Joe Bithorn and Steve Landes in Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles. Photography by Joan Marcus
on really that they’ve never performed live.” but there is the camaraderie between the characters as well. “Yes. It’s very slight
George Harrison’s songwriting skills are not as well known as the contribution or sometimes there are looks where we’re trying to crack each other up. That’s an
of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Yet Harrison penned such Beatle classics ongoing thing. That’s the charm of what it is. Really, when it comes down to it, we
as “Here Comes the Sun, “Taxman,” “Savoy Truffle” and numerous other songs are just on stage having the time of our lives.”
through the band’s career. How many Harrison songs does Bithorn recreate for How would he describe the chemistry between this team of his band mates in
Rain? “ I really do just ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps.’ The other song that I play in Rain? Laughing, Joe says, “It’s E.S.P.-like. Let’s put it that way!” Joe also shares his
the show ‘Happy Just to Dance With You’ is actually written by John and Paul. It’s very first memory of hearing The Beatles. “It was on The Ed Sullivan Show. It was
sort of a tightly scripted show you know? In the old days, we used to just pull them February 9, 1964 so that was 46 years ago.”
out of our hats and believe me…we know over 200 songs. Joe Bithorn describes the worldwide success of Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles. “It’s
Rain’s philosophy is being very true to each song of The Beatles that they per- a joy. It’s just tremendous because if you look at this music for what it was, it really
form. Joe explains, “ We take the music very seriously. On stage, you’ll see that we was a worldwide success for The Beatles and we’re just trying to carry that on in
don’t take ourselves very seriously (laughter) although…we try portraying our celebration of their music. So, I would say…we have one of the best jobs ever! What
characters accurately as possible. But we have a lot of fun with it. In of the music we are poking around with are the memories and the soundtracks of people’s lives
though we really try and study it. Like I said, it’s an ongoing thing.” as they grew up. Most of the people will hear a Beatles song and our performance
Not only does Rain offer up an amazing selection of material from The Beatles of it and it just takes them back. It’s sort of a memory machine so to speak.”
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