Los Escarabajos
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Members: Enrique Sánchez (guitar), Jesús Beades (bass), Bernardo Jiménez (keyboards), Luis Abad (guitar) and José Luis Blanco (drums).
Location: Spain
Website: www.losescarabajos.com
Appearances: Liverpool Beatleweek 2003, 2004
Biography: (from the Beatleweek 2004 Programme)
Los Escarabajos (meaning beetles in Spanish), made their Beatleweek debut last year following 10 successful years participating in many Beatles conventions in Seville, the annual traditional celebration of Las Fallas in Valencia and numerous other performances across Spain. At their debut at the Cavern Club last August, recorded for posterity along with their other Beatleweek shows and available on their album 'Alive with Beetles', Los Escarabajos, who call themselves 'Spaniards in the works', performing songs that The Beatles never played live, demonstrated their vocal talents with some of the lesser-heard songs including Lovely Rita, with José Luis mimicking McCartney's complicated vocal flawlessly, Fixing a Hole (with spot-on lead guitar from Enrique Sánchez), The Word and Your Mother Should Know.
One of the highlights of their shows, and something we have never seen by any other band at Beatleweek is the inclusion of both the 1963 and 1969 versions of One After 909, or One Before and After 909, as Los Escarabajos call it. It's great to hear both variations back to back!
The CD will be available from the band during Beatleweek, but why not go and see them perform live while they're in Liverpool!
Los Escarabajos, celebrating their tenth anniversary and tenth line-up, are founding member Enrique Sánchez (guitar), Luis Abad (guitar), José Luis Blanco (drums) and new bassist, German musician Alex Kugel.
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