Interview with Marty Scott of Liverpool Legends; From meeting a Beatle’s Sister to Portraying one
- Gabriella
- Mar 27, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 25, 2025
Marty Scott has long been a Beatles fan, a passion any rock lover has, and now has been touring as one for over twenty years. Scott summarizes the story: it was a few years after George Harrison passed (2001), and he was performing one of Harrison’s songs for a Beatles convention, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Unbeknownst to him, George Harrison’s sister, Louise Harrison, was there watching. Moved by this man who looked and sounded like her brother, Harrison met Scott after his performance, and the rest Scott described as nothing more than surreal.
“The next day I was wedged between Louise and Paul McCartney… and I found myself singing with him.”
After this moment, Harrison and Scott decided to create a band, a mix of tribute for The Beatles as a whole and George Harrison as well. When asked about the authenticity of the tribute, whether they take individual liberties or try to match the iconic band as close as possible, Scott had this to say:
“We try to match the band as close as possible, from the same instruments to the exact strings on the guitar.”
The duo then found 3 other members for The Liverpool Legends, and Scott, had this to say,
“You know it was difficult; you don’t only need to find people that can play the instruments but also look like the members.”
The band started with their own theater, a Yellow Submarine-themed building that fits around 500. Scott mentions that as the band started up, the Liverpool Legends would play 6 days a week. While they would tour around the area, nothing hit them as hard publicity-wise as when the band was nominated for a Grammy in 2012, prompted by a recording Scott “wasn’t even interested in doing.” (At first at least—life gets busy as a Beatle.)
The Liverpool Legends were challenged with creating recordings for a project Louise Harrison was working on. Harrison wanted to use Beatles songs; the problem was licensing. It would have cost her nearly 20 million to add her brother’s music, so instead she asked Scott to. Prompted with this daunting challenge, Scott worried; he was busy with the band, and the only recording tools he had were sitting in his bedroom. Nevertheless, the band put out their recordings and changed the track of the band.
After the Grammys, the band began touring more often, going from performing 6 days a week at their theater to just a month out of the year, the rest of the time touring the world. (Which Scott mentions as exciting with his love for travel—and also feeling lucky he gets along with the band members he’ll be stuck with the whole time.) The Liverpool Legends have toured the world, with two sold-out performances for 20,000 people at Auditorio Nacional, headlining at the Rose Bowl four times for over 160,000 people, and Carnegie Hall, along with international events.
Two years ago, in 2023, Louise Harrison passed at 91 years old, but Scott says she will always be a part of the show. The show is now narrated by her, as she speaks about the years of The Beatles, with not only the band's legacy living on, but also hers.
The Liverpool Legends are once again touring, and Wisconsinite fans can expect them on three different back-to-back dates. Coming up soon, the Liverpool Legends will rock Milwaukee on April 4th at the Pabst Theater, prior to their shows in Eau Claire on the 5th and Green Bay on the 6th. Scott describes the show as a mix of all The Beatles, covering the early days when the group was playing at The Cavern Club, then following to their first arena shows, something the Beatles revolutionized, the psychedelic days, and then finally solo performances as well. For Beatles fans who have never seen The Liverpool Legends, they’ll be able to see a mixture of history along with the most authentic Beatles tribute bands. For returning fans, Scott reminds that there are more than enough iconic Beatles songs, and with this amount, the set list options are infinite, making a unique show each time.
Interested in seeing this one-of-a-kind show? Tickets can be found on the Pabst Theater website, along with The Liverpool Legends.
