I believe that if there was a fifth Beatle, it was Carl Perkins.
Any takers?
Junior
There's a great scene in Go, Cat, Go, David Mcgee's bio of Perkins, where
Carl, while touring England, spends a long 1964(?) night in the studio with
the Beatles. The Fab 4 are like kids in a candy store. I
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Walker, Jason wrote:
I believe that if there was a fifth Beatle, it was Carl Perkins.
Any takers?
Junior
That should have been the Beatles' reunion tour: Paul, George, Ringo and
Carl.
-- Mike Woods
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Walker, Jason wrote:
I believe that if there was a fifth Beatle, it was Carl Perkins.
Any takers?
Junior
I always said that the Beatles reunion after John's death should have been
Paul, George, and Ringo backing up Carl Perkins on tour. That would have
been a show!
--
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Mike Woods wrote:
That should have been the Beatles' reunion tour: Paul, George, Ringo and
Carl.
-- Mike Woods
That does it. I'm never answering another post with this Subject: line
again...
GBK
The fifth Beatle was Don Rich.
If not for him, the Bealtes' sound as we know it today would not
exist.
I'm sorry - I hate to disagree with a bass player - but I just don't
see
it.
[Matt Benz] The 5th Beatle was Murray the K. Geez. Don't youse
clowns know anything?
In a message dated 1/19/99 12:59:16 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well, I don't know about fifth Beatle status, but Perkins invented, and was
The King of Rock and Roll, (the white folks version anyway) regardless of
how that Tupelo Truckdriver is worshpped today. I've
I believe that if there was a fifth Beatle, it was Carl Perkins.
Any takers?
Junior
I always said that the Beatles reunion after John's death should have been
Paul, George, and Ringo backing up Carl Perkins on tour. That would have
been a show!
That would have been blasphemy, not to
Don't sell Elvis short my friend. Perkins might have been pretty damn
talented, but Elvis' sex appeal was worth a thousand great guitar
licks.
[Matt Benz] Exactly. Carl had the goods musically, and his Sun
sides are the best, but sadly, he lacked those other goods that E
I can't believe that with all the pop culture geeks on this list that no one's
gotten the "Clarence, the Fifth Beatle" reference. It's from an Eddie Murphy
Saturday Night Live sketch, where they overdubbed his vocals onto Beatles
songs and superimposed his face into band photos.
that fact that I
Ah - I was going with the "It's a Wonderful Life" reference.
"Jooseph! Oh, Jseph!"
I can't believe that with all the pop culture geeks on this list that no one's
gotten the "Clarence, the Fifth Beatle" reference. It's from an Eddie Murphy
Saturday Night Live sketch, where they
I can't believe that with all the pop culture geeks on this list that no
one's
gotten the "Clarence, the Fifth Beatle" reference. It's from an Eddie Murphy
Saturday Night Live sketch, where they overdubbed his vocals onto Beatles
songs and superimposed his face into band photos.
Of course! He
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can't believe that with all the pop culture geeks on this list that no one's
gotten the "Clarence, the Fifth Beatle" reference. It's from an Eddie Murphy
Saturday Night Live sketch,
I've heard of Saturday Night Live! That's that Lake
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Jeff Wall wrote:
At 11:17 PM 1/17/99 -0600, you wrote:
Clarence, the fifth Beatle.
I am aware of four gentlemen who can claim, with varying degrees of
justification, the title of "The Fifth Beatle."
- The late Stu Sutcliffe who was the bassist in their Hamburg days.
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Mike Woods wrote:
How Clarence White, admirable guitarist that he is, qualifies for this is
beyond me.
-- Mike Woods
The fifth Beatle was Don Rich.
If not for him, the Bealtes' sound as we know it today would not exist.
This I believe.
np: Mason Williams, "The Mason
At 01:25 AM 1/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Jeff Wall wrote:
At 11:17 PM 1/17/99 -0600, you wrote:
Clarence, the fifth Beatle.
I am aware of four gentlemen who can claim, with varying degrees of
justification, the title of "The Fifth Beatle."
I had heard that Billy Preston
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Jeff Wall wrote:
I had heard that Billy Preston could also make the claim. Or am I thinking
of the Stones?
He did some session work for the Fab Four, I think especially the Let It
Be album (am I remembering the name right?) But a bunch of people played
some parts here
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 18-Jan-99 Re: the fifth
beatle by Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had heard that Billy Preston could also make the claim. Or am I thinking
of the Stones?
You are correct, based on Preston's involvement in the Let It Be sessions.
Preston's in a world
Geff says:
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Mike Woods wrote:
How Clarence White, admirable guitarist that he is, qualifies
for this is beyond me.
-- Mike Woods
The fifth Beatle was Don Rich.
If not for him, the Bealtes' sound as we know it today would not exist.
I'm sorry - I hate to disagree
In a message dated 1/18/99 9:29:34 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As for Don Rich, the Beatles owe a lot to him, but also to Chuck Berry,
the Everleys, Peter Sellers, and others. As we discussed last summer,
they were masterful synthesists who took several elements and
In a message dated 1/18/99 11:38:04 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Add to that list Delbert McClinton, (taught 'em that "Hey Baby" harmonica
riff)
My father was touring in Europe and Britain around the same time the Beatles
were blazing their trail (60-63) and he says
In a message dated 1/18/99 12:11:01 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My father was touring in Europe and Britain around the same time the Beatles
were blazing their trail (60-63) and he says that Lennon was playing the
harmonica long before McClinton supposedly taught
The story I heard was that Delbert the Beatles
were touring England together (don't remember
which was opening for which), and Delbert taught
Lennon the opening harp riff for "Love Me Do".
-jp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/18/99 12:11:01 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL
- George Martin, their producer. George had a lot to do with shaping the
sound of their recordings, and played on a number of their tracks.
I try to avoid "me too" posts if I can, butme too. Without Martin,
even imagining how many of the Beatles records would have sounded is pretty
I believe that if there was a fifth Beatle, it was Carl Perkins.
Any takers?
Junior
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From: Jon Weisberger [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 19 January 1999 1:36
To: passenger side
Subject: RE: the fifth beatle
Geff says:
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999
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