Beatles tribute this weekend in Toronto

The latest Beatles News Briefs, Beatles rumors and Beatles and Sixties Rock and Roll
information all Across the Beatles Blogiverse from the editors of BeatlesNews.com

If you have something we could report here on the blog, please send it to us!

Beatles tribute this weekend in Toronto
[Posted by Dave Haber on Tuesday, 08/31/10 4:00 pm] [Full Blog] [Tweet This]

This Friday, Michael Wrycraft presents Twist & Shout: A Tribute to the Beatles at Hugh's Room in Toronto, Canada. It promises to be, as all Man Called Wrycraft presentations, an eclectic and astounding line-up of musicians to celebrate one of the greatest musical groups of our time.

The performers will include Christine Duncan & the 20-member Element Choir, an astounding Avant-Choir that must be seen and heard to be believed, Wendell Ferguson, six-time CCMA Guitarist of the Year and Canada's "Go-To-Country-Session-Player", George Koller with Pat Murray, stand-up Bass and Sitar with a great Toronto Vocalist, and James Keelaghan, one of Canada's Truly Great Singer/Songwriters.

Also performing will be Scott McCord & the Bonafide Truth Horn Section, Toronto Blues Society's 2009 New Blues Band of the Year with a wicked Horn Section, Michael Occhipinti with Lester McLean, eight-time Juno nominee and one of the great Canadian Jazz Guitarists with a fantastic Toronto R&B/Soul Singer, Alejandra Ribera, a passionate, intense singer/songwriter, the buzz about Alejandra over this last year has been huge, and Maury Lafoy and Graham Powell with pure pop harmonies from the founding members of The Supers.

All in all, 38 great musicians in 8 acts performing around 20 Beatles songs.

Twist & Shout: A Tribute to the Beatles takes place on Friday, September 3, 2010 (Labour Day Weekend) at 8:30pm sharp at Hugh's Room, which is located at 2261 Dundas St. W., Toronto. Tickets are $22 in advance or $25 at the door, for ticket information plese call 416-531-6604, send an email to info@hughsroom.com or visit www.hughsroom.com.

» Click here to read all the blog posts

This news article is Copyright © 2010, and may not be reproduced on other web sites or in print, in whole or in part, without expressed permission

View the original article here

Liverpool's Casbah Club is hot this weekend, inside and out

The latest Beatles News Briefs, Beatles rumors and Beatles and Sixties Rock and Roll
information all Across the Beatles Blogiverse from the editors of BeatlesNews.com

If you have something we could report here on the blog, please send it to us!

Liverpool's Casbah Club is hot this weekend, inside and out
[Posted by Katie Hickox on Saturday, 08/28/10 6:13 pm] [Full Blog] [Related Posts] [Tweet This]

The Casbah Club had a tent outside the downstairs from the club yesterday for acoustic acts as part of this year's Liverpool Beatles Festival. Hal Bruce and Tony Murtagh played Friday afternoon.

Cavern City Tours provided buses for attendees from the Adelphi Hotel to and from the Casbah Club for the afternoon. The acoustic acts were great because you could also sit outside in the sunshine and enjoy the great weather in the large backyard of the former home of Pete Best.
For those who could handle loud music and crowds, rock and roll bands playing down in the Casbah Club cellar in the same rooms where the Beatles got their start playing as "The Silver Beatles" in late 1960 and recruited Pete Best as their drummer. Pete's mother Mona was the driving force behind transforming her family's unused cellar into the extremely popular Casbah Coffee Club where local bands could get a chance to perform.

See http://www.casbahcoffeeclub.com/ for the history of when the Beatles started playing and John Lennon got paid to decorate the ceilings and walls of the Casbah Club to make some extra money!

» Click here to read all the blog posts

This news article is Copyright © 2010, and may not be reproduced on other web sites or in print, in whole or in part, without expressed permission

View the original article here

The Cover-Up in Boston presents Wiburys tribute this weekend

The latest Beatles News Briefs, Beatles rumors and Beatles and Sixties Rock and Roll
information all Across the Beatles Blogiverse from the editors of BeatlesNews.com

If you have something we could report here on the blog, please send it to us!

The Cover-Up in Boston presents Wiburys tribute this weekend
[Posted by Dave Haber on Wednesday, 09/08/10 5:59 pm] [Full Blog] [Tweet This]

Hosted by Brendan Boogie and co-organized by Andrea Kremer, the Cover-Up is a live music series based in Boston, where stars of the Boston music scene pay tribute to favorites from the past. This weekend, The Cover-Up celebrates the music of the Traveling Wilburys with our first ever two-night spectacular.

Both nights feature full sets by Brendan Boogie as Roy Orbison, Jason Dunn as George Harrison, Kingsley Flood as Bob Dylan, Mercy James as Jeff Lynne and Spirit Kid as Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

The individual performances will be followed each night by the five front men joining together for a full set of Traveling Wilburys classics.

The Traveling Wilburys tribute takes place this Friday, September 10 and Saturday, September 11 at the The Lizard Lounge (Below Cambridge Common), which is located at 1667 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA. Music starts promptly at 9:00 pm. Admission for those 21 and over are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.

For more info, visit www.thecoverupboston.com.

» Click here to read all the blog posts

This news article is Copyright © 2010, and may not be reproduced on other web sites or in print, in whole or in part, without expressed permission

View the original article here