East Brunswick-raised guitarist Jack Petruzzelli was a fixture on the New Brunswick scene in the late 1980s before he started recording and touring with Grammy nominee Joan Osborne and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Patti Smith. Petruzelli also is a member of the all-star Beatles tribute The Fab Faux, which will return Nov. 11 to The State Theatre in New Brunswick.
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Concertgoers who visit the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday will be treated to a note-perfect recreation of the music of The Beatles, down to every guitar lick, bass line, drum fill and obscure sound effect, courtesy of The Fab Faux, a five-piece collective of seasoned and accomplished musicians who have dedicated themselves to playing the Liverpool band’s music with total sonic accuracy. On Saturday, the centerpiece of their return engagement at the Kirby will be “A Hard Day’s Night,” The Beatles’ third album, released in 1964.
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The Fab Faux were honored to receive the 2014 ASCAP Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award, for monies raised for many charities through their concerts. One of the highlights for us was that it was presented by Grammy Award winning songwriter Jimmy Webb.llicitudin sit amet, consectetur a risus phasellus tristique diam.
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It was during a performance of the recent Broadway musical “Let It Be” that it became clear what exactly is so extraordinary about the Fab Faux. “Let It Be” featured four admittedly talented musician-actors recreating the Beatles, but it was ultimately an attempt at a nostalgia trip – or, to be more charitable, it was primarily a theatrical experience. The Fab Faux, contrastingly, are not interested in nostalgia – they are a musical ensemble, and, unlike any other Beatles recreation that I have seen, they play the Beatles canon like it was, well, music.
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It wasn't everything you needed to know about John Lennon in a single evening — no "Twist and Shout," "Meat City" or "A Hard Day's Night." But it was close. The Fab Faux — the New York-based quintet of super-session men that covers the Beatles' catalog and solo legacies with note-perfect passion and no dress-up cheese — opened "A Night in the Life: John Lennon at 70," at Radio City Music Hall on September 25th, by jumping right to the extremes.
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