Purple Tinted Glasses

These guys were doing it like it’s never been done before. I guess that’s a pretty bold statement, considering that I’ve never seen the Beatles play nor have I seen very many Beatles cover bands in my life time.

I’ll take you now to a little town called New Orleans on a tiny street called Frenchmen in a cozy bar called d.b.a. Small enough for ya?

Now throw in some fancy Beatles titles, a brilliant vocalist (I like to call him Clint) and a smorgasbord of musicians (10 others total - 2 guitarists, 1 bassist, 1 drummer, 1 keyboard player, 1 cello, 1 violin, and a brass section consisting of a trumpet, sax and trombone) and you’ve got yourself a high class once in a life time kind of night. The keyboard player was on FIRE during his solo (Get Back - Will thinks), that I didn’t even realize was over and should have started clapping.

The crowd was radiant. I saw a guy with a blond mohawk and a shirt that read “F@&* You” having the time of his life dancing with everyone including a tatted up goth girl. I sat atop my nice little perch (an old movie theater seat) toward the front of the crowd and just took it all in. Every song ended with so much energy and left you with the cold hard desire to hear another, and another, and another.

To the average person, I probably didn’t look like I was enjoying myself much, but I was tired. I really had a blast and I wish I could remember ever single detail of the night.

And just when you thought everything was over, Clint pulled out the the British accent, gave the crowd a little speech, one of the guitarists gave me a ever so mean 6 chords worth of a Black Bird teaser, and the band broke out into Led Zeppelin’s Fool in the Rain.

Lesson learned for the night? I don’t know half the F’in Beatles songs out there. My iPod was updated almost immediately upon getting home.

So here’s the night’s play list (compliments of Will’s blackberry and nimble fingers that took notes during the show)

[the one we collectively can’t remember]
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
Oh! Darling
Something
Good Day Sunshine
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Martha, My Dear
I’m so Tired
Getting Better
Got to get you into my life
Don’t let me down
Get Back
Lovely Rita
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Carry that Weight
Led Zeppelin - Fool in the Rain