THE FAB FAUX
plays 'Abbey Road'
at The Adelphi,
Liverpool
August
27th, 2000.
Frank and Will in action!
Jimmy sings with all his soul.
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Guitar magic, Frank! |
"Oh Darling" WOW, Jack! |
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!!!!
Frank, Jack and Jimmy give it all!
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Oh Will, you're so cool! |
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WILL gave us full power in 'I WANT YOU (She's So Heavy)'. So heavy!
You're not so bad either, Jimmy!
Not only hard-driving musicians. Their five-part harmonies sounded fantastic as well. 'Sun King' was so beautiful!
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Beautiful guitars - and Frank! |
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Frank, Will and Jimmy in "The End".
The finale with the 3 guitars lineup on 'The End' was just FANTASTIC! Exactly as The Beatles did it - BUT YOU SOUNDED BETTER!
Will - the girls adore you!
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!
ENCORE! 'Helter
Skelter'!
Frank, Will and Jack!
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With RICH's powerful drumbeat, the band SURPASSED The Beatles' versions! And yes! He's an excellent singer as well! We stumbled out from the Adelphi Ballroom, just having heard THE BEST BEATLES MUSIC EVER PERFORMED ON STAGE! I'm still dreaming, haven't landed on the earth yet! |
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Rich's beat made us |
Fab Frank and me at Friday's Bar
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 this year - EVEN BETTER!
THE FAB FAUX comes from New York City. They are:
WILL
LEE (bass, guitars)
JIMMY
VIVINO (guitars and
keyboards)
RICH
PAGANO (drums)
FRANK
AGNELLO (guitars)
JACK PETRUZZELLI
(keyboards and guitar)
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.8k.com/index2.html
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
Updated September 16th, 2001.
All photos and text by Bengt Wärmlind, Sweden.
(Please give me credits if you use any of the photos!)
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'The Fab Faux in Liverpool 1999 & 2000'