Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Liverpool's first coronavirus death was Scouse legend Tributes have flooded in for one of Liverpool's "very best" Cy Tucker, who died after suffering from coronavirus symptoms. The legendary musician, who used to rub shoulders with the likes of Cilla Black and The Beatles, died on Tuesday morning. He is believed to be the first person to die of coronavirus in Liverpool. Related Articles  Source: Liverpool Echo

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Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Julian Lennon pays tribute to late Rush drummer Julian Lennon recently took to social media via Twitter to pay his respects to Neil Peart who lost a battle with brain cancer this past week. Lennon wrote, "RIP Neil... You were one of the Best... And Rush was one of the 1st Live Shows I went to see as a Teenager... Always Loved them, always will.. My Sincere Condolences to All Family & Friends." Source: Alternative Nation

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Neil Innes: I'm just like Shakespeare, except with better songs Music was always on Innes' radar, though he attributes his love of satire to the Bonzos, who he first played with in his student days at the Royal College Of Art canteen. By late 1966 they were making a decent penny as a live act, touring clubland Britain with their surrealist explosion of trad jazz, avant-pop and music-hall nonsense. Source: Louder Sound

Ninja of comedy and melody touched Python, Beatles, Oasis and beyond His Beatles connection cemented Neil Innes' legend. After Python, Innes and Eric Idle joined forces on Rutland Weekend Television, which spawned the sensation that was The Rutles, nicknamed The Pre-Fab Four. His mimics of classic Beatles songs were so convincing that his "Cheese And Onions" even found its way onto a Beatles bootleg. Source: NME, UK

Monday, December 30, 2019

Neil Innes, Monty Python collaborator and Beatles parodist, dies at 75 Neil Innes was revered by musicians, especially those in England regularly exposed to his songs with the Bonzos and in the late '60s on a children's TV series "Do Not Adjust Your Set". He may be most widely recognized for the songs he crafted for the Rutles, that evoked the style and sound of the Beatles without directly imitating them. Source: Los Angeles Times

Monty Python songwriter Neil Innes dies aged 75 Neil Innes has died aged 75. Python Michael Palin said, "He was a great writer and he was eccentric and he was clever without being pretentious. And he was the warmest of people to be with, he was a most lovely friend." John Cleese tweeted he was "utterly dismayed" to hear of Innes's death, calling him "a very sweet man." Source: BBC News

Neil Innes, Rutles singer-songwriter and Python collaborator, dies at 75 Neil Innes, British songwriter and comedian who collaborated with Monty Python and co-founded the Beatles pastiche band The Rutles, has died at age 75. "We have lost a beautiful kind, gentle soul whose music and songs touched the heart of everyone and whose intellect and search for truth inspired us all," a spokespersons' statement said. Source: Billboard

Neil Innes, of Bonzo Dog Band, Rutles and Monty Python fame, dies at 75 British comedian and musician Neil Innes, best known as a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, a collaborator with Monty Python, and a member of the Beatles parody act The Rutles, died yesterday, according to reports in the U.K. media. He was 75. His death came unexpectedly, he had been traveling home from France and had not been ill. Source: Best Classic Bands

Friday, November 29, 2019

Nov 29, 2002: Concert for George honors Harrison Rock and roll royalty assembled at London's Royal Albert Hall on November 29, 2002, for the Concert For George, one year to the day after George Harrison died. Olivia and Dhani Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Jeff Lynne were the musical directors. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, fellow Traveling Wilbury Tom Petty, and Billy Preston performed. Source: Best Classic Bands

George Harrison remembered with brief video On November 29, 2016, with little fanfare, dozens of George Harrison videos were uploaded to YouTube, on the 15th anniversary of his death. On November 29, 2019, a brief clip titled "Remembering George," of Harrison on the grounds of his home in Friar Park in 1999 was posted to the channel, on the 18th anniversary of his passing. Source: Best Classic Bands

Monday, November 18, 2019

Rock legend photographer Terry O'Neill dies Terry O'Neill, the British photographer who documented many of rock music's and popular culture's most iconic subjects, with photos that became iconic works themselves, died Saturday night. During his career, O'Neill photographed such legendary subjects as The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Chuck Berry and Led Zeppelin. Source: Best Classic Bands

Monday, November 11, 2019

Paul McCartney pays tribute to Rubber Soul photographer Robert Freeman Paul McCartney has said, "Besides being a great professional he was imaginative and a true original thinker. People often think that the cover shot for Meet The Beatles...was a carefully arranged studio shot. In fact it was taken quite quickly by Robert in the corridor of a hotel where natural light came from the windows at the end of the corridor." Source: Louder Sound

