Rocker helps Beatles fans Imagine John
It helps if you look like him, but anyone thinking about presenting himself as John Lennon on stage better have the chops to go with resemblance. Carm Castiglione knows that rule well. There are Beatles fans, and then there are Lennon fans and they don’t suffer fools gladly.
Lennon wasn’t just a voice for his generation, even in death he’s been a voice of following generations as well. So don’t hit the stage with a set of round glasses and the notes to Imagine. There’s a lot more to it than that. “I’m a fan of each Beatle. I like every Beatle,” Castiglione said. “I just started doing John Lennon a year ago. I think everything happens for a reason and I think the time is right to do this now. It doesn’t hurt the fact that I look like him and I really love his songs. John Lennon’s music really resonated with me. I’m also a composer and I find that John Lennon’s music has its dark side and I can relate to that.”
Castiglione will be performing at the first London Beatles Festival Sept. 23-25 at London Public Library’s Wolf Performance Hall and various other downtown venues.
“It’s one thing to try to sound like somebody and sing properly at the same time.” It helps to genuinely love the music and everything Lennon was trying to express, especially after The Beatles broke up. “I really enjoy it, especially the later stuff. I love John Lennon’s solo stuff and the psychedelic era, from ’67 to ’70, that late Beatles era with the Abby Road and the White Album. I never get sick of that stuff and I certainly will never get sick of John Lennon’s solo years.”
By: Scott Taylor
Source: Our London
