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.
Roel and The Beatles
Borne: 26 september, 1960, Ouderhorne
Lives in: Oegstgeest
Discovered the Beatles: As a teenager. I still remember the feeling of joy after purchasing the Red Album and seeing Help! in German as I was living in Germany at the time. (Hi, hi, hilfe!)
Fave album: Abbey Road.
Fave song: Hard to choose, there are so many but if push comes to shove: Something, Hey Jude.
Fave solo-album: Band on the run (McCartney & Wings), Back in the world (McCartney)
Fave solo-song: Imagine.
Fave Beatle: George , Paul, John en Ringo.
Fave TV/Video moment: Anthology, Get Back on the Apple rooftop, Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road.
Unforgettable: Learning the guitar lick for Here Comes The Sun, my first Beatles Song Book with beautiful psychedelic artwork but all the wrong keys. It gave me years of pleasure.
Paul McCartney during his back In The World Tour.
I hate: Guitar sound in Revolution 5 although it suites the song.
Other fave bands and music:
Guitar: o.a.: Eric Clapton, Albert Lee, Albert, Freddy & BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Duke Robillard, Tommy Emmanuel, Brian Setzer verder o.a Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles , Mavis Staples, Dr John, Billy Preston, Emmylou Harris, Joe Cocker, The Travelling Wilburies, Tom Petty, etc, etc. |
