Ottawa Beatles Site
Follow the steps of John, Yoko and George in
Ottawa, 1969
Beatles Music on Jango


 
Site History
Paul McCartney
played
Canadian Tire Centre
Sun 7 July 2013
Our review
Ottawa Sun review,
8 July
News
Direct Links
to favourite sites
Cavern Photos
The Cynthia Lennon Collection:
John Lennon Cartoons
The Beatles Official Site
Discographies
We publish your articles
Historical interest
How the Beatles rocked the Kremlin
Beatle Trivia
The P.I.D. Hoax
Is Klaatu the Beatles?

The Rutles

Dave Haber's
What Goes On
Beatle site


Related Points of Interest


Musical Influences

 

Click here to read a review of the new CD by Ottawa Beatle Site researcher John Whelan.

It was 40 years ago today

1 June 1967

Sgt. Pepper was first heard in North America at Expo 67, and broadcast on CBC radio's C'est la vie. Visit John Whelan's Expo 67 site.

"Punk Opera: CheLennon" by The Oz.

This full-length experimental "punk opera" project includes 13 unique post-punk  versions of John Lennon revolutionary and rare songs mixed with 6 reprises of politically intense interviews with him. This brilliant work was created by The OZ -- a post-punk group located in the very heart of the true underground of St. Petersburg -- Russia's cultural and revolutionary capitol!

Click here to read a review of the new CD by Ottawa Beatle Site researcher John Whelan.

 

 




Paul McCartney to Rock Canada!
September 17 - Quebec City, QC - the Videotron Centre
September 20 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
September 28 - Winnipeg, MB - Bell MTS Place
September 30 - Edmonton, AB - Rogers Place

Featurette: The Reock & Roll Revue's 2015 performance of George Harrison & Friends Concert For Bangladesh recorded live at The Kelsey Theatre


Featurette: George Harrison's brilliant raga rock "Ride Rajbun"
with Ravi Shankar





THE OTTAWA BEATLES SITE
by Tony Copple

"Created in the belief
that the Beatles were more than a great band;
they generated an atmosphere for good
throughout the world,
uniting people in many cultures,
and through their timeless music
and the optimistic subjects of their songs,
continue to inspire new generations."



A John Lennon Remembrance in Words for the 60th Anniversary of Hiroshima

Let It Be...Naked - album review

You Say You Want A Velvet Revolution? John Lennon and the Fall of the Soviet Union
A Harvard University "Grad Paper" by Dave LaFontana

 John and Yoko meets Prime Minister Trudeau

Strings for a Beatle Bass
by Yury Pelyushonok

Le Dain Commission of Inquiry
John Lennon's drug testimony

Beat brother Roy Young Interview

Ottawa Beatles Convention 1995
Twist and Shout behind the Iron Curtain: the birth of an idea for a book by event organizer Alan Chrisman


15 photographs of John & Yoko's visit to Ottawa,
June 3, 1969




Photo: Annmarie Wilhelm Click the car for its story
The Beatles are appreciated all over the world. We welcomed visitors from far and near at the second Ottawa Beatles Convention in 1996 at the Ottawa Museum of Science and Technology, where John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls Royce was on display.

"You can't do that"
Music on this site
courtesy of
Bryan Anthony

 


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