50 years after Beatles break up.. my own Beatlemania!
The Beatles. I was born a little too late for them. Never bought an album, but I do recall hearing their songs playing in the background of my life. On the rare occasion I am asked what I think of them, my response is a shrug. I know they were talented, I know they changed music history, but I wasn't there when they did it. Their later solo careers were more familiar to me. So why am I writing about them, almost 50 years after they broke up? Well, because I had my own little Beatlemania recently, when a friend and I went to see a Beatles cover band. Aptly named, Beatlemania Magic , they looked, talked, and sang just like the Beatles. Paul played a left-handed guitar... the drummer bobbed his head side to side in Ringo 's signature style... John did most of the talking... and George let his guitar do most of the talking. I was gobsmacked by my own reaction to this cover band. What I expected to be just a nice evening with a friend watching local ta