Mission music lovers have an opportunity to experience the music of the Beatles in a whole new way.
Get Back Unplugged, Vancouver’s fabulous Beatles retrospective, is coming to the Clarke Theatre on Nov. 24 at 7:30 p.m.
This will be the inaugural concert for the Clarke Theatre’s own presentation series and brings some of the greatest Beatles’ songs reimagined and performed by six stellar singers and players who, between them, have straddled the worlds of folk, Celtic, blues, jazz, and classical music.
According to a press release, this “intimate and fun performance does not try to imitate the Fab Four, but rather seeks to present interpretations that are authentic to the musicians’ own unique voices.”
The show features fiddle wizard Cameron Wilson, JUNO-winning singer/guitarist Andy Hillhouse and some of the finest acoustic musicians in BC.
Get Back Unplugged aims to revisit some of the best loved songs of late-period Beatles, and to deliver them with the joy and spontaneity of friends singing around a kitchen table.
About the show:
Get Back Unplugged started as an idea of Vancouver-based folk-pop trio The Wahs (Cam Wilson, Andy Hillhouse, and Brent Gubbels), after seeing the recent documentary about the famous Get Back recording sessions and the celebrated Beatles rooftop concert.
The trio knew how fun it could be to delve into the Beatles oeuvre, and invited friends and collaborators LJ Mounteney, Allan Dionne, and David Gibbons to join them in this project.
It’s been said that the sign of a great song is when it can stand on its own, without any need for complex production. With the warmth of voices in five part harmony, and the simple beauty of acoustic instruments, Get Back Unplugged aims to revisit some of the best loved songs of late-period Beatles, and to deliver them with the joy and spontaneity of friends singing around a kitchen table.
While they revere and respect the spirit of these classics, the group embodies the kind of playful, creative energy that the Beatles display in the studio, even occasionally alluding to other genres such as fiddle music, gypsy jazz, and classical music as the spirit moves them.
Tickets are $20 and are available at clarketheatre.ca.