The Fest For Beatles Fans continues to add special guests for the Our Virtual 80th Birthday Salute To John Lennon event, which takes place on Zoom from 5:00 to 11:00 p.m. EST on October 9. Tickets—$16 through September 30, $20 after that—are available through Eventbrite. The lineup now boasts artist/musician Klaus Voormann; Peter Asher from Peter and Gordon; producer Alan Parsons; Jeremy Clyde from Chad and Jeremy; Joey Molland from Badfinger; Terry Sylvester from The Hollies and Swinging Blue Jeans; Billy Kinsley from The Merseybeats; Rod Davis from The Quarrymen; pianist Jon Cobert; Beatles Fan Club secretary Freda Kelly; Paul’s step mum and step sister Angie and Ruth McCartney; photographers Bob Gruen and Brian Hamill, and journalists Larry Kane and Ivor Davis.
Other Birthday Salute festivities include Brit Invasion crooner Billy J. Kramer joining members of the Liverpool tribute band for a live concert, as well as a live concert featuring acts who contributed Beatles and John Lennon covers to the JEM Records Celebrates John Lennon album coming out on the indie label October 9. Beatles book authors Ken Womack and Jude Southerland Kessler will each offer a special presentation. The Fest For Beatles Fans also promises, “Music, Stories, From Stars And Friends Who Knew Him All Over The World.”
If you fancy the concept of current power pop covering classic John Lennon material from Beatles albums and his solo stuff, you can pre-order JEM Records Celebrates John Lennon on Amazon in digital, vinyl, or CD format. Tracks include “The Word” by The Weeklings; “I Found Out” by The Anderson Council; a mash-up of “Revolution” and “Power To The People” by Bongos lead vocalist Richard Barone; “No Reply” by The Golden Needles; “Strawberry Fields Forever” by The Grip Weeds; “(Just Like) Starting Over” by Jonathan Pushkar; and “Jealous Guy” by The Midnight Callers.
On the local scene, Phil Angotti and Friends will be celebrating John Lennon’s birthday on October 9 at Martyrs. The socially distanced event kicks off at 3:00 p.m. on the Lincoln Avenue rock club’s patio. Angotti, who’s a frequent performer on the Apple Jam Stage at The Fest For Beatles Fans - Chicago, is vowing to perform 80 songs—one for each of the years Lennon should been with us. A splendid reason for cutting out from work early on a Friday.
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