PETER ASHER
of Peter and Gordon
60S Musical Memoir Show Live
Producer of the Year - Grammy Winner

We feel very honored to have been a part of the Peter & Gordon reunion back in 2006. Their concerts were among the top highlights in our 38 year history. Sadly, Gordon Waller passed away a few years back. PETER ASHER is one of the top producers, managers, A & R in the industry. Paul lived with Peter, when Paul was dating his sister, Jane Asher during the height of Beatlemania. Peter & Gordon’s first single was a huge Number One song, A World Without Love, written by Paul McCartney. He would write three other hits for them. Peter worked at Apple and signed James Taylor to the label. He later managed and produced James’ major albums in the 1970s, as well as Linda Ronstadt. A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond is a wonderful combination of live music and stories and will be divided into two parts, the first half on Saturday and the second half on Sunday. Peter and his band were our guests in Chicago last summer and we are honored to be able to present it here.

MICKY DOLENZ
Monkees Lead Singer and Drummer
Hung out with John in the 1970s
Great Storyteller

What a thrill it is to welcome MICKY DOLENZ to his first FEST ever! Micky was one of the Monkees and was their lead singer on hits like Last Train to Clarksville, I’m A Believer, and Pleasant Valley Sunday. The Monkees TV show began in 1966 as a loving parallel tribute to The Beatles. It turned out to be bigger than anyone expected and their albums sold millions. He wrote the Monkees song, Randy Scouse Git, which had a direct Beatles reference in it. Micky and the other Monkees met The Beatles and he hung out quite a bit with John Lennon and Harry Nilsson in the early 1970s. Micky is a great entertainer and storyteller and is excited about appearing in front of thousands of Beatles Fans. Of course, he will perform some of his Monkees hits with LIVERPOOL on Saturday and Sunday Evenings. He will happily sign any Monkees albums or photos you bring, but he has to charge for them because of contractual agreements. He will sign the FEST Program Book at no charge.

HENRY McCULLOUGH AND DENNY SEIWELL Former Early Wings members
Exclusive New CD of Beatles and Paul songs

Former Wings Lead Guitarist HENRY McCULLOUGH made his first U.S. appearance in over 20 years, last Summer at our Chicago FEST, and he was most personable. His stylish brand of guitar is most evident on the solo on My Love, considered one of the best in popular music. Before joining Wings, Henry was a member of Joe Cocker’s Grease Band, and appeared at Woodstock. Henry and fellow Wings band mate Drummer DENNY SEIWELL are reuniting at our FEST with a musical surprise. They are recording a CD of Wings and Beatles songs and plan to have it ready exclusively for us in March. They plan to perform some of these new versions Live at THE FEST. Denny is also going to have another Live Drum Session History of the Ram Album. Denny began his relationship with Paul during the Ram Sessions as a New York City Session Musician. Paul asked him to join Wings, which he did. Henry and Denny were in Wings at the same time for Red Rose Speedway and a few hit singles.

MARK HUDSON
Ringo's Producer
For 10 Years
New CD - "The Artist"

Our resident musicologist takes us on more journeys through the history of music that created the world in which The Beatles conquered. Ringo’s former producer for 10 years, MARK HUDSON hung out in the early 1970s with John Lennon, Harry Nilsson and Micky Dolenz. With these two firecrackers together, memories and new stories should come flowing out. Our musical guests will join in the Saturday and Sunday evening jam sessions with Liverpool, headed by Mark and you never know who else will be showing up!

LIVERPOOL
World's Finest
Beatles Tribute Band

LIVERPOOL, the World’s Finest Beatles Tribute Band, is an integral part of our ‘FEST family’ and has been our exclusive house band for nearly every FEST. Their dedication to the spirit of The Beatles music is unmatched, playing a vast majority of Beatles and solo songs, plus playing with dozens of great musical guests over the years. Of course, they will be playing the Friday Night Dance as well as Concerts on Saturday and Sunday evenings. DREW HILL, GLEN BURTNIK, JOHN MERJAVE & CHRIS CAMILLERI will be backing SPECIAL GUESTS Micky Dolenz, Henry McCullough, Denny Seiwell and Mark Hudson, (and any other surprise musical guests) making for a very high energy 38th Annual Celebration!
www.liverpooltheband.com