Friday, November 8, 2019

Beatles' photographer Robert Freeman dies at 82 Robert Freeman, best known for his album cover photos for The Beatles, including the well known images for HELP!, Rubber Soul, With The Beatles, and Beatles For Sale, died on Nov. 7 at age 82. From 1963 to 1966 he was one of the Beatles favorite photographers, shooting five consecutive album covers for the group's U.K. albums. Source: Best Classic Bands

Monday, December 29, 2014

Joe Cocker: The Beatles connections Joe Cocker first came to fame in the UK in 1968 with his cover of With A Little Help From My Friends, and his performance of that song at Woodstock the following summer rocketed him to world fame. The Beatles were not always thrilled by some of the covers of their songs, but that was not the case with Joe. Source: Beatles News

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Man who brought Beatles to America to be remembered in NYC On Wednesday, February 12, family, friends and artists will come together to celebrate the life of and to pay tribute to Sid Bernstein, the legendary promoter also known as "the man who brought The Beatles to America" and "The Father of the British Invasion" at The Cutting Room in New York City. Source: Beatles News

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Rock pioneer and human rights supporter Lou Reed passes away Songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and punk-poet Lou Reed died on Sunday at 71. Reed is most recently featured on a new 6-disc DVD box-set for Amnesty International that features him prominently performing alongside Sting, Bono, Bryan Adams, Jackson Browne and Bruce Springsteen. Source: Beatles News Blog

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Davy Jones to be remembered at Monkees convention The one-year anniversary of Davy Jones' passing will be commemorated with a celebration of the former teen idol's life, and his band, at the The David T. Jones Memorial Monkees Convention, March 1-3, 2013 at The Sheraton in East Rutherford, New Jersey. There will be live concert performances and special guest interviews. Source: Beatles News

Monday, June 25, 2012

Imagine the Beatles Tribute remembers Victor Spinetti Neil Burg of Imagine The Beatles Tribute remembers fondly the night they had the pleasure of performing in front of the late Victor Spinetti back in 1995 in Northridge, LA at the Volare Restaurant. Neil says Victor told them that they made him cry when he heard the songs that they performed, especially the songs from Hard Days Night. Source: Beatles News Blog

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

I won an award... It's on the wall in my office The wonderful British character actor Victor Spinetti passed away on Monday at the age of 82. Over the years, I got the chance to spend many hours one on one with Victor. He was the warmest, kindest, most wonderful soul I ever met on this planet. The time I got to spend with him was a wonderful gift which I will never forget. Source: Beatles News Blog

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Another Sgt. Pepper's face passes away Actor and Hollywood legend Tony Curtis has passed away. He was among the actors and famous people that the Beatles admired that were pictured on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. In March, 2009, he visited Las Vegas to sign autographs and showed up to the event wearing a Sgt. Pepper's t-shirt. Source: Beatles News Blog

Friday, August 27, 2010

Thinking of Brian Today we remember Brian Epstein, who passed away 43 years ago on this day, August 27, 1967. He believed in the Beatles when no one else did and tamed them without changing who they were. It's a crime an accident took Brian from us at such a young age. He was only 32, but he lives on in the hearts of every Beatles fan forever. Source: Beatles News Blog

Sunday, January 17, 2010

George Harrison's nephew passes away Gordon Caldwell, George Harrison's nephew, and son of Louise Harrison, this morning, Sunday, January 17th, 2010 at the age of 52. Louise said, "Gordon, like his uncle George Harrison, was a very spiritual person and was a siddha". Source: Beatles News

Friday, July 17, 2009

Peter Asher says Gordon was the duo's heart and soul In an official statement released today, Peter Asher said of his late partner, "Gordon played such a significant role in my life that losing him is hard to comprehend ? let alone to tolerate. Without Gordon I would never have begun my career in the music business in the first place." Source: Beatles News Blog

Gordon Waller of Peter and Gordon, dead at 64 Sad news for Beatles fans. Gordon Waller, one half of 1960s singing duo Peter & Gordon, passed away early today at age 64, in a hospital near his home in Connecticut. Peter & Gordon had nine Top Forty hits, four of their hits were specially written for them by Paul McCartney. Source: Beatles News Blog

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Indian musician who performed with George Harrison Ali Akbar Khan, the revered Indian-born musician who moved to Marin County and popularized his country's music for successive generations of Americans, died Thursday night. In 1971, he teamed with Ravi Shankar to open George Harrison's 1971 Bangladesh fundraising concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. Source: Beatles News Blog

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