When Tony Kishman was in his 20s, singing in a Top 40 cover band, he added a Paul McCartney song called Beware My Love to the band’s repertoire.
The Arizona native didn’t think much of it when people started saying he looked like the sweet-faced McCartney when he performed it. Continue reading →

Songs from the Beatles catalog, like “Hello Goodbye,” “Eleanor Rigby,” “When I’m 64” and “Get Back” were done well enough and so, too, were McCartney’s post-Beatles classics “Jet” and “Silly Love Songs.” “Bluebird,” one of the lesser-known tunes from the “Band on the Run” sessions, was a welcome surprise entry in the set list. Continue reading →

Actor, singer, and recording artist, Tony Kishman starred for six years in both the national and international tours of Broadway’s smash hit, “Beatlemania.” Believe it or not, he looks exactly like Paul McCartney looked when we first remembered hearing “I love you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.” The band and backup singers were absolutely unbelievable. The drummer was wild and crazy and would have made Ringo Starr proud. And so many guitars and piano, this group could play them all. Continue reading →

I’m a sucker when it comes to Beatles tribute bands – and I’ve seen many over the years, some good and some bad. When I heard about “Live and Let Die: The Music of Paul McCartney with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra” I was so there. “Live and Let Die” features a four piece band with Tony Kishman as “Paul”, accompanied by a full symphony orchestra. The goal is to present the music of McCartney as close to every detail of the record – so, for instance, you get “The Long and Winding Road” with REAL strings, not synths. And, with the current exorbitant prices to see Sir Paul live, this is the chance to hear his music live without having to sell a kidney for tickets! Continue reading →

The Seattle Symphony has a rare opportunity to rock out this weekend, courtesy of Tony Kishman, a Beatle impersonator who began by playing Paul McCartney in a touring version of Beatlemania. With the help of conductor Martin Herman, Kishman has put together a show entitled “Live And Let Die: A Symphonic Tribute To The Music Of Paul McCartney.” Continue reading →

In the mid-1970s, Tony Kishman was a singer for a Top 40 band in his native Tucson, Ariz. Though Paul McCartney’s solo career was in full swing, Kishman only ever performed one McCartney song, and that work — “Beware My Love” — wasn’t even one of the former Beatle’s hits. Continue reading →