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BAND HISTORY:
 

It began as a Luthier’s dream, to put together a crack team of top musicians to perform the Beatles' “White” album live, in a theatre setting, with lights, dance and a full-screen video presentation. After selling out both shows and creating a considerable buzz around town, the word of mouth from neighbors, friends and co-workers about the quality and vibe of the performance persuaded the group to keep on doing more concerts. After six more sold out performances, including the Rio Center for the Performing Arts in Santa Cruz, Ca, and the Henry Mello Center, the group decided (rather ambitiously) to add another show, RubberRevolver, performing the Beatles’ Rubber Soul and Revolver albums, along with the four singles that were released concurrently (“We can work it out” and “Day Tripper” were released with Rubber Soul; “Rain” and “Paperback Writer” with Revolver).  No small task, as many considered these to be the peak of creativity for the most popular group in history.

That is really the essence of both the White Album Live and RubberRevolver shows: live performance with very high standards; music that many agree is timeless — the “classics” of our time. There is no attempt to be a “look alike” or “tribute” band; this is more like a symphony performing Bach or Mozart. In the case of the quirky and challenging White Album, it’s more like performing Stravinsky, or Varèse compositions.

The White Album Ensemble has spent months of rehearsal, and research to make these performances authentic. They wondered “How would the Beatles have approached this as a live performance?” and made that the virtual standard for decisions about instrumentation and arrangements.

BIOS:

New bandmember bios will be posted here soon. You can read about recent lineup changes under News.

The White Album Live performances are enhanced with choreography, era Video projections, additional vocalists and musicians.

       Additionally, for the RubberRevolver shows, there is a string quartet added for “Eleanor Rigby,” with George Martin’s original charts, adapted by local cellist Barry Phillips (who played on the “Concert for George” along with McCartney, Starr and Clapton, and who regularly performs and records with George’s sitar teacher, Ravi Shankar). For the Indian instrumentation on “Love You To,” the band has added tabla and sitar.