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The Royal Court
Theatre, Last year's sensation - THE FAB FAUX!
Could it be better? Yes, the ENCORES! First 'Everybody Got To Hide Except Me And My Monkey' (thank you, FRANK!). We blew over! The whole arena boiled! Then JACK popped up to the middle of the stage and sang 'Helter Skelter'!!! Unbelievable - wowWowWOW!!! We were all flying around high up in the sky! We had just heard THE BEST BEATLES TRIBUTE BAND IN THE WORLD! The band even surpassed THE BEATLES' original versions!
THE FAB FAUX are WILL LEE (bass, guitars), JIMMY VIVINO (keyboards, guitars), RICH PAGANO (drums), FRANK AGNELLO (guitars) and - not the least - JACK PETRUZELLI (keyboards, guitars). (More info on the "The Fab Faux plays 'Abbey Road' at the Adelphi" site.) 'Abbey Road' at
The Adelphi,
Oh JACK! Your version of 'Oh Darling' was one of the highlights of the whole Beatle Week! We had never heard such a powerful version. thankyouThankYouTHANKYOU!!!!
WILL gave us full power in 'I WANT YOU (She's So Heavy)'. So heavy!
Not only hard-driving musicians. Their five-part harmonies sounded fantastic as well. 'Sun King' was so beautiful!
The finale with the 3 guitars lineup on 'The End' was just FANTASTIC! Exactly as The Beatles did it - BUT YOU SOUNDED BETTER!
When FRANK ended the concert with 'Her Majesty', we just cried with happiness, flying around up in the sky! What a show! Could anything be better?! Yes! THE ENCORE! Now Cavern City Tour's own BILL HECKLE went up on the stage and introduced The Fab Faux as THE BEST BEATLE BAND IN THE WORLD! He also regretted, that the next song wasn't included on the "Abbey Road" album. And now JACK and the rest of the band started to play 'HELTER SKELTER'!!! Jack's vocals - wowWowWOW!!! And the rest of the band! So POWERFUL! Unbelievable! This is the way THE BEATLES would have liked to sound on stage!
Castle Street, Monday 28th August, 2000 Back to the stage - THE FAB FAUX!!
The public on the street couldn't believe their ears, and eyes! How could this little man got so much power in his voice, JACK that means! And the rest of the band - heavy Heavy HEAVY METAL!!! WOWWOWWOW!!!
THE FAB FAUX was first brought to England by top US producer WILL SCHILLINGER in August 1999. After a succesful recording-session at Abbey Road Studio 2 (yes, The Beatles' studio!), they came up to the Liverpool Beatle Week. The impact on the audience was enormous! When we for the first time heard 'Everybody Got To Hide Except Me And My Monkey' and 'Helter Skelter' we almost blew over! And 2000 and 2001 - better and BETTER!!! THE FAB FAUX comes from New York City. They are: WILL
LEE (bass, guitars) WILL LEE is well-known from the 'Letterman Show'. He's a famous session-man and has has worked together with superstars like George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jeff Beck, James Brown, Ray Charles, Cher, Aretha Franklin, Mick Jagger, Liza Minelli, Alannah Myles, Frank Sinatra, Dusty Springfield, Cat Stevens, Dionne Warwick and many more. See his website www.willlee.com JIMMY VIVINO can be seen in 'Late Night with Conan O'Brian', off course! He has also played with Al Kooper, John Sebastian, James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Levon Helm and Max Weinberg. Jimmy is as well established as a producer, writer and leader of his own band. See his website www.jimmyvivino.com RICH PAGANO is one of NYC's busiest musicians. He has worked with Robbie Robertson, Faith Hill, Patti Smith and many more. FRANK AGNELLO has performed in many big stage productions, including 'Hair'. Yes, he has even visited my howntown Göteborg with the 'Hair' production! Now he's about to play on Broadway in the forthcoming musical 'Sin and Salvation'. JACK PETRUZZELLI is another extremely busy musician and is lead guitarist and keyboard-player in the John Osborne Band. He has also worked with many famous artists like Vanessa Paradis. The Fab Faux website: www.thefabfaux.com
All photos and text by Bengt Wärmlind, Sweden. (Please give me credits if you use any of the photos!)
'The Fab Faux in Liverpool 1999 & 2000'
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