Ripple News - Paul Collins of The Beat and John Wicks of The Records Exclusive Videos and Living Room Tour Update

The Pope and I just can't get over how extremely cool this is.

The chance to see two major pioneers of powerpop, shedding the amps, and playing a series of intimate, acoustic, living room show in your own fricking living room just doesn't come around everyday. These two cats shouldn't need any introduction. Paul Collins (along with Peter Case in the Nerves, and then in his own band The Beat) and John Wicks (with his beautifully melodic powerpop in The Records) essentially created a genre of music that lasts to this day. Their seminal records stand the test of time as true classics.

As we reported earlier, they're setting out on a series of concert dates and living room shows. The West Coast tour kicks off Aug 23rd (which is tomorrow) at McCabes in Santa Monica. Tickets are available at the McCabe’s website at http://www.mccabes.com/condata.html. Following the Mccabe's show, John will be joining Paul onstage for a few of the Beat west coast shows and then they will cap things off with a short tour of Spain.

And finally, John and Paul did living room shows this past summer and the news is that things went wonderfully, so well in fact that the guys would like to continue doing more. They're planning a house tour of California in Nov/Dec and we already are making plans to have them stop by the Ripple office for a live performance, simulcast over the ever-popular Ripple Radio Show!

If any waveriders would like information on having John and Paul perform at their home, email Rich Rossi, for more info at martinitimerossi@gmail.com.

Now, as a special teaser, we at the Ripple are thrilled to present to you two exclusive videos. The first one is the cats doing The Beat classic, "Rock and Roll Girl," and the second is "That's What Life is All About." Both videos were made by Tom Weber Video Services, Pittsburgh, PA, and are from John and Paul's first ever appearance together in May 2009.

You won't find these videos anywhere else, so dig in and enjoy!