Personally I think 🤔 Bev Bevan didn't get the Recognition He definitely Deserves !! Bev Bevan is One the Greatest Drummers in the World 🌎 !! Keep Rocking Bev !!
Jeff gets a lot of credit, as well he should, but he was surrounded by other great musicians as well, and Bev is one of them. Legendary. ELO, to me, is the zenith of rock and roll.
What a lovely bloke Bev is, it was a joy to see him again and looking so good. Im glad he,s still working. He must have hundreds of friends. Good luck and longevity to him.
I really hope Bev and Jeff Lynne will get together before they both go to that great rock band in the sky. At this point in their lives, friendship is the most important thing. They did so much together, and they really need to sit and have a pint together. I think they would both be glad they did. Come on guys! You can take a moment, and get together just for old time sake to iron things out. Honestly it's all water under the bridge at this point anyway. The only thing left is having the pint together!
60 years later! Bev Bevan has always been one of my most beloved drummers since I was a young kid! I wanted to be just like him, but I turned into my own drummer self!!!
Great interview, Bev looks great, shame he’s not still working with Jeff, been a fan of ELO since 79 aged 12. I saw elo in 86 at Heartbeat 86 NEC, Orchestra in Crewe (Groucut the and Kaminsk) and ELO part 2 again at the NEC with Moscow philharmonic orchestra.
I met Bev, Kelly Grouchett, Mik Kaminski, Louis Clark and the other members of ELO Part II back in 1999. ELO Time tour 1981 was my first ever concert. I was 11 then. I shook Bev's hand and told him it was such an honor to meet him. He is tall too and was really nice. I told him as much as I could remember, it was an amazing show and mentioned the malfunction of Fred the Robot during the show and he remembered that lol. Only wish I had had all my ELO albums, but had heard of their show at the last minute and didn't have time to go home and retrieve them.
I met them all at The Burswood Casino Perth Australia after their show, have still got a photo with each of their autographs over the top....great show, great guys, can't ever forgive Jeff for marginalizing the others in the band.
Excellent interview! I could listen to Bev Bevan all day, it's so interesting to hear about his past and present accomplishments. Fantastic drummer to top it all off :)
A true 'working' musician, and a legend. He seems quite unassuming about his career and I hope he actually realises how many people love him and how much of an influence he has had on people. I had an ELO poster on my bedroom wall throughout the 80s, and he was on it.
I was a great fan of the Move. Amazing how life moves on since those great times. Music today sucks on the whole it's only the "oldies" making great music these days as far as I am concerned.
I met Bev a few days before this interview, on September 18th...see pic! I had just watched him play a set with his band, they were fan bloody tastic! I gave him a portrait I had drawn of him on full drum kit, I think he liked it because he gave me a kiss on the cheek...I went home very happy. I shook one of those magic hands and he also signed my Discovery album, which is what he is doing in the picture. Great person, seems a little shy when not on stage.
An amazingly modest man to be so talented and yet, the perfect drummer for elo. Thanks bev, I think you must be a remarkable human being and very kind. Thanks for all you have done with Jeff and elo. Much respect and admiration.
I saw Bev and The Move do an outdoor concert in The Hague, Holland in 1969. They were down to a four piece band: Bev on drums, Roy Wood on guitar, Carl Wayne on lead vocal and Rick Price on bass, but with 100 watt WEM stacks across the stage and a WEM P.A. on each side they were LOUD AS HELL!! They played their latest hit "Wild Tiger Woman" and man, they rocked. Always liked the Move way more than I did ELO. Jeff Lynne is a very capable producer, but his songs don't really hold up without all the string bombast, whereas Roy Wood gave us catchy tunes like "I Can Hear the Grass Grow", "Fire Brigade" and the pop classic "Blackberry Way". My favorite was one of their last singles, "Chinatown", a unique quirky-sounding song so typical of Wood. The Move never gained real star status, but in my opinion they were right up there with the great British bands. They definitely sounded too off-beat for a 70's American market better suited for Lynne's neo-classical kitsch. Roy Wood cut a few more records with Wizard, including the wall-of-sound hit "See My Baby Jive", another proof of Roy's prowess as writer of catchy tunes.
I recall Bev was a great ambassador for E.L.O during their heyday. Bev remains enthusiastic,engaging and has his feet firmly on the ground. Good wishes to you Bev.
Always saw his name on my ELO records back in the day, was playing the drums myself at the time. But without RU-vid and being a kid the gang stayed pretty anonymous to me apart from their music. It's nice to see the face and hear him talking now. Thanks for the upload.
I loved the interview! I have been a huge ELO fan for years, but the band members have been a mystery to me for the most part. It was wonderful to find out who Bev Bevan is, and who some of his influences were.
