- Mal Evans
Malcolm 'Mal' Evans is best known as the road manager, assistant, and a friend of the Beatles. In 1961, Evans married a local girl, Lily, after meeting her at a funfair in New Brighton, Merseyside. Evans was working as a telephone engineer at the time, but was later employed as a doorman at the Cavern Club. The Beatles were performing at the Cavern Club when Evans saw them for the first time during a lunch break, … - Bob Wooler
Frederick James 'Bob' Wooler was born, Liverpool on 19 January 1926; died, Liverpool, 8 February 2002. He is most notable for being instrumental in introducing The Beatles to their manager, Brian Epstein & as the DJ at the Cavern Club. While he was living in Garston, he became involved in managing a skiffle group called The Kingstrums. He entered them into a talent contest at the Gateacre Labour Club. The competition was won by a group called The Mars Bars, … - Alistair Taylor
James Alistair Taylor (born in Runcorn, Cheshire, 21 June 1935, died in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 9 June 2004) was the personal assistant of Brian Epstein who accompanied him to the Cavern Club when he first saw The Beatles play on 9 November 1961. Taylor later became General Manager of Apple Corps for a short period. - Frank Lee Sprague
Frank Lee Sprague, born in Wichita Falls, Texas, is a US guitarist/composer. He writes both songs and concert works. This world class musician has over 1000 works to his credit, many for guitar. His catalog includes 2 string quartets, 3 symphonies, many chamber music compositions, 2 operas and more. In 2004 he released an album of songs in the Mersey Sound style, called "Merseybeat", which featured guests Doug Fieger of The Knack and Big Jay McNeely. - Tony Jackson
Tony Jackson (July 16 1938 - August 18 2003) was an English bass player and singer who was a member of The Searchers. Anthony Paul Jackson was born July 16 1938, in The Dingle, Liverpool. After leaving school he went to Walton Technical College to train as an electrician. Jackson was inspired by the skiffle sound of Lonnie Donegan, and then by Buddy Holly and other U.S. rock and roll. He founded the skiffle group the Martinis. - Anton Barbeau
Anton Barbeau is an American singer-songwriter based in Sacramento, California. He primarily accompanies himself on guitar or keyboard, though on his recordings he's performed on many different instruments, additionally including bass guitar and percussion. Barbeau is known for combining surreal lyrics with pop melodies and is often described as being in the songwriting tradition of Robyn Hitchcock, Syd Barrett, and The Beatles. - Richard Stilgoe
Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe OBE (b. 28 March 1943) is a British songwriter, lyricist and musician. He is noted for clever wordplay as much as for his music. Stilgoe was born in Camberley, Surrey but brought up in Liverpool where he performed at the Cavern Club. He was educated at Monkton Combe School in Somerset and at Clare College, Cambridge where he was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights. - Frank Sytner
Frank Sytner (born June 29 1944 in Liverpool) is a British racing driver, a Life Member of the BRDC, and was the 1988 British Touring Car Champion, driving a BMW M3. He also won his class in 1990. He started racing in the early 1970s in Formula Ford and later became known for racing in the Clubmans formula for front-engined sports cars, before moving into Touring Cars in the 1980s. - Scott Ashley
Scott Ashley was born on the 13th April 1983 in Stoke-on-Trent, England. He started writing songs at the age of 12, and picked up the guitar at 13. He was in many bands whilst at school and college, most notably Bottlekiln, before moving to study Law at Warwick University. There he formed The Fire, who performied the official world cup anthem for the English Football Supporters Federation, "Back For The Football 2002", which attracted some attention. - Terry Molloy
Terry Molloy is an English actor known predominantly for his work on radio and television. Molloy has been a member of the cast of BBC Radio 4's "The Archers" playing Mike Tucker since 1973 and has won awards for his work as an actor on radio. On television, Terry is perhaps best known for his role in the long-running science fiction series "Doctor Who" as the mad scientist, Davros, the creator of the Daleks, in the stories "Resurrection of the Daleks", … - Steve Amaral
Guitarist Steve Amaral originally from Woodland, California is a founding member of Sacramento's Red Star Memorial. Red Star Memorial played together from June 2000 to August 2004. In those 4 years the band released the CD "It's About Time" 2004, produced by David Houston. Members of Red Star Memorial include Bobby Jordan, Chris Amaral, and Bryce Gonzales. Steve also played guitar for the Sacramento pop band Popgun. Steve released two CDs with Popgun, "N.U. Machine 2003", … - Peter Atkins
Peter Atkins Novelist and screenwriter Peter Atkins was born in Liverpool, England. After receiving a degree in English Literature, he spent five years working in theatre as a founder member of the legendary Dog Company -- whose fellow alumni include Clive Barker and Doug (Pinhead) Bradley .
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