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The Fest For Beatle Fans 40th
Anniversary
It was 40 years ago today that The Fest For Beatles Fans was put together founders by Mark & Carol Lapidos.
So it was very fitting for this Beatles convention to come together on the 50 anniversary of the Beatles coming to America. This special event was being held at The Grand Hyatt Hotel, was
coincidentally was where the first Beatles convention was held when it was The Commodore Hotel.
This Fest For Beatle fans has been running all these years with featured guest like Donovan & Clad & Jeremy which were on hand this weekend performing songs and sign-
ing autographs. There were record dealers selling rare collectables albums, Beatles dolls
and other groovy items. Along with a photo gallery of Bob Gruens work, and a room of art work that Beatles fans had on display as well as films and a dance party with live bands curated by Michele Joni & Jessica Lapoidos at the Cavern Club to make it a very Fab weekend!
The Beatles 50 Years Later At JFK
JFK Airport to be swarmed by thousands a screening fans.
I was there, no not then but for this very historic event. I got to talk with Jill Kellogg, who was the stew- ardess that served the Beatles on Pam Am flight 101. The band from Liverpool performed at terminal 4 with Steve Holly on drums, who played with Wings in 1970’s. Julia Baird, John’s sister was there pos- ing with The Cavern Club Beatles as they tried to re-enact February 9,1964 .Wow that was mind blow- ing. Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Gary Millar, was there presenting awards. And off course Mark Lapidos the organizer for The Fest For Beatle Fans as he celebrated 40 years of his Beatle convention, which was being held at Grand Hyatt Hotel on east 42 nd st. Ken Dashow DJ on Q104.3 FM Radio gave the clos- ing statements. His show Breakfast With The Beatles is syndicated every Sunday Morning. A splendid time was guaranteed for all!
Airport
Feb 7, 2014 It’s was truly amazing to believe that 50 years ago The Beatles landed in America at
Interview With Edgar Winter
at The Iridium 3/10/2014
BA:Tell us about your unique organ sound. You created the song “Frankenstein”. You had the organ- guitar look that nobody used at the time?
EW: It began in the era of the synthesizer – cutting edge tech- nology at the time. The whole deal with “Frankenstein” is that I had written it years ago when I was playing with my brother Johnny. This was in 1968, before I recorded anything. I was play- ing as a special guest with Johnny’s blues trio, when came
up with the riff. That was a cool bluesy riff. It was an instrumental showcase and I played the Hammond B3 and alto sax. We had 2 sets of drums on stage so I did a duo drum solo with Johnny’s drummer and we called it the Bevo drum song. Later when the synthe-
sizer became available I happened to be the first guy that put a strap on the keyboard which was a simple and obvious thing that someone would have done but nobody did. So once that was done, I was looking for a song and thought Bevo drum song would sound really great with that sub-sonic synth bottom, so we ended up working it as a live song and we never intended to record it because it was 15 minutes long and had all these sections in it. It was towards the end of our recording project and Rick Deringer suggested that maybe we can use that instrumental. We acciden- tally have 2 or 3 versions of it. Back in those days the only way to edit something was to physically cut the master tape. So we had these 15 minute versions of that song warming up. After we got the thing in pieces and it was lying all over the control room, The drum- mer Chuck Roth mumbled the immortal words, “There’s that Frankenstein, an arm here and a leg there.” The monster was born!
BA:You had 2 bands, Edgar Winter’s White Trash and The Edgar Winter Band. One was more a soul/funk band and the other was a rock band?
EW: Yes. White Trash was a reunion with all the guys that I played with back home from Texas.
After that band broke up I decided to put together an all American rock band. The band members were Ronnie Montrose, Dan Hartman and Chuck Roth. I’m the last surviving member as they all passed away.
BA:Growing up in Texas were you listening to bands like “The Moving Sidewalks” with Billy Gibbons and “The 13th Floor Elevators”?
EW: Yes I listen to all that, but I was more into the old
Blues guys like Ray Charles. The original preacher - gospel singers like Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke and Little Richard.
BA:Anyone that you listen to now like Jack White or The Black Angels?
EW: Yes I like them, and Bruno Mars, but honestly I lis-
ten mostly to old Blues.
BA:Anything else you want to add?
EW: I just want to thank all my fans for following me
and my brother Johnny all these years.
book reviews
Emotional Memoirs & Short Stories by Lani Hall Alpert
Lani Hall Alpert is best known as being the lead singer for Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66.
Now she has written her first novel of some interesting tales. These subjects range from relationships, traveling, death and marriage. She tells these stories so convincingly that they feel almost like they are true stories told from the heart. Lani Hall is not only a fabulous singer, but now a great writer as well.
The Universe Of Peter Max by Peter Max
Peter Max is best known as the pop cul- ture artist from the 1960’s era, but he has done so much more and continues to cre- ate new art. This book is a look through the history of this amazing pop icon as
told by the man himself. He has not only done some incredible cos- mic 1960’s style graphics and posters, but has been commissioned to design billboards for the Olympics, world peace events, buses and has met world leaders and presidents as well as being connected with The Beatles. He was born in Berlin, moved to Shanghai and now resides in New York. He talks about his life and how he relates it to his artwork. Not bad for a pop artist!
Americana by Ray Davies
This is a fine story written of the life of a truly prolific song-
writer from North London in a place called Muswell
Hill. Singer/songwriter Ray Davies, gives a very candid look into what it was like coming to America. He talks about everything from forming The Kinks to the groups first performance in the states to when they were banned from play- ing there for three years. Mr Davies talks about their success in America in the 1970’s and 80’s and how they were signed to Arista Records when meeting Clive Davis. There was always friction between him and his brother Dave and the drummer, Mick Avory that played a role in the Kinks splitting up. Ray explains about his recent attack while he was living in New Orleans, and mak- ing a great solo record as a result. Told as a road traveler, Ray Davies takes us on his amazing journey from the leader of The Kinks to a solo artist and all of the wonderful musicians that he has worked with over the years.
This Autobiography is extremely captivating, just like the artist himself!