The story so far!

For the formation of “THE GETBACK BAND” we have to travel back to early 2004 to a rehearsal studio where the worlds finest Paul McCartney impersonator, LawrenceMACCA was auditioning for a new backing band; a band that had no name as yet and was destined to play just two gigs together. From that initial line up only Bassist Kenny Laine remains today.

Despite this setback LawrenceMacca and remaining band members Alun Goonery (The Goon) and Kenny Laine set about rebuilding the band which had now acquired the name “GETBACK” later to become THE GETBACK BAND.

With the recruitment of top session guitarist Neil Diment, product demonstrator for Aria & Gretsch guitars and a life long Beatles fan, the band where sounding better than ever. All that remained now was to find that final piece in the jigsaw a keyboard player! Someone who could play all the complicated McCartney arrangements note perfect and capture the exact sounds of those Maccatastic Gems!

Enter Iain Armour (Fox Amoore), keyboard Meister! Fox is a natural musician having taken to the keyboard at the tender age of five years old. He gelled instantly with the other band members; so with Fox on board, LawrenceMACCA & THE GETBACK BAND set off late August 2005 for Liverpool to take part in the worlds Biggest and Best BEATLES FESTIVAL “INTERNATIONAL BEATLE WEEK 2005”.

With applause still ringing in there ears the band travelled to Sweden to be greeted by MaccaMania! “Great Audience! Great Show! Great People!” (Kenny Laine).

On the bands return home however drummer Alun announced he wanted to pursue other musical projects and it was with sadness the band reluctantly bowed to his wishes.

Great Drummers don’t grow on trees (is that a book?). Well they certainly don’t but they sometimes are a friend of a friend or in this case a friend of Kenny Laine’s! Enter stage left, Neal Porteous drummer extraordinaire and absolute Beatlemaniac! Just like with Ringo he was fated to join the band and a perfect choice with his knowledge of all those great McCartney & Beatles hits. Along with Neal, LawrenceMACCA & The GetBack Band played many ‘fab’ gigs including Switzerland and Italy. After which Lawrence announced his retirement from entertaining so as to devote more time to his other great passion teaching.

The Band were stunned but wished him every success for the future and turned their attention to finding a replacement MACCA! Lawrence would be a tough act to follow but once again it was a recommendation from within the band itself that saw Dougie Orr installed as new frontman to lead the Band.

Dougie had been entertaining audiences from an early age, playing venues throughout the UK and abroad. Having starred in the UK talent show ‘Stars in their Eyes’ he went to Australia for a year, where he began to perfect his tribute to Sir Paul McCartney and the Fab Four!

His first show with The Getback Band came only three weeks after he joined and it is a testament to his ability that he received a standing ovation at the end of his first performance.

The current line have gone from strength to strength, get on really well together - they click; and are enjoying every moment of recreating those fab songs.

THE GETBACK BAND have travelled a long way from those fledgling beginnings, winning International acclaim along the way and establishing themselves as one of the foremost tributes to the music of Paul McCartney & The Beatles.