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Love & Mersey:
A very famliar Beatles tribute sensation!
Love & Mersey; A group of experienced and dedicated musicians who interpret the music and spirit of the Beatles. A performance of ‘Love & Mersey’ is a trip down memory lane. A sixties experience to never forget.
'Love & Mersey’ is probably the best Beatles Tribute Band found in the Netherlands. Its members are talented and professional musicians with excellent credentials in pop music and playing the music of the Beatles. Its core originates in the memorable Mal Evans Memorial Band which was awarded the first Golden Apple Award as best Beatles Tribute Band by ‘Beatles Unlimited’ in 2005. The band performed 3 years in a row during the prestigious Beatle week in Liverpool where they played the famous stage of the Cavern several times. They also played a tremendous show before a 10.000 strong frenzied audience at the Beatles Festival in Belarus, introduced their CD ‘The Beatles in het Nederlands’ (The Beatles in Dutch) on Dutch national television, performed with orchestras, on rooftops and on the canals of Utrecht with thousands of people on the sunny quay sides. The band was well-known and managed to leave an unforgettable impression on Beatle fans in the international Beatles circuit.
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This rock solid cast of musician guarantees a unparalleled sixties revival night, where one can sing along to ones heart content to all the well-known Beatle songs, paint the dance floor red to their beat- and rock & roll classics, or dream away to their unforgettable ballads. ‘Love & Mersey’ also offers a full evening’s entertainment suitable for theatres, where Beatle classics are alternated with entertaining references to the time that saw the world famous songs come about. In short, Love & Mersey, is an indispensable journey through time where you will experience the music of the Beatles as passionately and meticulously as when it was first played back in the sixties.
The Band members |
Maaike Hermans mainly plays keys in Love & Mersey, but she was also skilled in flute, clarinet, saxophone and guitar. At a young age already singing was her greatest passion. When she was sixteen she sang lead in her first band, Little Miss Strange. In 1992 Maaike was asked to participate the Jimi Hendrix festival tour in The Netherlands and worked with Snowy White. Meanwhile this driven lady studied saxophone at the Conservatory.
In 1999 she decided to choose singing and writing her own songs. In 2002 she started the band "Lotus Avenue" and worked with George Kooymans (Golden Earring) in the studio to record songs. Maaike was one of the finalists of the Dutch Writers Camp in 2009 and was taught by Ralph Murphy. 2011 sees her album "Home, Naked and Winged", filled with songs written by herself. In this same year, with Love & Mersey she discovers her love for the music of the Fab4.
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Marcel van der Linden’s voice has a typical sixties sound. As front man of the Mal Evans Memorial Band he gave convincing vocal renditions of all four members of the Beatles. He previously played in several bands, amongst which the promising Johnny’s Pitbull and after 1997 took part in the theatre/multimedia project Rawwax. At the end of the nineties he was organizing and supporting the music circuit in the area of the city of Tilburg by means of the foundation ‘Stichting MuziKantenWinkel’. 1999 to 2004 saw a break from music, bar some DJ-sessions with the immense popular New Wave DJ-team “Boys do Cry”, only to return to his love for the Beatles to form the Mal Evans Memorial Band in 2005. After the split up of this band he joined his old friends in Love & Mersey in 2009.
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Roel Weggemans already plucked the strings skillfully in the Mal Evan Memorial Band. From the age of 16 Roel played in various bands with different styles, from pop, blues, rhythm & blues, soul to rock & roll. The Blue Tomatoes, Mr Groove, Hark the Voice, which toured several times in Switzerland, and The Weekend Warriors, were some of the bands he performed with. Roel is furthermore an active member of another Beatles projects as well as the well-known zydecoband ‘Zydeco Fever’. For him one of the nicest things about choosing and playing Beatle songs is the fact that they manage to surprise you again and again; the arrangements are so musically superb that every song has something unexpected or special.
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Jan Hovers played the bass guitar in the Mal Evans Memorial Band as well as in Macca. From the age of 18 he was active in numerous bands with various styles: from New Wave to Symphonic rock, from ska to soul, from country to rock&roll. But whatever music this self-taught musician has faced, the sound of the Beatles remained his inspiration throughout. In 2001 Jan met Kris in the band of singer/songwriter of Dalal Marouf and together they later became part of Macca where he subsequently befriended the members of the Mal Evans Memorial band with whom he experienced all kinds of Beatle adventures. He gratefully interprets the bass lines of master Paul McCartney.
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Sander Ponne started classical piano lessons at 7, played as a 13 year old bass in his first band and started playing drums one year later. A few of the bands to mention: Hark The Voice (which also starred our guitarist Roel), Huub Hangop & The SuperHub and Beatles tribute band Sgt. Pepper. In 2008 Sander played in Mal Evans Memorial Band.
In 1993 Sander graduated as Pop Music teacher at the Conservatory in Rotterdam and meanwhile worked as sound assistant of the national news and many other TV programs. For several years he was band coach and workshop leader, and to this day a percussion teacher in Arnhem. In his own studio Sander composes, arranges and makes recordings. Voice-overs are one of his specialties.
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Eus Ménage started playing guitar when he was fifteen years old. He likes to play any kind of music. From his 18th Eus has been active in numerous bands, including The Blue Tomatoes (Blues), The Blazing Aces (Rock & Roll), Honey Bop (rockabilly) and PB & The Night Train (Rhythm & Blues, Soul). Several times he went on tour with sixties icon Georgie Fame (Yeah, Yeah)! Love & Mersey is for him a reunion with his old childhood love: The Beatles.
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Get acquainted with this ultimate Beatle experience and book Love & Mersey for your festival, theatre or party!
More information and contact:
Websites:
Hyves: loveandmersey.hyves.nl
Myspace: www.myspace.com/loveandmersey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Love-And-Mersey/105135364882?ref=mf
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