San Diego Beatles Fair to celebrate all things 'Fab' Saturday at Queen Bee's
Saturday’s 2017 San Diego Beatles Fair comes 53 years and 45 days after The Beatles first performed on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” An audience of 73 million tuned in to watch that telecast on Feb. 9, 1964. The impact of the four-man band from Liverpool was profound for several generations of musicians and fans alike.
How profound? These quotes from various Union-Tribune interviews help tell the story.
“That one performance changed my life," Billy Joel recalled.
“I was like every kid in America: I sat there, mesmerized, and it was life-changing,” said former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.
"I'm amazed at The Beatles’ ingenuity and willingness to experiment with different instruments and music," Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello said.
"There was nothing like them, before or since," agreed John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants.
"A blueprint for me was The Beatles," Sting said.
"They turned me on to music,” Ozzy Osbourne concurred.
“Hearing The Beatles is what made me want to do what I do.” "They created an excitement that made music magic," Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry marveled. "And then they took it beyond that.”
To be held at Queen Bee’s Art & Cultural Center in North Park, this year’s edition of the San Diego Beatles Fair — the 15th since 1995 — is set to be the biggest yet.
More than three dozen bands and solo artists are scheduled to perform on four stages, three indoor and one on the street in front of Queen Bee’s. The lineup includes such area favorites as Dave Humphries, True Stories and The Baja Bugs, whose bassist — Hector Penalosa — co-founded pioneering San Diego punk band The Zeroes back in the 1970s.
By: George Varga
Source: San Diego
