Here Comes the Son

It’s taken a while for me to come down off of the cloud that was “a record 497 views in one day” last week. I was celebrating. 🙂 That Kinks post I did got a lot of traffic!
Anyway, today I’d like to wish Dhani Harrison a happy birthday! As I’ve said before, his band, thenewno2, is great and I hope they come out with some new music soon! They rock! Also, I’m happy that through Dhani, George’s fantastic facial features were passed on to another generation for us 21st century Beatle fans to admire. 🙂

In honor of Dhani’s birthday, I thought I’d post some pictures of George with Dhani. These two truly embody the saying, “Like father, like son.” Enjoy!

Aww… Baby Dhani!

They’re probably on their way somewhere cool.

Dhani is clearly channeling George’s fab fashion sense here

Dhani is rocking the Beatle hair!

I think I’ve posted this before, but the similarity always makes me laugh. 🙂

That’s all for today. It’s August now! Where has the summer gone??? I better enjoy having ample blogging time while I still have it! Have a great weekend!

The Voice of John Lennon in the 21st Century

I don’t have time to say much about this, but you MUST watch this video! This guy, Eddie MacClaine, formerly in the Beatle tribute band The Cavern Beatles, looks and sounds EXACTLY like John Lennon here! Wow! He’s amazing! If I didn’t know any better, I’d say it was actually John Lennon!!!
If you’re a major Lennon fan, this may bring tears to your eyes. I know I got a little teary when I first saw it…

Here’s the real John singing Baby It’s You, just for comparison. The similarity between the two versions is absolutely uncanny.

While I adore the lovely harmonies on the Beatle version, I like the first video just as much.
Okay, that’s all for now. I have another, longer post planned for later. Enjoy!

A Fantastic Day In My Life

Obviously, if I could choose between seeing the Beatles live and seeing a Beatles tribute band live, I’d choose the real Beatles. But, seeing as that’s not possible, the next best thing is to see a band paying tribute to the Beatles in every possible way, with Beatles-era wigs, instruments, and outfits, in additon to sounding like them and being thoroughly entertaining to watch. If you’re a Beatle fan looking for a tribute band with all of these characteristics, look no further than The Fab Four! They are a California-based Beatle tribute band that does shows all over the place. Their main cast members are Ron McNeil (John), Ardy Sarraf (Paul), Gavin Pring (George… More on Gavin later), and Erik Fidel (Ringo). And I was lucky enough to see them live in Huntington on December 28th!

I actually have to thank the Mets on this post, because it was at a Mets game where I first discovered The Fab Four. There were free tickets being given away to see The Fab Four in Huntington, and I got excited because the concert was close to where I live! After that, I watched many videos of them on Youtube, and determined that they were by far the closest thing to seeing the real Beatles live. And you have no idea how excited I was when I found out that “George” AKA Gavin Pring is actually from Liverpool! Furthermore, he looks a lot like George! See for yourself:

Which one is George and which one is Gavin?

Gavin is in the middle. George is on either side. The resemblance is uncanny. I probably spent about 90% of the show I was at just staring at Gavin. And once, I think he saw me and smiled! That was exciting!

The regular Paul guy, Ardy Sarraf, wasn’t at the show I was at, but based on the videos of him I’ve seen, he is a fantastic Paul! he even plays guitar and bass lefty, just like Paul! Check this out:

Ardy Sarraf

Paul McCartney

Ron and Erik were fabulous as John and Ringo as well! So, if you have a chance to see The Fab Four live, definitely do so! You will be amazed!