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HAVE YOU HEARD OF

'THE FIRST FAB FOUR'?

Once there was a group who could be seen

as a forerunner of the Beatles -

the poets Keats, Byron, Leigh Hunt and Shelley.

A similar creative force, they influenced their age

as The Beatles continue to influence ours.

 

There was:

Lord Byron, the biggest celebrity of the four,

whose rise to fame was an early version of Beatlemania

 

Together with:

John Keats, the ‘quiet one’ whose work

irritated but finally impressed the noble poet.

Percy Bysshe Shelley, his far-sighted friend

who shared many of his ideals and joined up with him in Italy.

Leigh Hunt, eldest of the group,

who contributed support, friendship and irritation!

 

Hunt relates the story of their sometimes

fractious but always creative relationship in

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 Trailer here

 

You can find out more about their lives

through the videos on the poets' pages:

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And to bring them into your environments

there’s a compilation album,

a Byron EP, a Shelley solo album,

and a John Keats single that let them 

speak through music.


Lyrics and Commentaries will help

in in connecting with their work and their era

                         LYRICS AND COMMENTARIES here 

More around the site including

essays on Shelley, Byron and Keats


WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY WRITER

AND SONGWRITER JOHN WEBSTER

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WITH INSTRUMENTATION BY DAVE EASTOE

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