The Cavern Club

frode · Post by **frode** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:29 am

Just came back from Liverpool where I visit the new Cavern Club. Met an old man who said he had seen Beatles 64 times before they got famous. We sat there talking for ours. A lot of cool stories about them from the beginning. If you are in Liverpool you must visit Mathew Street. A lot of nice places there

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:53 am

Frode, where is the new Cavern Club in relation to the old Cavern Club?

frode · Post by **frode** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:42 am

They told me exactly the same place, only turned it around 90 degree. They even used the same bricks when rebuilding the place.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:02 am

no, its 50 yds or so down the street..

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:16 am

Part of it is actually where the old Cavern was.

frode · Post by **frode** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:19 am

I really dont know. The bartender told me so, but he can be wrong. Anyway it was a magic place with good beer and a nice atmosphere:-)

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:44 am

Frode said...Met an old man who said he had seen Beatles 64 times before they got famous.

Yeah, us old guys are the only ones who could have seen them. I didn't see 'em 64 times, but did see them in '64.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:04 am

Who are the geniuses that made the decision to tear it down? Wasn't their idiocy so great as to gain them some sort of status in an online Hall of Shame?

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:44 am

Glenn,

It's called "Progress" Shameful? Yes. Why did the Salvation Army turn the Strawberry Field orphanage into a church? Progress. Based on that action, I would hazard a guess that they think that there aren't any orphan children in that part of the world anymore. I'll bet that notion is incorrect also.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:06 pm

At the time in Liverpool there was an organized effort to stop it but obviously it wasn't enough. Such a shame.... such monumental stupidity.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:40 am

Here is a great explanation of the Cavern Club's history which is more complex than I had thought. Very interesting.

http://www.cavern-liverpool.co.uk/cavernclub/CChistory73.htm