185 Beatles Songs Live – on Ukulele?!?

All those classics you remember from your childhood, recast for the brainy set... not to mention 16 Yokos.

By Blurt Staff

As if there hasn't been enough fun Fab Four stuff going on in 2009 already (something about remastered CDs... must... try... to... remember...), on December 5^th and 6^th The Beatles Complete On Ukulele Marathon, A Benefit For Yoko Ono, will take place at N8 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The marathon consists of two days featuring 185 songs (the entire Beatles catalog) performed by 60 singers, 40 musicians and 16 Yokos all on ukuleles. 

Did they say "16 Yokos"?

Right they did, Blurt Staff. The project brainchild of producer Roger Greenawalt (Ben Kweller, Nils Lofgren, The Pierces) and David Barratt (Jimmy Page, David Bowie) also includes a 185 week project where various artists join Greenawalt and Barratt for the re-recording  of every Beatles song on ukulele.  Releasing a song every week alongside an essay on The Beatles Complete on Ukulele blog, a number of these artists will now be playing Beatles songs live while Greenawalt, a music producer by day, sits in with each artist providing the required ukulele accompaniment.

Both Golden Bloom and Alan Cohen Experience recorded Beatles songs for The Beatles Complete On Ukulele website.  On Saturday, December 5^th Alan Cohen Experience will be performing "Magical Mystery Tour", "Flying", "Blue Jay Way" and "Your Mother Should Know" at 7pm and Golden Bloom will be performing at 8pm, "I'll Get You", "Rain", "All My Loving", "I'm Only Sleeping" and "Your Bird Can Sing".

Downloads of both Alan Cohen Experience's version of "Your Mother Should Know" and Golden Bloom's take on "I'll Get You" are available at the aforementioned blog.

Now that's one meaty undertaking!