PIG LIGHT SHOW Marc Rubinstein Presents

MARC RUBINSTEIN returns for his third year to add his famous PIG LIGHT SHOW to LIVERPOOL's performances each evening. Marc was a protege of the legendary Joshua Light Show from the late 1960's Fillmore East days. www.piglightshow.com

ROB SHANAHAN
Ringo's personal photographer
New Photo Book

ROB SHANAHAN is one of the most published photographers in the music industry. Since 2006, Rob has been Ringo's personal photographer, working closely with him developing his CD and DVD projects and tour merchandise. Ringo has written the Foreword to Rob's brand new book Volume 1: Through The Lens of Music Photographer Rob Shanahan. This hard cover Coffee Table edition will be available at the FEST. Rob will be treating fans to Power Point presentation which will feature many photos of Ringo and Paul that are not in the book! This is Rob's first FEST.

DAVID BEDFORD
"Liddypool" Author
2 new A/V Presentations

DAVID BEDFORD is the author of Liddypool: The Birthplace of The Beatles, the definitive and most comprehensive book about The Beatles hometown of Liverpool ever written. A native Liverpudlian, David has definitely done his homework, as you can feel what Liverpool was like in The Beatles formative years. David will be doing two new A/V presentations this year “In The Town Where I was Born” – a virtual guided tour of Liddypool, and “The FAB 76: I played with The Beatles – 1956-62” – A talk about the research he has been doing for his next book on those who taught The Beatles to play, or played with them. There are some real surprises, names we never heard of, and great stories too! We welcome him back to THE FEST.

LARRY MARION
Author of "The Lost Beatles Photographs:
The Bob Bonis Archives, 1964-1966"
Photo Exhibit

LARRY MARION, renowned rock memorabilia expert and author of the excellent book The Lost Beatles Photographs: The Bob Bonis Archive 1964-1966 premiered it at last year's FEST. The foreword is by our friend and former FEST Guest Larry Kane. As two of the owners and directors of NotFadeAwayGallery.com, exclusively representing the Bob Bonis Archive, Larry and Alex Bonis (Bob’s son) will be exhibiting these previously unpublished photographs of The Beatles taken by Bob Bonis, who was both The Beatles’ and The Rolling Stones’ U.S tour manager from 1964 -1966, directing all three of The Beatles’ U.S Tours.

ROGER FARRINGTON
Photographer
John & Yoko "Double Fantasy" Photo Exhibit 

ROGER FARRINGTON was hired by Yoko to photograph the first day of the Double Fantasy sessions, August 7, 1980. Roger makes a return vist and will be setting up a PHOTO EXHIBIT of the historic photographs from that day. They are in the recent Ken Sharp book, Starting Over: The Making of John & Yoko’s Double Fantasy. In the book, he conveys the excitement surrounding the sessions, and how John couldnít wait to get started. He will talk about that experience in greater detail with an A/V Presentation at THE FEST.

ALLAN TANNENBAUM
NYC Photographer
John & Yoko Photo Exhibit

Allan Tannenbaum Photographer and Author of John & Yoko: A New York Love Story will be talking about his experiences as one of the few who had access to John & Yoko in late 1980.

He will again be setting up an amazing PHOTO EXHIBIT with new images and formatted pieces.

BRUCE SPIZER
One of the World's leading
authors on the Beatles

BRUCE SPIZER debuted his latest book Beatles For Sale on Parlophone Records at the Chicago FEST last summer, and it has become his fastest selling book to date! Bruce will be giving two audio/visual presentations on how the Beatles music was marketed and received in the U.K. at the time of its release. Bruce has been a guest author at every FEST since 1998. As the top authority on U.S. Beatles recordings, he is expanding his horizons overseas to the "mother country ".

TIM RILEY


TIM RILEY, author of Lennon: The Man, The Myth & The Music, The Definite Life, put many years of research into this book, which was published last Fall. Tim is also the author of Tell Me Why, a very well respected book examining The music of The Beatles. We welcome Tim back to THE FEST.

