In 1966 a boy was born in Utrecht, in the centre of Holland, two years after his older sister saw The Beatles (without Ringo) in the town of Blokker. My name is Robbie Korver. As a young child I picked up the music that was played by my parents and brothers and sisters. I listened to wide variety of music styles: Opera, Fats Domino, Paul Anka, The Hollies, The Stones and of course, The Beatles.

My brother Ad was playing in a famous band called ‘The Caverns’ since 1963.
So music was a common thing in our family. I remember that the music by The Beatles always drew my attention. Later I got an old guitar from a brother-in-law. Since I am left-handed, I turned the strings around and broke the thin B and E string whilst tuning.

As if this was meant to be I started playing bass lines. In my sister’s albums collection I often found one or the other album by The Beatles which contained those lovely McCartney bass lines! During my life I have collected a lot of Beatles albums, singles, EPs, CDs, DVDs, etc. (It’s always a nice thing to have older brothers and sisters!)

 In the 70s another band caught my attention: The great Sting with his band The Police. They created a completely new sound which I really loved (and I still do!). During my years in school I played bass and did some singing in a band, but when I started working as a truck driver throughout Europe I stopped for many years.
In 1996 I picked up the bass again and started singing in a band called ‘Jetlag’, a cover band which leaded to the band ‘Why Not’ in 1998. I did a lot of gigs with this band. I sang songs of, e.g. The Police, CCR, U2 and .. The Beatles. In 2000 I met George (Diederick) in a rehearsal studio. He introduced me to jam sessions where he persuaded me to play some Beatles songs. Since this was so much fun we got together with Ringo (Willem) and when my band ‘Why not’ stopped in 2010, Pim joined us and we really got off serious.