Local Beatles fans are in for a treat in July thanks to a show organised by Brightlingsea’s Colne Delta Blues & Americana club.
The club will be welcoming broadcaster ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris and author and journalist Colin Hall, who’ll presenting their show, The Songs the Beatles Gave Away.
By 1963 the pair had written so many songs they simply couldn’t all be accommodated on just their own Beatles releases, so it made artistic and economic good sense to be offered to other artists for recording and the Merseybeat boom of 1963 & 1964 gave them a tailor-made outlet in artists such as Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer and Tommy Quickly. The show tells the story behind those songs, the hits, the misses and the demos that the group never released
For the past 20 years Colin Hall has been the custodian at John Lennon’s childhood home ‘Mendips’. He’s written two books on The Fab Four, presented a BBC Radio 4 documentary and was in the audience at the village fete where John was first introduced to Paul.
Bob Harris, OBE, has been at the very heart of UK music scene for the best part of 50years. He has established a worldwide reputation as one of the most trusted and influential broadcasters of his generation – described by Radio Times as “…one of the greats of British contemporary music broadcasting” and by The Mail On Sunday as “a national treasure”.
The two friends have worked on several projects together before including the upcoming film Pre:Fab (which focuses on the band’s early days as The Quarrymen), a WBBC production of ‘The Songs The Beatles Gave Away’ and 2007’s Sony Award winning ‘The Day John Met Paul.’
The Brightlingsea show takes place in the Community Centre on July 12 at 7.30pm. It’s an all-seated, tickets only show, scheduled to last two hours with a half-hour interval. Tickets at £20 are on sale now via the club’s website. Booking link here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/56897?