JUDITH KRISTEN

JUDITH KRISTEN tells the story of a persistent 16 year old beatlemaniac in 1964, in her book A Date With a Beatle. We welcome Judith back to talk about the true story, as it is hers!
In 1964, The Beatles phenomenon swept the nation, and tenacious sixteen-year-old Judy came down with a bad case of Beatlemania. Judy spent "Eight Days a Week" with a dream to meet her idol - George Harrison. Thanks to a series of strange, but fortunate events, dream becomes reality for the devoted teen. A must read for anyone who lived through it, or for those who wish they had. Judy is also going to be premiering her new book, Once Upon a Time in Liverpool, with the Cover Art by Beatles Artist (and FEST Vendor) Eric Cash.

BRUCE POLLOCK

BRUCE POLLOCK has written twelve books on music including By the Time We Got to Woodstock. He has interviewed hundreds of musicians, produced nearly one hundred record compilations, edited exactly one hundred issues of a top music magazine, and published an annual reference book on songs for seventeen years. His new book, If You Like The Beatles...examines films, records and other oddities that fans would be interested in.

AL SUSSMAN & TOM FRANGIONE

AL and TOM (Beatlefan Magazine), along with Bruce Spizer, will be having a Friday evening discussion about Paul and the songs he has and hasn’t performed. It is called Songs We’d Like to See Paul McCartney Perform!

Beatles Trivia Expert TOM FRANGIONE will host the Live Trivia and Name That Tune Competitions.

FAB 4 FREE 4 ALL! (formerly The Fab Fourum)

The newly renamed FAB 4 FREE 4 ALL! was created in 2009 as online place to discuss various Beatles topics. www.fabf4free4all.com They have really come a long way in three years, even interviewing Ringo for one of the shows. MITCH AXELROD, ROB LEONARD & TONY TRAGUARDO will be joining us on Saturday with a new topic.

MARTIN LEWIS

humorist-writer-producer and leading Beatles scholar is our longtime MC. His Fab-related work started 45 years ago (as a teenager!) when he compiled the discography for their authorized biography by Hunter Davies. He started his career as a protegé of Beatles publicist Derek Taylor in the early 1970s. His multiple Beatles-related credits include producing and marketing the DVD editions of “A Hard Day's Night" and “The Beatles On Ed Sullivan”. He was consultant/strategist for "The Beatles Anthology", "Live At The BBC", Paul McCartney's "Music & Animation", George Martin's "In My Life", Michael Lindsay-Hogg's "Two Of Us", Julie Taymor's "Across The Universe" and Sam Taylor-Wood's "Nowhere Boy". He instigated the 1996 Rutles reunion and produced their "Archaeology" album. He has worked as producer-writer-host and/or marketing strategist on various film/TV/DVD/record/radio/stage projects with Paul, Ringo, Yoko, George Martin and Julian Lennon. He instigated and produced the 40th anniversary celebrations of The Beatles’ first US visit, the private 40th anniversary cast & crew reunion of “A Hard Day’s Night” (attended by Paul). In 2008 he instigated NASA beaming the Beatles recording of “Across The Universe” into outer space (with blessings from Paul and Yoko). In 2010 he instigated, produced and hosted multiple "Happy Birthday John!" celebrations of John Lennon's 70th birthday, The Quarrymen's US tour and he was one of the producers of the Kennedy Center Honor salute to Sir Paul. He is Contributing Producer of "Chimes Of Freedom" the new CD of Bob Dylan songs saluting the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International. Martin produced eight tracks for the album, bringing Mark Hudson on board to co-produce two of the tracks (Pete Seeger and Seal & Jeff Beck). The Fest's own Liverpool play on the Pete Seeger track which also features a string quartet supervised by Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick. Martin conceived and produced the album's salute to George Harrison - a recording by Evan Rachel Wood of "I'd Have You Anytime" - the song written in 1968 by George and Bob Dylan. Martin has been Master of Ceremonies at all our NY and Western USA (L.A./Vegas) conventions since 1992 and a Special Guest at our Chicago Fests since 1995. This will be his 52nd convention with us.

KEN DASHOW

Q104.3, New York’s Classic Rock station is Number One rated in the country. KEN DASHOW is one of the reasons why they are tops. His music knowledge is amazing and he returns to be our Co-MC.

You can hear him 3PM-7PM Monday-Thursday, and has his so very popular Breakfast with The Beatles every Sunday Morning from 8-10AM.