Going Down to Liverpool

GOING DOWN TO LIVERPOOL
 
 
“Going Down To Liverpool”  is a song written by Kimberley Rew for his group Katrina and The Waves, although best remembered by a cover done by The Bangles.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 
Katrina and the Waves came along in the 1980’s when a lot of the alternative rock music was getting pretty serious, and were they a breath of fresh air. Kimberley Rew (guitar, chief songwriter) put together a band in the mid-1970’s called the Waves (along with a cover band called Mama’s Cookin’); but it was their second incarnation as Katrina and the Waves that hit the big time, after his other band, the Soft Boys came and went. Other bandmembers were Katrina Leskanich (guitar, lead vocals), Vince de la Cruz (bass), and Alex Cooper (drums). Actually Kimberley Rew was also a sometime lead singer, but that didn’t last long. Their major hit was Walking on Sunshine (1985), but they previously wrote and recorded a song that was a hit by the BanglesGoing Down to Liverpool”.  
(March 2016)
Last edited: March 22, 2021