Last modified: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:06 PM EST Meet the (new) Beatles BY JAMIE MEROLLA/SUN CHRONICLE STAFF When former Beatle George Harrison died of cancer on Nov. 29, 2001, his sister Louise lost a lot of herself. Then she met a young rocker named Marty Scott. `` He was already a seasoned Beatle performer. Shortly after my brother's death, maybe a month or so, I was struck by Marty's kindness and compassion. He impersonated my brother and he was really like my brother,'' said Louise Harrison by telephone from Chicago. `` I felt as if my brother, wherever his outlook is now, said, `Here's a good George who can fill the gap in Lou's life.' He became a brother to me and it really filled a gap for me to have him on this planet.'' Louise Harrison is nearly 75. In less than a year, she, along with Marty Scott (George) and Kevin Mantegna (John) have formed The Liverpool Legends, who, to her well-knowing eyes, are the `` perfect'' Beatles tribute band. Audiences will get to judge for themselves, when they perform their homage show at Taunton High School, 50 Williams St., on Saturday, Jan. 21. But who would know better than a Beatles sister, even if she is the manager of the group? `` When I met Marty, we were going to form a two-person group called `` Passed Masters,'' just doing George and John, the two Beatles who had passed on,'' said Harrison. `` But to do justice to the Beatles, you really need to have the full band. Marty and Kevin know the music industry and they put calls out for a Ringo and a Paul. I said, `I know you guys are the best John and George I've ever seen, but I can't be manager of the band, put my name on the band and do justice to my brother, unless the other two guys are really excellent.' And these guys (Joe Bologna-Ringo, and Davey Justice-Paul) are really excellent. When they come together on stage, they are the most perfect Beatles band out there.'' For his part, Scott (George) knew the task wouldn't be easy when the band was finalized less than a year ago. `` Beatles songs are not hard to play, but they are hard to play right,'' said Scott by phone from Chicago. `` We kind of treat it like classical music, right down to the mistakes and inflections that happen on the records, that maybe weren't supposed to happen. Then, you had to find people that look a certain way and act a certain way. I mean, you had to find a Paul guy who plays the bass left-handed, who looks like Paul. It was like trying to find four Beatles in a haystack.'' Scott and Mantegna had been playing in their own band and cover bands for years. They had signed for a record label, released their own music and then a curious thing quickly happened. `` Everybody said that we sounded a bit like the Beatles and that we looked a bit like the Beatles, even with our original stuff,'' added Scott. `` And, all of a sudden, we form this group and we aren't driving around the country in a van anymore. We're flying first-class and staying in great hotels and getting paid well.'' Harrison said that like her brother's legendary band, her group immediately attracted great people around them, from technicians to roadies of the highest quality. `` We've built a great organization in a year,'' said Harrison. `` The Beatles attracted great people when they were starting out and we've done the same. As human beings, these guys are like the Beatles were in real life -- decent, honorable, loving, compassionate guys. They are sending out the same message as the Beatles did. Peace and love. It's very positive.'' Scott said the Beatles were the only group that has appealed to every generation since they became an international phenomenon in 1964. `` We don't get the screaming girls. You only get a tiny, minute taste of that, but every once in a while, it's like `Wow!' '' he said of his national and international gigs. `` Those 13-year-old girls who screamed way back in 1964, they're 60 now! But the Beatles are still cool in high school. Kids today are much more knowledgeable about music, but they are not trying to tear our clothes off.'' Scott and Harrison both said that their audiences are filled with people in their 60s, 50s, right on down to their grandchildren. `` They all know the words and they are all Beatles fans,'' said Scott. `` The Rolling Stones didn't really carry that way. Elvis really didn't, not to this generation. But the Beatles did and, lucky for us, they did, so we could have this career 40 years later.'' Harrison is grateful, too. `` I'm going to be 75 this year. Being around the Beatles and Beatles music all my life, this is certainly invigorating and it keeps me young,'' she said. Tickets for the Liverpool Legends are $20 for adults and $15 for children under 12. For more information, call 508-824-4143 or go to www.thedessertclub.com.