Simultaneously, they were exclusively photographed and their conversations recorded. These sessions, which generated the Let It Be album and film released in May 1970, represent the only time in The Beatles’ career that they were filmed at such length while in the studio creating music. And it is here that we have the privilege of witnessing their early drafts, the mistakes, the drift and digressions, the boredom, the excitement, joyous jamming and sudden breakthroughs that led to the work we now know and admire.” Legend now has it that these sessions were a grim time for a band falling apart, but, as acclaimed novelist Hanif Kureishi writes in his introduction to THE BEATLES: GET BACK, “In fact this was a productive time for them, when they created some of their best work. Over 21 days, first at Twickenham Film Studios and then at their own brand-new Apple Studios, with cameras and tape recorders documenting every day’s work, the band rehearse a huge number of songs, new and old, in preparation for what proves to be their final concert, which famously takes place on the rooftop of their own Apple Corps office building, bringing central London to a halt. The BEATLES (‘The White Album’) is still at number one in the charts, but the ever-prolific foursome regroup in London for a new project, initially titled Get Back. This intimate, riveting book invites us to travel back in time to January 1969, the beginning of The Beatles’ last year as a band. THE BEATLES: GET BACK will be a special and essential complement to director Peter Jackson’s “ THE BEATLES: GET BACK” feature documentary film, set for release exclusively on Disney+ Over Three Days, November 25, 26 and 27, 2021. Tickets are $35, and are available at or by calling the MPAC box office at 33.įollow BJS online at book’s texts are edited by John Harris from original conversations between John, Paul, George and Ringo spanning three weeks of recording, culminating in The Beatles’ historic final rooftop concert. After 'Helter Skelter,' I need to lay down," Willoughby said with a laugh.įortunately, he has help singing from Mark Lanter (drums and vocals) with some of Lennon and Peyton Grant (keyboards and vocals) with some of McCartney. "Some of them are difficult, so I need a break. Willoughby said there will be an intermission between the album's 2 parts, followed by some of The Beatles' other greatest hits.Īlong with guitar work, Willoughby has the daunting task of singing many of the McCartney vocals, along with some of John Lennon's. The White Album is basically a history of Western music." "It's probably the hardest album in terms of scope that we've ever done, just because it covers so much stuff. It includes songs like "Back in the U.S.S.R.," "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and "Helter Skelter."
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at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre, BJS will perform the 30-song double album in its entirety note-for-note live on stage. "Paul McCartney, to me, is the most gifted vocalist in rock and roll," said Willoughby, founder of the Black Jacket Symphony.įriday 8 p.m. Willoughby is one of the world's biggest Beatles fans, but he gained a whole new level of respect for Paul McCartney while preparing Black Jacket Symphony to perform the 1968 White Album. Willoughby will play guitar and sing much of the Paul McCartney songs when BJS brings The Beatles' White Album to the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre on Friday.