Chadwick's Listening Room: Heads Up-Fab Faux coming to Ann Arbor 4/21/2012

If you have seen any sort of "Beatlemania" show or, I guess the popular group now is "Rain" then you have to check out the Fab Faux this Saturday at Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater. I have seen many Beatle Tribute groups including the aforementioned as well as "1964" who does the early Beatles. I've seen locals the Poppermost at Chelis' before last years McCartney show and at the Dream Cruise. I have enjoyed them all. What the Fab Faux do is different. First of all, they are not a so-called "wig" band. They don't impersonate the Beatles. They don't wear Beatle boots and wigs, or take an intermission and come out as "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band." What they attempt to do is reproduce the Beatles records as faithfully as possible. The most visible two members of the Faux are smokin' guitarist Jimmy Vivino from the Conan O'Brien band and bassist extraordinaire Will Lee from David Letterman's band. I caught the show last year in which they reproduced the entire Abbey Road album. At that time, they were just the basic 5 piece unit with pretty much everybody playing more than one instrument to reproduce this complex music. This year they are back, doing "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" backed by the Hogshead Horns and the Creme Tangerine strings.

Highly recommended.

I have tossed up a clip of the Faux doing the so-called "Long Medley" from Abbey Road. Pretty incredible. It's quite long, but worthwhile. Obviously the one thing that can't be reproduced are the vocals which depend on the unique larynxs of Messers. Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr. But they do a nice job.

Tickets still available and it is a nice, family show. Links to the Fab Faux website below!