Hal Bruce |
Hal first showed up at AROTR 2003, rather inconspicuous, low key, and unassuming... until he played. Wow, was that one guy? And then in 2004, he said, “you know I can sing every Beatle song in the order they were released”, and a beautiful friendship was born. Hal is quite simply a genius. Twice, we have happily watched him perform a 2 ½ hour medley of every Beatle song. I bet when he was a lad, his parent’s thought he was a prodigy. His recordings of Beatle songs are impeccable; simply perfect. On stage he rocks, and rocks, and rocks; but sings a helluva ballad, too. Now musical director of AROTR, Hal Bruce, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, is the 1st member of our Hall of Fame. |
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All You Need Is Love |
In late 2001, a fellow from Belleville, Ont, Canada named Mark Rashotte called me to tell me his band would love to play at the first AROTR. At that time we were more interested in the look-a-like bands, but he convinced me they were great. And he lied. They were spectacular. For five AROTRS, they have blown us away with complex studio pieces from Rubber Soul to Revolver to their two incomparable White Album shows in 2004 and 2006. Our first international group, the first to recreate complete albums, and the main house band for 5 years establishes AYNIL: Mark, Andy, Al, Steve, Vitas, and Francis as AROTR Hall of Fame inaugural members. |
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