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An
incredible history about a Brazilian group who were successful
in the Beatle Week Festival in Liverpool, England and how
they continue getting people’s admiration all over the world
with their perfect performance regarding the Beatles’songs.
Maury
D'Ambrosio (George Harrison),
Cesar Kiles (Paul
McCartney),
Renato Almeida (Ringo Starr), Orah Neves (John
Lennon)
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The Abbey
Road - Beatles in Concert in front of the famous Abbey Road
Studios in England. Maury D'Ambrosio and Renato Almeida in
the small pictures.
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“BRAZILIAN BEATLES”
SHINE IN ENGLAND
Four
Brazilians from São Paulo who are part in the Abbey Road
– Beatles in Concert group made the name of Brazil shines
in the Beatle Week Festival. This is a very important event
which happens in Liverpool, England where the Beatles were
born. During the sixties, the Beatles brought about a real
revolution in the history of music. Besides, they have been
able to influence younger generations since then.
There are about 400
groups who take part in the Beatle Week Festival and there
is no competition between them. They are from different
countries and they are used to playing in different places
like pubs and parks. The Festival takes place in August when
the birth of the Beatles is celebrated.
For the Brazilian group
Abbey Road – Beatles in Concert, this event was
particularly important because they received a special
invitation from the organizers of the Festival. Apart from
that, they received special attention among the
“Beatlemaniac world”.
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Maury
D'Ambrósio (George
Harrison)
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César
Kiles (Paul
McCartney) |
THE GREAT DREAM
All
of the groups who took part in the Festival went
straight to Liverpool. The Abbey Road –
Beatles in Concert with their musicians: Orah
Neves (John Lennon), César Kiles (Paul
McCartney), Maury D’Ambrosio (George Harrison),
Renato Almeida (Ringo Starr), Anselmo Ubiratan
(George Martin), who is considered “The Fifth
Beatle” and Guto Magalhães (percussion), went
to London, first. Moreover, for the first time
in history, a Brazilian group (and only them)
were responsible for the opening show of Beatle
Week Festival in a legendary and historical EMI
– Abbey Road Studios.
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Orah
Neves (John Lennon)
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Renato Almeida
(Ringo Starr) |
The Abbey Road -
Beatles in Concert group playing in the Abbey Road
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Maury
D'Ambrósio
(George Harrison)
and
César
Kiles
(Paul
McCartney), in the Cavern Club.
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There
were lots of journalists from all over the world and guests who thought the concert was out of this world.
During this concert the musicians were dressed like the
Beatles and were playing the original Beatles’instruments.
Among others, they were able to play a Steinway Piano
and a Hammond organ. They got very emotional. In fact,
it was a “dream come true” because in the Abbey Road
Studios, the Beatles recorded almost all of their
records. It is considered the “Temple of Music”.
As a gift, the Brazilian group had the
opportunity to record their first CD live with songs
like: Revolution, Come Together and Let it Be (songs
from the Beatles’studio phase).
After that, the
Brazilian group went to Liverpool on a special bus.
There they played in 10 more concerts. It was the first
time this happened, because the groups usually play
between 3 and 5 times during the Festival.
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The Abbey Road -
Beatles in Concert group performing at the Cavern
Club, the "Temple of Beatlemania". |
THE CONQUEST OF
LIVERPOOL
After
many years of research and 10 years on the stages in
Brazil, Abbey Road – Beatles in Concert, the only
professional Beatles Band Brazil, got fans quickly in
Liverpool. They also received compliments from the
organizers of the Festival because of the amount of
details they show during their concerts. They dress
exactly like the Beatles and their sound quality is as
good as the Fab Four. It is because they are used to
playing more than 20 original instruments true relics
from the sixties just like the instruments the Beatles
used to play. The instruments are: Gretch, Epiphone and
Rickenbacker (6 and 12 strings) guitars, Hofner bass and
Ludwig drum. Besides that, they have got the famous
British VOX amplifiers, all of them absolutely original.
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The
first concert in Liverpool was at the Ball Room of
the Adelphi Hotel, the convention centre. Another
important show took place at the Quarry Bank School,
where the Quarrymen (John Lennon’s first band and
the first name given to the Beatles) were born. John
Lennon studied there. Interestingly, the classroom
where he studied was offered to the Brazilian group
as a dressing room. However, the most emotional
concert as far as the musicians were concerned,
happened in the Cavern Club, the “Sacred Temple of
Beatlemania”, where the Beatles had performed over
200 concerts. The Brazilian group were applauded and
complimented by everyone (including George Guiness
one of the owners of the Cavern Club, who said:
“You guys are the best I’ve ever seen”). In
addition to this, lots of fans who had seen the
Beatles’ concerts in the Cavern Club were
impressed by the quality of their show. In fact,
they were very surprised with the similarity between
the Brazilian group and the Beatles.
After that, they
performed at Chevasse Park, where the Yellow
Submarine is “docked”. They were dressed in
uniforms exactly as the Beatles were in the picture
of the Sgt. Peppers’ record cover. They were
showing a very important phase of the Beatles and
they were applauded by more than 20.000 people.
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A
VERY SPECIAL AND UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT
The
last concert of the Brazilian group, happened in a
special style. It was on Victoria Street, a busy
street in Liverpool. There were lots of
fans who were following the Brazilian group
during the Festival and they were very excited.
Besides, there were journalists from different
countries who were recording everything. Among others,
the journalists from the Germany Focus magazine and
BBC of London, interviewed the Brazilian group.
There were about
100.000 people in this concert. It was a very
important moment for the Brazilian group because they
were not used to playing for so many people like that.
“It was an absolute and unforgettable success. We
intend to take part in the next Festivals”- said the
musicians of the Abbey Road – Beatles in Concert
group. Definitely, they were the main stars who
illuminated this important Festival of Beatlemania.
Apart from the
success of their concerts, a picture, of the Brazilian
group was stamped on the festival’s official T-shirt
and official Programme of the Beatle Week Festival 2000
cover. This picture was chosen by the organizers of
the Festival and the Brazilian group agreed to let them
use it.
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MAGICAL MYSTERY
TOUR
After
Abbey Road – Beatles in Concert performed
all their shows; they received another reward
from the organizers of the Festival. This
reward was a complete tour around the main
points of Liverpool and special places in the history
of the Beatles. They were surprised when they
found out they would travel in the original
bus of the movie “Magical Mystery Tour”
and the original bus driver of the movie would
be their driver. By the way, this movie was
made for TV at the end of the sixties and 6
Beatles’songs were included in its sound
track.
Brandon
Patching, their manager and interpreter was
with them the whole time. They have been
together since 1997.
At the end
of the Beatle Week Festival 2000, the
Brazilian group Abbey Road – Beatles in
Concert, left lots of fans in the United
Kingdom and came back to Brazil to go on with
the Beatlemania.
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Text
Translation: Samira
Layaun
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