A new venue for us as we headed to St. Peter’s on the waterfront in Ipswich, where we watched a tribute honouring the legend that is George Harrison.
St. Peter’s, a former church now serving as an arts and heritage centre is also used as a rehearsal and performance space for the Ipswich Hospital Band and other local music groups and charities.
Covering the Beatles can often be tricky as they set the bar extremely high so there were doubts about the show. It would either be rubbish or brilliant. Any lingering negativity and uncertainty were soon banished as the band kicked off with TAXMAN from the album REVOLVER.
The band flawlessly performed a full range of Harrison songs from his days with the Beatles, his solo career, and his work with The Traveling Wilburys.
While in the Beatles, Harrison was third in the pecking order behind John Lennon and Paul McCartney, but his contributions were magnificent. For me his three best songs from that era are: WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS, SOMETHING, and HERE COMES THE SUN, which were all included.
In addition to the well-known hits, there were hidden gems like I DON’T WANT TO DO IT, penned by Bob Dylan, which was included on the soundtrack to the 1985 film “Porky’s Revenge.”
The anecdotes before each song and the band’s seamless transitions through the timeline added to the performance, taking us from the early ’60s to the late ’90s.
I highly recommend keeping an eye out for these and attend one of their gigs. It was definitely one of the best shows of 2024.
Something
My Sweet Lord
End of the Line
As we were in the front row and not in anyone’s way and with permission from the band I was able to record some songs (well, Gary (lead singer) said I could record SOMETHING due to its special place in my heart so I took a liberty and recorded three!). I deliberately chose a Beatles song, a solo song and one from the Wilbury’s.
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