Bman's Blues Report

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Legends Play The Beatles , from Cleopatra Records , and it's an interesting mix of Beatles covers by notable rock, pop and folk icons. Opening with Here Comes The Sun , Richard Page has the lead vocal and Steve Morse has the guitars, backed by Jay Schellen on drums and Billy Sherwood on keys. With a nearly identical arrangement to the original, Page sets the stage. Heart's Ann Wilson does an acoustic cover of Across The Universe backed by acoustic guitar and percussion. Very nice. Surprise rockers Molly Hatchet Cover Back In The USSR ... Beach Boys style backing vocals and all. Air Supply covers, A Long And Winding Road with a bit more theatrical vocal lead by Russell Hicthcock and nice bass work by Billy Sherwood. Another interesting cover is Tomorrow Never Knows by Electric Moon. Komet Lulu's FX, Sula Bassana synth and drums by Marcus Schnitzler rocks this track. My disappointment on the release is Jack Bruc...

ASIA , featuring the original line-up of Geoff Downes (keyboards),   Steve Howe (guitar), Carl Palmer (drums) and John Wetton (Lead Vocal, bass), has been forced to cancel the 30 th Anniversary UK Tour due to drummer Carl Palmer coming down with a severe case of E. coli.   Tickets are refundable from the point of purchase. A list of the cancelled dates are as follows – Tavistock The Wharf (Dec 15) Holmfirth Picturedrome (Dec 16) Edinburgh Queen’s Hall (Dec 17) Salisbury City Hall (Dec 19) Birmingham Town Hall (Dec 20) Manchester Royal Northern College of Music (Dec 21)   London o2 Shepherds Bush Empire (Dec 22)