The Cavern: The Most Famous Club in the World, The Story of the Cavern Club

by Leigh, Spencer

• ISBN13: 9780946719907
• ISBN10: 094671990X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-30
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

"It's the dream of my life to be here in Liverpool and playing the Cavern because this music got me through my childhood."-Billy Bob Thornton "We came down from Newcastle to Liverpool in a little van in 1963 and we carried our own gear into the Cavern for a lunchtime session. We were very nervous about playing there and I said to a girl in a duffle coat who was watching us, Do you think they'll like rhythm and blues here?' Like it?' she said, We invented it.'"-Alan Price of the Animals Liverpool's Cavern Club is the most famous club in the world, giving rise to The Beatles and the Merseybeat explosion, but it is far more than that. Respected music writer and Merseybeat historian Spencer Leigh tells the Cavern's fifty-year history with the help of owners, hundreds of musicians, backroom staff, and fans. From its days as a jazz club, through the Beatle years, the dramatic openings and closures, and the appearance of Paul McCartney in 1999, every page abounds with wit and insight. Tied in with the best-selling, 120-track, 3-CD collection of the same name, featuring some of the greatest names of the British music scene, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Queen, and many, many more, this book is the perfect companion to the soundtrack of fifty years of the greatest music ever made.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
From Me to You: Introduction	p. 9
Acknowledgements	p. 11
Another Pool of Life	p. 13
Cavern in the Town: Cavern owner: Alan Sytner, 1957-1959	p. 17
Need a Shot of Rhythm and Blues: Cavern owner: Ray McFall, first years, 1959-1961	p. 46
Soup & Sweat & Rock & Roll: Cavern owner: Ray McFall, the key year: 1962	p. 82
Rise and McFall: Cavern owner: Ray McFall, final years, 1963-1966	p. 109
Do it Again: Cavern owners: Joe Davey and Alf Geoghegan, 1966-1969	p. 156
Roll Over Beat Oven: Cavern owner: Roy Adams, 1970-1976	p. 173
This Empty Place	p. 184
Cavern Walks: Cavern owners: Tommy Smith and George Downey, 1984-1985	p. 192
Troubled Times: Cavern owners, Jimmy McVitie and others, 1985-1989	p. 200
Run Devil Run: Cavern owners: Cavern City Tours (Bill Heckle, Dave Jones, George Guinness), 1991 onwards	p. 206
A Surprising Offer	p. 206
Beatle Festivals	p. 211
Tribute Bands	p. 213
International Pop Overthrow	p. 213
Diary	p. 217
Contributors	p. 245
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