Bambi Kino is a band formed by four members of notable American indie rock groups, including Doug Gillard and Ira Elliot, to play music of the early 1960s for a celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the first Beatles concerts in Hamburg, Germany.
[3] "Mark and Ira toured through Hamburg in the band Maplewood the previous year and saw that there was nothing planned anywhere to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fabs’ life-changing first run in Germany," Gillard said in 2014.
[1] The record was praised by AllMusic's James Allen for its authentically "scrappy Merseybeat style," resulting in an album that "also happens to rock on its own merits.
[11] They have played frequently in New York, appeared at festivals, and have made trips to the West Coast and Midwest of America, and back to Hamburg.
[12] They have frequently been joined by guest performers, including Wally Bryson (the Raspberries), Stuart Bogie (Iron and Wine), comedians Neil Hamburger and Dave Hill, producer Don Fleming, and Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn.