hello CJ and the rest of the group...
Well Jimmy...it sounds like it was a good time, and Rox and I are
going to the Chicago fest this week end also. Im looking forward to
seeing all this as it seems as a though many of the same guest will
also be here too! And Yes wish you guys were here too...Ill feel your
presence here and remember the good times we had when we all met in
chicago.....
Ron
--- In heyjulesclub@yahoogroups.com, jimijaye <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Beatlefest was fantastic. Shell and I had a really good time.
>
> Donovan was really great. He did "Sunshine Superman", "Herdie
Gerdy
> Man", "Mellow Yellow", "Jennifer Juniper", "Atlantis". He told
many
> stories including how he taught John how to play finger picking
style
> guitar when they all went to see the Maharessi. The John songs
that
> resulted were, "Julia" and "Dear Prudence."
>
> He told us that one of his favorite Lennon lines which showed
John's
> Unique Humor was in "All You Need is Love." Donovan was there and
> loved the line, "There's Nothing You Can Do That Can't Be Done."
It
> described his own point of view about things.
>
> Donovan also told us some stories about how some famous songs were
> written including, "Yellow Submarine." Paul was having trouble
> creating some lyrics and asked Donovan to help him out. After
> thinking for a bit, Donovan came out with the famous, "Sky of Blue
> and Sea of Green in our Yellow Submarine."
>
> Liverpool was better then ever. They have a new George guy, John
> Merjave, for the past two years.
>
> Last night, he did "Stuck Inside a Cloud" and even played that
funky
> Indian Instrument, the Sitar on a song, " Love You To". They also
> did Ringo's new song, "Never Without You." That is the tribute
Ringo
> wrote for George. It was just an awesome time. Liverpool also
> played "Tomorrow Never Knows". Imagine how hard it is to recreate
> that song live. But, like "Love You Too" and "A Day in the Life",
> Liverpool finds a way.
>
> Mark Hudson was also there and jammed with Liverpool. He is
Ringo's
> producer on his last CD. Sid Bernstein was there also. He is the
> one who got the Beatles to play Carnegie Hall. I have met Sid many
> times. He is such a gentleman.
>
> Martin Lewis of course was there along with Joe Johnson on Beatles
> Brunch who did a great Beatles Trivia Game. Joe told many of us
Long
> Island Faithful that he was born in Valley Stream, Long Island, New
> York.
>
> Bob Abdou was also there with his famous Fab Four Puppets.
Q104.3's
> Ken Dashow was there once again and welcomed me back to New York.
> YAHOO!!!
>
> Andy Babiuk also did a great presentation about Beatles'
> Instruments. He wrote a book called "Beatles Gear" about all those
> Instruments. George was fascinated with it. Ringo uses it to see
> what drums he had in his Beatle years.
>
> Robert Freeman was also there. He showed many great photos of the
> Bealtes including the ones from the many album covers that he did
> including Rubber Soul and Meet the Beatles.
>
> Just a splendid time was had by all. The only way it could have
been
> better for Shell and I is if you guys were there and we could have
> afforded to stay the whole weekend.
>
> It was great seeing Jean and Mark!!!!
>
> Talk to you all soon.
>
> -Jimmy