{"id":3278197,"date":"2025-01-24T13:15:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T17:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3278197"},"modified":"2025-01-24T13:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T17:15:44","slug":"lost-found-happy-banjos-play-the-beatles-by-the-big-ben-banjo-band-ep03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/music\/lostandfound\/lost-found-happy-banjos-play-the-beatles-by-the-big-ben-banjo-band-ep03","title":{"rendered":"Lost &#038; Found &#8211; Happy Banjos Play The Beatles by The Big Ben Banjo Band &#8211; Ep03"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Released by Capitol Records in 1966, The Big Ben Banjo Band was a musical group pretty much known for their only hit single &#8220;Let&#8217;s Get Together No. 1&#8221; in 1954.<\/h5>\n<p><em>By George-John-Paul-Ringo, they&#8217;ve done it! Those Big Ben Banjo Band boys have come up with the greatest new sound since The Beatles beat itself. And wot&#8217;s more, luvs, they&#8217;ve done it by taking 30 of the biggest Beatles hits with their own sensational instrumental style. Brisk, bright fun you&#8217;re in for as these Happy Banjos play those Beatles!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>What the English lads (banjos, mandolins, trumpet, trombone, accordion, rhythm) and their leader Norrie Paramor take you to is a bountiful medley-style program that out-mods the mods (and often out-rocks the rockers) with the same enthusiasm that&#8217;s made Britain the music mecca of the swinging sixties. In a roguishly paced mood that blends tempos with the witty abandon of a Carnaby Street tailor mixing paisleys, plaids and prints, the Happy Banjos offer such jolly threesomes as A Hard Day&#8217;s Night &#8211; I Feel Fine &#8211; Can&#8217;t Buy Me Love. With a wistful bit of witchery they make Michelle &#8211; This Boy &#8211; Yesterday into one tender theme on the foreverness of love. And finally, rising to giddy heights of tongue-in-cheekery, the Banjo Band has the last word in musical madcap with Tell Me Why &#8211; The Word &#8211; I&#8217;ll Be Back.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3278200\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/music\/lostandfound\/lost-found-happy-banjos-play-the-beatles-by-the-big-ben-banjo-band-ep03\/attachment\/happy-banjos-cover\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Happy-Banjos-Cover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2268,2314\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.85&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 7 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