CT band the Remains rubbed elbows with the Beatles, Donna Summer and more
Michael Catarevas
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From left, Chip, Bill, Barry and Vern on stage after playing a club show in Los Angeles in 2006, the 40th anniversary of the Beatles tour.Courtesy of America’s Lost Band, Manhattan Productions Inc.
When four young, bleary-eyed rock musicians ambled into the midtown Manhattan office of General Artists Corp. one June afternoon in 1966, they could have had no idea that what they were about to hear would inform their careers and lives forever.
“You guys wanna play on the Beatles’ August tour across America?” a GAC exec asked the band members of the Remains, who had all recently dropped out of Boston University to play and write songs full-time. “If you do, I can get you on it.”
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Epic. That project,
Epic with other artists covering each track, and is out April 16. Listen to Barnett and Vagabonâs version of âDonât Do Itâ below.
âCourtney and I found that we have a beautiful collaborating chemistry when we made our cover of âReason to Believe,â which came out earlier this year.â Vagabon said in a statement. âSo when CB asked me to join her in singing âDonât Do Itâ by the inimitable Sharon Van Etten, I was thrilled! âDonât Do Itâ is one of my favorite tracks off
Epic and it was such a pleasure to do a version of it with Courtney.â
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CORRECTS DAY OF CONCERT - FILE - Patti Smith attends a special screening of Pavarotti at the iPic Theater in New York on May 28, 2019. Smith performed a mini-concert at the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday, March 9, to honor photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and also adding her voice to a series of pop-up events that represent the cityâÄôs first baby steps toward the return of live indoor performances. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) March 09, 2021 - 1:52 PM
NEW YORK - Patti Smith performed a mini-concert at the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday to honour photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and add her voice to a series of pop-up events that represent New York City s first baby steps toward the return of live indoor performances.