Bev Bevan - ELO And The Move

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Dec 30

Episode Summary

Bev Bevan is a world famous drummer. He was front and center in the whole British Invasion era as a founding member of The Move and ELO (Electric Light Orchestra). He’s also played with Black Sabbath, Robert Plant, The Everly Brothers and currently Quill to name just a few. We talk about his storied career and we do a Songfest.

Episode Notes

My featured song in this episode is “I Can’t Explain”, my reimagined version of the The Who’s iconic song. This is the “live” version by my band, Project Grand Slam, from the album Greetings From Serbia.

https://open.spotify.com/track/3hZd8nrVeMbiAUrP1vY4A9?si=3p1ZZ3XoQxS65_GOzS04YA&dl_branch=1

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In this episode Bev and I discuss:

His participation in the British Invasion era
Playing with Denny Laine and the Diplomats
Openers for The Beatles
Founding The Move
His longstanding relationship with Ron Wood
Starting ELO
His favorite drummers
His new band, Quill

In the Songfest portion of the episode we play and discuss:

“Forever And A Day” (Denny Laine and the Diplomats)

“I Can Hear The Grass Grow” (The Move)

“Fire On High” (ELO)

“Riding Rainbows” (Quill)

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