I love Bev and all the past Band Members of ELO but Jeff is ELO! The quality of Musicians Jeff Lynne has had since 2013 is Outstanding and Jeff Lynne's ELO has the very best sound "ever" in Concert...Can't wait to see Jeff Lynne's ELO in concert again soon.
I completely disagree. The ELO sound is long dead. Zoom to From out of Nowhere just sounds like a Traveling Wilburys knockoff rather than an actual ELO record.
yes I caught them in Malvern in June last year, I particularly liked the musical parts, and Mr Blue Sky at the end had everyone up and and singing along. Seeing him in Quill in September.
Great interview. Loved ELO back in the day. Saw sabbath with Bev and Ian Gillian on vocals. It was a little strange to a teenage sabbath fan, but looking back it was a cool show. Remember thinking the drums sounded great!
Interesting interview ..He was drummer with my former husband Singer/Songwriter Nicky James's" The Wild Cherries," for a short while.What a brilliant drummer he is too... I loved that period in time ,it was wild, and life was one huge adventure,most of the musicians we knew around this period became famous that were from Birmingham including The Moody Blues . Pleased to hear he a new band ."The Bev Bevan Band, "I will be listening out for them.. I wish them well. Oh! .. Merry Christmas all
I remember seeing ELO on Midnight Special in the mid 70’s. Bev always served as the spokesperson for the band. As a newbie rock fan, I assumed he was the leader of the group.
He wasn't the "leader" but a co-founder of ELO along with Jeff and Roy Wood. Jeff hated public speaking (and touring too,) so left the job to Bev who was more than keen to do it.
@@iniquity123 love your username! Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne were both reticent about public performance. Funny how Roy later went into glam rock, which has a flashier image. There's a video of Roll Over Beethoven from ELO 2, when Roy was still in the group. Jeff has a wig made of mylar strips, wearing eyeshadow and other face makeup! That might be the point where he said "I ain't doing this no more", and Roy left to start Wizzard.
What a great guy, a lovely man, was a big ELO fan in the 70's , all top musicians in a great band , some lovely stories , he seems so down to earth, and a really decent man,
An amazing guy. Saw him at a concert a few years ago at Aston Wood golf club with a lot of other Birmingham stars from years ago including Trevor burton
If you want to see for yourself just how tight the Move were, look up their "Colour me pop" performance, it keeps floating around on RU-vid. I find it mesmerizing.
Bev, so very lovely to see you. I have been a fan of EL0 for a great many years and enjoyed you at Wembley on a few occasions. Best wishes to to you. N
His mother must have had so much faith in her son succeeding as a drummer. She was a terrific mother to pay the thirty-five pounds for the drums and lessons. Just listening to Bev talking about his Mum is sweet. Glad Bev began the drums and succeeded as well as he has.
When ELO was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the band mentioned Bev Beven in the acceptance speech. It was a classy move, because without Bev Beven on drums, ELO would not be the same amazing band it is.
@@GNF54 I thought it was very sad when Jeff re-recorded many of ELO's hits on his own, playing all the instruments for a compilation album. Very likely the reason was financial, so that he could collect a higher royalty rate and have a longer time before the performances went out of copyright, but it was like a message to say the other musicians were expendable. Sad indeed.
I always thought it was quite a loss to ELO to lose Bev but I never knew the reasons and still don't to this day but thank goodness for the old videos where he was a major part.
I really like bev Bevan since I first saw him on the video music time. Playing twilight beating out an awesome beat. I had no idea whatsoever the young cheeky chappie playing flowers in the rain with the move was actually him.
First saw the Move at the Marque club Birmingham so impressed by there set when ever they around the Midlands. would try to get to see them remember Roy Wood playing a wood saw one evening I recognised there van and realized they where looking a working mans club pointed them in the right direction and of course went along myself
I remember the first record on Radio One. Flowers in the Rain. I listened to it as I was getting ready to go to work. I was sixteen and I thought it was fantastic.
I just looked on Spotify for The Move . Sadly there were only four album selections . But one was The Move “Live at The Marquee Club” the cover has a photo of the band on stage and it captured the moment when a television is being smashed with a axe. I thought I would mention it since Bev spoke about it in the interview . Bev’s a great drummer he reminds me of a big band drummer.
*Nice calm interview...it's amazing how 'Proper English' rockers become when they're not being a rebel rocker for fans* *"You can take the boy out of England...but never the 'England' out of the boy!"*
Love elo,wish kelly G. and Jeff lynne could have worked out issues...kelly made elo,special...Jeff should have given him a nice bonus after all his work and live vocals....like one million, Kelly was well worth it
