For those of us whose heroes include Dave Marsh, Ron Lundy, Dick Clark, Scott Shannon, Joel Whitburn, Bob Rivers, Norm N. Nite, Fred Bronson, Cousin Brucie, the characters played by John Cusack and Jack Black in High Fidelity and most of all....Casey Kasem (or Charlie Van Dyke when he was sitting in)!
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Best of The Beatles
Got a chance to meet a Rock Legend last month. Playing two blocks from my apartment was Pete Best whom I'd long referred to as the unluckiest man in the world. Fired by The Beatles right before they hit it big, if anyone had a reason to be bitter it would be him. Instead, he decided to find the best musicians in Liverpool and put together the best darn Beatles cover band out there. Playing the Hamburg sets of 1961-1962 when he was the drumer of The Fab Five/Four (Stu Sutcliffe died in the midst of the period), his band proved to be one of the most fun live acts I've ever seen. After the show, I got a picture with him and I'll post a link if the shot comes out. And....I'll try to get my next post up in a timely manner. I'm working on a list of the best cover songs of all time...get psyched!
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