Legacy Freddie and the Dreamers

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in 1980 rolling stone history of rock & roll, writer lester bangs paid tribute (of kind) group:



freddie , dreamers [had] no masterpiece plentitude [sic] of talentless idiocy , enough persistence 4 albums , 1 film soundtrack released ... dreamers looked thuggish freddie looked dippy ... freddie , dreamers represented triumph of rock cretinous swill, , such should not respected, given place in history.



in interview, paul mccartney said freddie , dreamers version of if gotta make fool of copied arrangement performed beatles @ show in cavern. dreamers released copied version of song single, leaving beatles uncredited. because of incident, beatles decided concentrate on own compositions, rather cover versions. beatles later forgave dreamers, , invited them guest appearance in 1964 christmas special.


freddie , dreamers remained touring band 2000s; few different line-ups of newer dreamers included: paul atack, ray barlow, brian byng, trev bullock, tony brooke, eamonn carr, john denny jr., spencer montgomery, alan mosca, alan rose, gary rudd, kev ryan, stuart simpson, gary smith, giorgio uccellini, paul madden, ritchie madden, hugh whitaker, noel walsh, , andy wells. appeared other artists same era, such gerry , pacemakers, troggs , peter noone of herman s hermits , rockin berries. ritchie madden, spencer montgomery , ray barlow , stuart simpson toured herman s hermits backing group.


garrity retired in february 2001, along last dreamers (nick foti, simon clarke , alan edmundson), due pulmonary hypertension, , died on 19 may 2006. drummer dwyer died on 4 december 2002 lung cancer; birrell became taxicab driver. crewdson runs dreamers bar in tenerife, while quinn lives in cheshire , in distribution business. eamonn carr heads new dreamers touring band. nick foti seen playing freddie s hits , other sixties hits nico.


simon clarke solo act , emigrated canada in 2003. alan edmondson music teacher.








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