I believe that if there was a fifth Beatle, it was Carl Perkins.
Any takers?
Junior
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Weisberger [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 19 January 1999 1:36
> To: passenger side
> Subject: RE: the fifth beatle
>
> Geff says:
>
> > On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Mike Woods wrote:
> >
> > > How Clarence White, admirable guitarist that he is, qualifies
> > >for this is beyond me.
> > >
> > > -- Mike Woods
> >
> > The fifth Beatle was Don Rich.
> > If not for him, the Bealtes' sound as we know it today would not exist.
>
> I'm sorry - I hate to disagree with a bass player - but I just don't see
> it.
> Rich's tenure with Owens began around early 1960, he was featured about as
> much on the fiddle as on the guitar, and they didn't really hit a groove
> for
> another year; Buck's first album wasn't released until 1961, and he didn't
> have his first #1 until 1963 (it was "Act Naturally"). I believe that if
> you listen to the Tony Sheridan recordings, the early tracks from Live At
> The BBC, etc., you'll hear the Beatles' sound as we know it today already
> surprisingly well-formed. I don't see that there was enough time for the
> Buckaroos sound to have had much of an influence on the basics of the
> Beatles' style, and it's interesting that while they covered a lot of
> stuff
> in their BBC appearances - Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, songs
> from Leiber-Stoller and Goffin-King, etc. - there's not a Buck song among
> them.
>
> Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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