On
stage at The Cavern in Liverpool, England
Shortly thereafter, they changed their
name to The 5 a.m. Event.
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The Crescendos make music
history playing Liverpool's legendary
Cavern Club, late 1965. Denis
Penner, Glenn MacRae, Vance Masters behind
on drums, Terry Loeb on guitar. What
a tiny stage! There's a wall of
bricks outside The Cavern with all the
names of bands who played the club in its
original heyday. There's a brick
with The Crescendos and one for The 5 AM
Event. Now that, folks, is
immortality!!
John Einarson - 2011
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The
Crescendos do a photo shoot for a fashion
ad at Liverpool's famous Blue Angel club -
1966
By this time, Denis Penner had returned to
Canada and Stuart McKernan, a Liverpudlian,
filled the bass spot.
We were playing at the
Blue Angel the night before and
were approached by a crew shooting
photos with models for a national
wool campaign. They hired us
to come back the next day when the
club was closed to do the
shoot.
They also invited the sailors in
the shot to come back to be
'crowd' and paid them in
drinks. The cool thing was
that they were Canadian sailors in
town with a battleship. If
you look closely in the photo, you
can see the Canada shoulder
flashes.
The ad was used in all the fashion
magazines in Britain and in Europe
-- "Buy Wool".
Glenn MacRae
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Meanwhile, back home
in Canada, local newspapers in
Winnipeg were regularly updating
the public on the Crescendos'
activities in Liverpool, even if
they did misspell the members'
names on occasion.
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The
Crescendos, now known as The 5 a.m. Event,
in a promo shot for
the release of their single, Hungry.
It remains today as one of the
most sought-after 45s in the UK from that
era.
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Full band
history, with photos and additional music files,
is located at THE CRESCENDOS on
Vance Masters website.
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