“All You Need Is Joe”

 

Joe’s first Beatle band was “Blue Jay Way” which performed at the very first annual "Beatlefest" in Los Angeles.

 

Soon afterwards, he joined the cast of the Broadway hit, “Beatlemania.”

         

Don Podolor, the producer of Three Dog Night, The Grass Roots, Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly, and others, contacted Joe and asked him to leave Beatlemania, and put together the best sounding Beatles tribute band in the world. Unlike Beatlemania, this show was to hit the road. Joe agreed and called it “Beatlefever.”

  Blackbird/Yesterday Sound Clip

Beatlemania didn’t like that, and neither did the Beatles, and they sued Don and Joe for one million dollars. The suit, which made the front page of Variety magazine, was settled out of court with the agreement that Beatlefever had to change its name and not include the word "Beatle" in the name.

                                                            

So the name was changed to “Liverpool” and they performed extensively through out the U.S. and Canada playing at venues such as universities, civic centers, auditoriums, arenas, fairgrounds and dinner theaters.

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Liverpool had the distinct honor of being the first Beatles tribute band to perform in the main showrooms of Las Vegas, Reno, and Lake Tahoe. 

 

His last Beatle band was called "Yesterday". 

 

After several years of touring, Joe decided to settle down with his wife and three children in central Ohio. He has continued to perform in various bands, currently as the leader of the variety dance band, "Legal Tender." 

 

But his love of the Beatles music has been ever-present, and he missed performing those beloved songs, since many of them are really more for  listening than dancing. 

 

So, Joe now has a solo Beatles tribute act “All You Need Is Joe” and if you like the Beatles, you should definitely check out one of his performances.