LOVE ME DO - BEATLES TRIBUTE - (UPSTAIRS THEATRE)
 What is it that makes LOVE ME DO so unique compared to other Beatle Tribute Bands? Their incredible SOUND!
Comprised of four veteran musicians, each with a long list of stellar credits, LOVE ME DO re-creates the excitement of The Beatles touring years.
LOVE ME DO keeps its audiences on their feet from the first song to the last, and in between!
Their repertoire contains songs from the first six albums, Please Please Me through Revolver, performed in a fun, fast-paced show!!
Love Me Do has been named Artist Of The Month by both iBFD.com and Beatles-A-Rama.com!
Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
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Pete began his show-biz career at the tender age of 5 when he performed in his Kindergarten musical. It was one year later, while watching The Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show, that he knew he wanted to be a musician. He actually wanted to be Ringo.
He began his musical life as a drummer, studying the styles of everyone from Ringo Starr to Gene Krupa to Buddy Rich. (He was fortunate enough to have met both Gene & Buddy.) Pete played in every band during his High School years and graced the stage as the musical lead in every production.
At the age of 18 he began playing and performing professionally around New York. He is an alumnus of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and has performed in many stage and television productions during his career.
Pete has also played and/or recorded with such bands as Hall & Oates, Gregory's Funhouse, Fling, Pleazer, and many others.
Always a fan of The Beatles (and John Lennon in particular), Pete decided to learn guitar and threw himself into learning the complete catalog of Beatles songs while honing both his vocal and rhythm guitar skills with the dream of one day playing in a Beatle Tribute Band. That dream became a reality when he formed Love Me Do with band mate Roger Lipson.
Pete plays:
Rickenbacker Jetglo 325-58
Rickenbacker 325-64 Miami
Gibson J160E
Epiphone Sunburst Casino
Vocals, Bass Guitar
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A lifelong devotee of The Beatles, Roger began playing drums in 1972. His first music gig was with his High School band, The Shades of Time in 1973. He was the drummer/percussionist. He then went on to play guitar in 1981 and bass in 1987.
Since then, he has performed with Glen Burtnik's (member of Styx) production of the "Sgt. Pepper" album (with The Smithereens as guest artists); New York band Bubble's "Revolver" & "White Album" shows and performed with the Beatles Magical Orchestra conducted by the legendary David Amram.
He also performed with the New York Off-Broadway production of Hedwig & The Angry Inch. In addition to rock and roll, Roger has been playing the sitar and shehnai (Indian oboe) professionally for 20 years and has studied in India with a disciple of George Harrison's teacher, Pandit Ravi Shankar.
As a sitar player he has recorded for PBS' Nova series; Sony/Red Records artist The Cringe; Easy Star Records' all reggae release of "Sgt. Pepper" and performed across the country for private Indian clients.
Roger plays:
'63 Hofner 500/1 Bass
Sitar
Vocals, Lead Guitar
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Evan listened to The Beatles and the Mersey sound as an infant. After seeing the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, he knew wanted to play the guitar. His first being a plastic Emenee guitar.
He started taking lessons when he was 7. He was fortunate to have Mr. Sid Margolis as his teacher. (Sid was a famous jazz guitarist from the 1940'a who played with Artie Shaw.) He was also fortunate to have Mr. Joe Natoli as his teacher. (Joe was a prominent studio musician in the late 1970's.)
During college, Evan played in many theatre productions. Though he didn't have time to play in a band, playing in the theatre gave him the opportunity to keep playing guitar, and get good grades at the same time. He played in productions of Cabaret, Hair, and Pippin.
It wasn't until after graduate school and establishing a business, that he picked up the guitar again. At 41 years of age, he got into his first serious band, The Beagles. The Beagles were a Beatles Tribute Band that morphed into a Mersey Tribute Band. Not alot of bands played Billy J Kramer, and The Zombies. The Beagles played all over Nassau County, including The Nutty Irishman, Pub 454, The Vintage Lounge, and Eleanor Rigby's.
Evan has also performed with John Sapikowski (The Cast of Beatlemania), Jan Owen, The 4 Virgins, and The Fab Faux.
Evan plays:
Gretsch Country Gentleman
Rickenbacker 360 12 String
Vocals, Drums
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As a child going to studio sessions with his dad, Sparkie began his musical career playing tambourine on many of those recordings. As his interest in music grew, he initially followed in his mother's footsteps and began studying the piano, but, it wasn't long before he began to take his place in the family lineage of drummers. His biggest influence being his dad, Bobby Sandler, New York City session musician.
Sparkie studied jazz and rock through high school and college. His first professional gig was playing in the pit orchestra for Syracuse Summerstock theatre.
Today, Sparkie is a New York City freelance musician who's performing credits include, Jimmy Norman (the Coasters), Joey Leone
(Wilson Pickett ), Terry Sylvester (the Hollies), Jimmy and Jerry Vivino (Conan O'Brian band), and Joey Molland (Badfinger).
Playing the music of the Beatles is not only challenging and enjoyable, but brings Sparkie back to a very special place and time in his life.
Sparkie Plays:
80/20
 Ticket Price: $15.00
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Arts Factory 280 Avenue E
Bayonne, NJ 07002 201-436-6700
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| 12/31/1969 03:59 PM | Sold out! |
| 05/09/2009 09:00 PM | Sold out! |
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