Chuck HinsonTHE CAVERN CLUB
September 14th 2008 07:57
Those included a band in 1966 called Blueology, which featured a young pianist called Reginald Dwight -- later to be known as Elton John!
In 1984, the Club was rebuilt, using many of the bricks from the old one, and, today, regularly features about 40 different bands per week. Spencer Hannabuss, leader and songwriter/bassist for the popular UK band, The Fore (who play the Club regularly), tells me of 'the legend": Apparently, there's a door in the ladies' washroom that leads to the remnants of the original club!
DIDJA KNOW THAT ...
Ringo apparently played the Cavern for the first time in 1957? He was with a band called "The Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group" He was followed, a week later, by a skiffle band called 'The Quarrymen"
The last band to play the original Cavern (just days before it closed) was the Dutch group, Focus? They had a hit with the song Hocus Pocus in 1971.
The date recognized as the start of the British rock era (one that climaxed with The British Invasion) was May 25th 1960, when Rory Storm and the Hurricanes (with Ringo Starr on drums) opened the first beat night sessions at the Cavern?
So, if ya ever get a chance to visit the most famous musical city in the world (the 'Pool,. of course!), you've just gotta take in at least one or two shows at The Cavern! Believe me, it's gonna be an event you'll remember for a lifetime!! (Oh ... and don't forget to quaff a pint at Lennon's Bar while yer there! It also has some dynamite acts)!
Well, that's it for this edition, but stay tuned ... 'cause, in about 24 or less, yer Uncle Relic's gonna be back with more! Until then, remember:
If you've got the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie-woogie flu, then you've GOTTA get the FEVERR!! 'Cause, yardbirds, it's RISIN'!!
I'll see ya on the flip side!
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