Street Festival gig cut short, running off stage and jumping in an ambulance, and racing down to the docks, (TWIL caught it all on camera, guys! Ed) to be interviewed by the BBC! Shades of A Hard Day's Night!!
Favourite Live Song: Hard Night's Days' rendition of 'Smile Away' on Tuesday night at The Cavern Club!

Jane Bozian - UK
Favourite Band: Banned On The Run.
Favourite Moment: Meeting Bob and Marcus in the streets of Liddypool, on Monday before their gig.
Favourite Live Song: 'Medicine Jar'.

Danny Delamatyr -A Hard Night's Day (Texas)
Favourite Band: The Overtures.
Favourite Moment: Playing with Tony Sheridan at the Kasierkeller in Hamburg, Germany where The Beatles used to play.
Favourite Live Song: I personally enjoyed playing all the old covers that The Beatles did before they became famous.

Marcus Lazarus - Banned On The Run (UK)
Favourite Band: The Overtures/Liverpool.
Favourite Moment: Playing with Chris Hall, has to be the highlight of my week! There was a re-run of Macca with Jools Holland on the other night. I was nearly slapped across the face, for repeatedly saying, "I've played with him you know!"
Favourite Live Song: 'Hey Bulldog' - Liverpool at the Barcelona! Absolutely spot on! Had the all place rocking! And Den and Tony's acoustic version of 'Two Of Us', from the Let It Be performance!

Kev Day - The Fab Beatles (UK)
Favourite Band: The Fab Faux
Favourite Moment: Doing 'Sweet Little Sixteen' in The Cavern Club - Rock n' Roll, Man!
Favourite Live Song: 'A Day in the Life' - Royal Court Show.

Jason Wadey - Rubber Soul (UK)
Favourite Band: The Fab Faux.
Favourite Moment: When Luke was playing on the piano at The Adelphi Hotel and I was singing, and the next thing, 100's of fans joined in, (We were there at 3am in the morning! Ed's) and the guys standing next to me joining in were The Fab Faux!!!!!!!!! It was brilliant!! (So say all of us! Ed's!)
Favourite Live Song: 'Medicine Jar' by Banned On The Run! It was just so unexpected and it really made my day!!!!!!

Debbie Loveridge - UK
Favourite Band: The Overtures.
Favourite Moment: Myself and family and friends of The Overtures, holding up a banner with their name on at the Castle Street festival from our position in the crowd when they were about to sing Yellow Submarine! The favourite band in Liddy and we love you Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Favourite Live Song: 'Yellow Submarine' - The Overtures.

Pete - The Fab Beatles (UK)
Favourite Band: The Fab Faux
Favourite Moment: Playing at The Cavern Club.
Favourite Live Song: 'All My Loving' at The Cavern Club (with the crowd singing along to it!)

Luke - Rubber Soul (UK)
Favourite Band: Fab Faux.
Favourite Moment: My mini gig at The Adelphi Hotel, especially when The Fab Faux joined in!!!!! It was just sheer madness!!!!
Favourite Live Song: 'Jet' by Banned On The Run, as it is my fave Wings song and I was singing along extremely loud!!

Nina Douglas - The Word Is Love (UK)
Favourite Band: The Fab Faux
Favourite Moment: Meeting Will, Frank, Jack, Rich & Jimmy…trying to talk to everyone without a voice on Monday night!
Favourite Live Song: 'Helter Skelter' - it felt like my life source!

Andy - The Fab Beatles (UK)
Favourite Band: The Fab Faux
Favourite Moment: Playing in The Cavern Club!
Favourite Live Song: 'She Loves You' at The Cavern.

Pamela Martin - UK
Favourite Band: Fab Faux!! (Who else!!)
Favourite Live Song: 'Hey Bulldog'.

Rich Pagano - Fab Faux (New York)
Favourite Band: Fab Faux and The Overtures.
Favourite Moment: Sing a long in the Adelphi lobby at 2am.
Favourite Live Song: 'You Never Give Me Your Money' at the Adelphi.

Lyndon - The Fab Beatles (UK)
Favourite Band: The Meetles/The Fab Faux
Favourite Moment: Getting to bed!
Favourite Live Song: 'Walrus' at The Royal Court.

Andrei and Emil - The Flying Postmen (UK & Moldova)
Favourite Band: The Fab Faux, The Overtures, Hard Nights Day.
Favourite Moment: We met Allan Williams at the Adelphi and he asked us if we got paid by "Yesterdays Club" 2 years ago, that was a laugh!! Another favourite was Gary Gibson's Concert, Very memorable and brilliant!
Favourite Live Song: Hard Night's Day - 'Sheik Of Araby' and the song sung by Eddie in The Cavern Pub!

Aggeu Marques - Hocus Pocus (Brazil)
Favourite Band: Sure my favourite band is Hocus Pocus, ha ha ha! But sincerely I loved The Fab Faux and The Overtures!
Favourite Moment: Drinking and chatting with old and new friends, I love the place! Yeah, will be back next year!
Favourite Live Song: 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' - (Hocus Pocus)

Lucy O'Con - Texas, USA
Favourite Band: Our guys of course, Hard Night's Day. They "sound" more like the Fab Four than any of the other bands.
Favourite Moment: When I visited the Penny Lane area & also Paul's home.
Favourite Live Song: Well for now ('cause we all have more than one) is "Ask Me Why" & really was amazed at how well HND sounded doing this!

Many thanks for sharing all your memories and thoughts. We hope that we have managed to bring the magic of Beatleweek back to you for a few minutes!!

TWIL Issue Two October 2000