Gavin Pring

"You're a star, Gavin!" so said Mike Byrne at Beatle Week 2002. What prompted the comment? A very nervous Gavin Pring had just performed an unrehearsed solo tribute to George Harrison in front of a packed Adelphi Ballroom on convention day, to fill in a vacant slot in the programme that arose.

Well this year he's back playing a grand total of 13 gigs at Beatle Week 2003 in three very different guises:

He will be joining British Export to portray George, a role he took on permanently in May this year, after touring Korea with the band in November 2002.

Gav will also be performing as part of an acoustic duo with a friend Geoff Metcalfe. They astounded fans at a charity gig in The Grapes just before Christmas and Gav says that you can expect a mixture of Beatles and George solo songs with maybe one or two surprises.

Finally, as if the last year hasn't been busy enough, he has put together his own band called George Harry's Son - inspired by a photograph Gav saw of George with his dad. Gav will be joined by Ritchie on drums, Dave Finley on keyboards, Nick Robinson on bass (who some might recognise from Instant Karma), Richard Smith on lead guitar (Richard also plays in his own band Row Z), Geoff Metcalfe on second rhythm guitar and last but by no means least Kate Cave on backing vocals. Together they will perform at 'Live Peace in Chavasse Park' presenting a set based on those performed by George Harrison during his 'Rock Legends' tour of Japan with Eric Clapton in 1991.

The core of the band Gav, Geoff and Richard performed at The Cavern Club back in February following only one rehearsal and they gave a brilliant performance helping fans celebrate what would have been George Harrison's 60th Birthday in style.

When he isn't busy playing with one of his bands, Gav writes and records his own songs just for fun. He has also portrayed George in an as yet unreleased film. Gav is a friendly sort and has that wonderful wit that Liverpudlians are so famous for, so pop over and say hello when you see him out and about during the week.

To find out more about him check out his official website at www.our-gav.com