Welcome To The Cavern Poster – Vintage Beatles Poster – Vintage Music Poster

Welcome To The Cavern Poster – Vintage Beatles Poster – Vintage Music Poster The Welcome To The Cavern Poster will be familiar to thousands of Beatles fans across the world, thanks to its inclusion on various photographs of the famous music venue in the 1960s. Two  immediately spring to mind. The first is David Newell-Smith’s awesome, evocative black and white photograph of a young, dark-haired girl climbing the Cavern steps after a gig. In it the Welcome to the Cavern sign can be hanging overhead on the ceiling. Another is a photograph taken by Graham Spencer. The image is of a young and beaming Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers fame, holding the famous black and white hoarding. The sign was intended to offer a warm Liverpudlian welcome to visitors to the music venue. If the Beatles were four lads that ‘shook the world’, this sign offers just four simple words that greeted it warmly. In large, bold,  hand-drawn white letters set against a black background, the words  read “Welcome to the Cavern”. The Cavern Club Cavern Club in Liverpool, England, is one of the most famous music venues in the world. It was founded in 1957 by local businessman Alan Sytner, who was inspired by the jazz clubs he had visited in Paris. At first, The Cavern Club was primarily a jazz and skiffle club,with many of the genres best musicians playing there. Artists included Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen, a British jazz band that was one of the first acts to play at The Cavern Club when it opened in 1957. They were known for their New Orleans-style jazz and had a loyal following in Liverpool. Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band were also extremely popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and played at The Cavern Club on several occasions. They were known for their trademark bowler hats and hits such as “Stranger on the Shore”. Chris Barber’s Jazz Band – the Cavern Cin 1959. They were known for their Dixieland-style jazz. They had several hits in the UK charts, including “Petite Fleur” and “The Saints”. The Vipers Skiffle Group played at The Cavern Club in the late 1950s, before the rise of rock ‘n’ roll. They were known for their energetic performances and hits such as “Don’t You Rock Me Daddy-O”. Paul McCartney went on to cover The Vipers No Other Baby on his 1999 album Run Baby Run. Lonnie Donegan is often credited with popularizing skiffle music in the UK, and played at The Cavern Club several times in the late 1950s. He had a string of hits in the UK charts, including “Rock Island Line” and “Cumberland Gap” and was a major influence on both Paul McCartney and John Lennon. A lesser-known local skiffle band named The Quarrymen made their first appearance inside Liverpool’s cramped and dank music club on 7 August 1957. The band featured one John Lennon. Although the skiffle scene was immensely popular it was also short-lived.  Rock and Roll was on the way and The Cavern Club quickly became a hub for this new and exciting music. It was one of the first clubs in the UK to embrace the genre, and as a result, it attracted a host of up-and-coming bands from around the country. The Cavern Club quickly gained a reputation for its lively and energetic atmosphere, with crowds of young people flocking to the club to see the latest local bands that were making the nation take notice with the Merseybeat sound. Artists such as Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Fourmost, The Searchers, the Merseybeats, Cilla Black, the Swinging Blue Jeans, and, of course the Beatles, all played the Cavern regularly. The Beatles began to play regular gigs at The Cavern Club, and they quickly became the venue’s biggest attraction. They played the venue a total of 292 times in just two years between 1961 and 1963, helping to establish the venue as a symbol of the Merseybeat sound that was sweeping the UK. The speed of the band’s rise caught the Cavern’s management by surprise. The group had become so popular they were no longer able to play the venue and performed their last gig at the Cavern on August 3rd, 1963. With the club’s name now nationally known the club could attract other artists from further afield. Manchester bands including The Hollies, Freddie and the Dreamers, Herman’s Hermits, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders performed there. Many groups from London made the trip up north as they tried to get a national following. These included The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Animals and The Small Faces. Even American artists including Little Stevie Wonder, Ben E. King, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley all play on that small, hot and sticky Cavern stage. However, as the biggest and most popular band in the country, the Beatles were unreplaceable. To make matters worse many of those popular Merseybeat bands also went on to achieve national and international success and could also no longer play at the tiny venue. Despite attracting new artists they didn’t draw in the hoards of people The Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers had done. The drop in audiences affected the finances of the club so much that the club went bankrupt in February 1966. The Cavern closed its doors before re-opening in July five months later. Over the years, The Cavern Club has hosted a wide variety of acts, from rock ‘n’ roll legends like Status Quo, Queen, the Artic Monkeys, Paul McCartney, Elton John, and Adele, as well as to lesser-known local bands and up-and-coming talent. It has also undergone several changes of ownership and has been refurbished and rebuilt several times, but it remains a beloved fixture of Liverpool’s music scene. Today, The Cavern Club is a popular tourist attraction, with visitors from around the world coming to see the venue that helped to launch the career of the four lads that shook the world. It continues to host live music events and has become a symbol of the enduring legacy of British rock ‘n’ roll. Our reproduction Welcome to the Cavern poster would look great on the wall in your own Cavern, whether that’s a bedroom, office, snug, bat cave or band practice room. A subtle nod, not only to the Beatles, but the dozens of Liverpudlian and National bands that played at the world-famous venue. Order your copy today.