How pathetic we all become There is nothing else to say. At least I do not put my febility on video for others to see. He was great in his day...unfortunately this is the night...he should accept that. I seriously adore what he did, and truly appreciate it was part of my youth, ......but Jerry, our 'best before' time was a loooong time ago.
RIP Gerry. It was an honor to have met you before your concert with Leslie Gore many years ago in Greeley, CO. Awesome concert. Thanks for the sigs on the pics/albums.
Right where it all started ..not the cavern as most are lead to believe ..I watched an interview with Pete some time back I loved the image that he conjured up of the first silver beatles gig there at the casbah minus a drummer just 4 guitars plugged into amps dressed in black leather ..reminded me of later acts such as jesus and mary chain and the velvet underground !!
The Cavern Club opened its door as a jazz club on Wednesday 16 January 1957. After Gerry Marsden persuaded Ray McFall (the owner) to let him and his band perform at The Cavern Club, it quickly became the centre for Rock & Roll. Punters flocked to see The Beatles, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes there, instead of listening to jazz music.
Back in the day Ringo was absolutely more solid, however these days Ringo has phoned it in on his All-Star band BS where he barely plays anything interesting. Meanwhile Pete Best still shedding, and is playing in bars for the fun of it.
I don’t get all the dissing here. Give him a break, the promise is the early 1960s (or late 1950s?) Mersey Beat sound which he obviously delivers. It’s totally wrong to compare him or the band to what the Beatles (and Ringo) eventually have become. Yes, even his “technique” seems funny, the application of (the same five, tops) fills is plain tasteless, and in general sounds like he hasn’t improved a bit since 1962, but then again: this is authentic and the the closest to how the Silver Beatles sounded like back then. His kit might be placed at the very same spot it stood when they were practicing songs for an upcoming Hamburg trip! It’s amazing to still have Pete around and that he doesn’t try to pretend to be someone else than he is as a musician.
The Beatles have been no more since 1970. While Pete is alive and kicking. I hope he's definitely got compensated for being wronged in the early 1960s. Too late but better late than never, believably...
Я была на этом концерте. Когда я услышала эту песню, по телу пробежала дрожь и мелькнула мысль: под эту песню я буду танцевать на своей свадьбе. Не прошло и 2 лет как предчувствие сбылось.
