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The Fab Faux
Saturday August 28th,
1999. Everybody’s talking about The Fab Faux now. So when they play again at The Adelphi Hotel on Sunday night August 29th, the floor is crowded. Impossible to get near the stage. Another outstanding concert! Played with greater self-confidence now, obtained after their success at The Royal Court the night before. When they play 'Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey' again, we almost blow over!
Liverpool Beatle Week 2000. Friday 25th,
2000.
Sunday 27th. When Frank end the concert with 'Her Majesty', we just cry with happiness, flying around up in the sky! What a show! Could anything be better?! Yes! THE ENCORE!
What we have just heard is probably the way the ‘Abbey Road’ album originally was intended by The Beatles themselves! The Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick has said he was very disappointed with the sound on ‘Abbey Road’ album. Because he had to soften the sound more than he wished. The reason was that they had just thrown out the original tube-equipped mixing-console at Abbey Road Studios and changed it for a transistor-equipped one. No chance to overload it then to get the intended thrilling distorted sounds. Monday 28th.
You will find many more photos from The
Fab Faux Liverpool concerts when you go back to my web site
THE MAGICAL BEATLES TOURS. Bengt Wärmlind,
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This
band can play! They continue with 'Everybody's Got Something To Hide
Except Me And My Monkey'. Wow! Which power! Watch out, The Beatles!!
And now Jack Petruzzelli sings ’Helter Skelter’! A pure
knock-out! They surpass The Beatles themselves! We’re in a total chock
when we leave the theatre. How was this possible? What a sensational
debut! But not a surprise, really. They are all professional
studio-musicians having played with lots of world-famous stars.
Bank
Holiday Monday, August 30th and the ‘Yellow
Submarine Mathew Street Festival’. The whole city is crowded with
hundred of thousands of people drinking beer and listening to music at
hundreds of stages all around the city. The Fab Faux play at the
main stage at Castle Street, just in front of Town Hall, where on the
balcony on July 10th, 1964 in presence of Lord Mayor himself,
The Beatles received a hero's welcome from tens of thousands of
their Merseyside fans. Thousands of people on the street today when The
Fab Faux perform. Very honorable for them to play for the people of
Liverpool! Another success, Will looks great in his red suit. The
Beatles didn’t sound that good themselves in 'Everybody's Got
Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey' for instance! The Fab
Faux become the major memory from the 1999 Liverpool Beatle Week!
and nice words from their 1999 shows in
Liverpool. "Your web site was the first that mentioned us on the
Internet. We got so inspired, that we decided to make our own!"
Very nice said by a professional artist, and their web site is much more
professionally made than mine. (Well, now mine is updated.) Wonderful
with so nice and gentle people! "This year you will find us even
better than last year, since we’ve got our ordinary guitarist and
keyboard-player Jimmy Vivino with us", Frank says.
Saturday
26th.
Could
it be better? Yes, the ENCORES! First 'Everybody Got To Hide
Except Me And My Monkey' (Thank you, Frank! He had promised me
that song by e-mail, and he smiles so beautiful at me afterwards.) The
whole arena boil! Then Jack pop up to the middle of the
stage and sing 'Helter Skelter'!!! Unbelievable - wowWowWOW!!!
We are all flying around high up in the sky! We have just heard THE
BEST BEATLES TRIBUTE BAND IN THE WORLD! The band’s
performance is very improved since last year. They move with better
self-confidence, and the solo singer is now always found in the middle
at the front of the stage. And how they sing and play! This band even surpass
The Beatles' original versions!
The
Beatles Convention at The Adelphi. Lectures, flea market and music all
over. The main attraction being in the Adelphi Ballroom, where the best
bands play ‘The Album Years’, that means every Beatles album
is played. There has been music all day, and now it’s time for The
Fab Faux and the real challenge. They are going to play The Beatles’
most advanced album – ‘Abbey Road’. The floor is crowded.
But me and my wife Ulla have managed to get a place very near the stage.
After long preparations by the roadies the show starts. ‘Come
Together’ with beautiful guitars and wonderful drums by Rich
Pagano. He is said to be one of New York’s most busiest drummers
and that is obvious. Also a very good singer. Frank and Jimmy
make some nice guitar-work.
Then the rascal
Jack makes his way to
the middle of the stage. Oh Jack! Your version of 'Oh Darling' is one of
the highlights of the whole Beatle Week! We have never before heard such
a powerful version. thankyouThankYouTHANKYOU!!!! I push
my way up to the front of the stage, between the legs of a couple of
young British groupies. They don’t move, but I push harder. I’m just
under Will, when he give us full guitar power in 'I Want
You (She's So Heavy)' - SO HEAVY!
I take some beautiful photos of him. Also some nice shots of Frank
and Jimmy doing some beautiful guitar work. The band is not only
hard-driving musicians. Their five-part harmonies sound fantastic as
well. 'Sun King' is SO beautiful! The finale with the 3 guitars
lineup on 'The End' is just FANTASTIC! Exactly as The
Beatles did it - But THE FAB FAUX SOUND BETTER!
Now
Cavern City Tour's own manager Bill Heckle go up on the
stage and introduces The Fab Faux as "THE
BEST BEATLE BAND IN THE WORLD!" He also regret, that the
next song wasn't included on the ‘Abbey Road’ album.
And now they start to play 'Helter Skelter'!!!
Jack's vocals - wowWowWOW!!! And the rest of the
band! So POWERFUL! Unbelievable! With
Rich's powerful drumbeat, the band SURPASS The
Beatles' version! This is the way The Beatles would have liked to sound
on stage! We stumble 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!
Tenth of thousands! How nice, that so many people get the chance to see THE
BEST BEATLE TRIBUTE BAND IN THE WORLD in the hometown of the
Beatles! The band look so beautiful with Jimmy in red suit and Will
in the middle of the stage with his white suit glowing in the afternoon
sun. And we get an encore as well! ‘Helter Skelter’!!! The
public on the street cannot believe their ears, and eyes! How can this
little man get so much power in his voice, Jack that
means! And the rest of the band - heavy Heavy HEAVY METAL!!! WOWWOWWOW!!!
We
go backstage and manage to meet Frank and the others again. He
sees my Fab Faux-pin on my sweater, and very
kindly gives one to my wife
Ulla too. We thank the band for an unforgettable week. We will be back
to the 2001 Liverpool Beatle Week, be sure! Will meet you there again!