LIVERPOOL BEATLE WEEK
Saturday 27 August 2005
Strawberry Field Garden
Party.
Mathew Street Festival. Pier Head.
Fab Faux Ex Factor Solo Beatles Show
at The Carling Academy.
Hard Days Night Party at The Adelphi.
A great day on historic soil
Instant Karma (USA)
Instant Karma (USA)
INSTANT KARMA (USA) with lead singer JAY GEOPPNER played Lennon at its best. Astonishing vocals!
The happy crowd
Beat The Meetles
BEAT THE MEETLES. This nice band from Copenhagen, Denmark have played at Beatle Week since 2001.
We went to the Pierhead stage to see our heroes...
Rocks Off - Toggan and Tony
Rocks Off - Lars and Tony
Rocks Off - Pär and Tony
(What about the background?!)
Henke and Tony - 'Brown Sugar'
Sax support - 'Brown Sugar'
'BROWN SUGAR' has never sounded better! With the sax-player and HENKE's piano all became sensational!
Toggan on flute - 'Ruby Tuesday'
'RUBY TUESDAY'. One of the real highlight of this year's Beatle Week! With TOGGAN on flute the band surpassed The Stones' original version! Pure magic!
Rocks Off - Lars and Pär
And now to this evening's highlight...
First, Beatle Week's own wonderful compere...
Neil B (Rehearsing Hamlet?)
Tonight's first artist...
Hal Bruce - another great performance!
Hal (Note all the
Fab gear!)
So now the evening's sensational highlight...
THE FAB FAUX EX FACTOR SOLO BEATLES SHOW!!!
The BEST Fab Faux Concert ever!
Erin Hill, Frank and Will - 'Wah-Wah'
A stunning start - 'WAH-WAH'! One of my top favourites! And a GEORGE song! (The Beatle I love the most!) We should hear many of George's very best songs this night. Thanks, JIMMY!
Jimmy - wondrous guitar!
Jack, Tony Skeggs, Erin and Frank
- 'It Don't Come
Easy'
One of RINGO's very best songs - 'It Don't Come Easy'. Performed so wonderfully by The Fab Faux and the big supporting band. Magic!
Jack - 'Instant
Karma (We Shine All On)'
Oh JACK! Your soulful voice in 'Instant Karma (We Shine All On)' was pure magic!
More beautiful guitar by Jimmy...
Jimmy - 'Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)'
Another GEORGE showpiece! And Jimmy's lovely guitar again!
Erin, Tony, Frank and Will
Frank and Will
Jack
The great rock voice now...
Frank - 'Band On The Run'
FRANK!!! Never before we've heard you with such a wonderful, raw rock voice! 'Band On The Run' - a real highlight! Must be one of your favourites.
Will - 'Whatever Gets You Thru The Night'
WILL!!! You're always such a wonderful performer!
Tony and Jimmy - 'Let Me Roll It'
TONY and JIMMY!!! Your tight guitars surpassed the original MACCA version!
Erin (one of my very best pictures!)
Jack - 'Cold Turkey'
Rich - 'Give Me Some Truth'
RICH! You're voice were so powerful in this LENNON classic! Wow!
Erin and Frank - 'Coming Up'
Time to say farewell...
Thank U Liverpool!!!
What a sensational concert! The best The Fab Faux ever have performed in Liverpool!
It
featured the 5 of The Fab Faux, plus Tony
Skeggs and Erin Hill helping them on
various guitars, keyboards, percussion, and vocals. Then there were a full
6 people horn section, a 2-person string section, and a 6-person choir! On
several songs, there were as many as 23 musicians onstage!
And all sounded so beautiful! Unbelievably well-rehearsed and a fantastic sound-quality!
Here's the amazing setlist:
THE
FAB FAUX - EX FACTOR BEATLES SOLO SHOW.
CARLING ACADEMY, LIVERPOOL, UK - SATURDAY AUG 27TH,
2005.
01. WAH-WAH
02. IT DON'T COME EASY
03. INSTANT KARMA (WE ALL SHINE ON)
04. TOO MANY PEOPLE
05. GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE ON EARTH)
06. BAND ON THE RUN
07. WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT
08. JET
09. ANY ROAD
10. JEALOUS GUY
11. LET ME ROLL IT
12. WHAT YOU GOT
13. BEWARE OF DARKNESS
14. COLD TURKEY
15. JUNK
16. UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY
17. GIMME SOME TRUTH
18. MAYBE I'M AMAZED
19. MOTHER
20. COMING UP
21. LIVE AND LET DIE
22. PHOTOGRAPH
23. MY SWEET LORD
24. WHAT IS LIFE
(ENCORE:)
25. FREE AS A BIRD
Don’t miss the new CD STEAKS & CHOPS: LIVE ON GREAT JONES, Vol.1, featuring Jimmy Vivino, Rich Pagano (from The Fab Faux) & John Conte.
The Rocks Off Gang
We went to Fridays Bar...
Get Back Trio
GET BACK TRIO. Many thought this Argentinean bend was one of the very best this year. And yes, they rocked!
All photos and text by Bengt Wärmlind.