A CELLARFUL OF BOYS
Book Review of:
‘CAVERN CLUB: THE INSIDE STORY’
by DEBBIE GREENBERG
(2016, Jorvik Press) ISBN 978-0-9863770-4-4
Softback. 176 pages
The added dimension is that – following Ray McFall’s bankruptcy (no.1 in the writ parade) and the original closure of the club in 28 February 1966, while still aged just twenty she became very actively part of the family concern that took over the lease. There’s a lot about those ‘magical and breathtaking’ moments, rich with photos and rare memorabilia. An opportunistic Harold Wilson is there for the re-opening, Solomon Burke, Long John Baldry, Edwin Starr and Chuck Berry (‘a wonderful musician but not a particularly nice man’) all play. They book Ike & Tina but only get the Ikettes. Paul and Linda call around. The Chants play, who later become chart-toppers as the Real Thing. The Iveys play, who become Badfinger after Dad Alf Geoghegan adds the ‘bad’ to Paul McCartney’s original name for them – Finger. Enjoying ‘Good Times Again’ until the club’s 1970 sale, and the dubious events surrounding the compulsory purchase order and demolition of the original site in 1972. Of course, the reconstructed Cavern is still a Mecca for Macca-fans, Beatles-aficionados, and tourists in general. I’ve been…
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