Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Ave.
Sunday, December 6, $10, 11:00 am – 12 midnight
718-963-3369
www.brooklynbowl.com
www.thebeatlescompleteonukulele.blogspot.com
As much as we love the Beatles — and we really do, having grown up mimicking the Fab Four in our basement using tennis rackets for guitars and singing with buskers on Bleecker St. in our teens — we were getting just a wee bit oversaturated with the Rock Band video game and the preponderance of Beatles tunes being turned into commercials these days. But then, to save us from this horror, along comes the second annual Beatles Complete on Ukulele. Yes, you heard that right. On Sunday, December 6, from 11:00 am to 12 midnight at Brooklyn Bowl, Roger Greenawalt promises to “perform all 185 original Beatles songs in one day on ukulele with over 60 guest singers, 80 guest musicians, and 16 Yoko impersonators.” We’re particularly looking forward to the 1:00 hour, when Meg Farrell will make her way through “You Won’t See Me,” “You Never Give Me Your Money,” “The Night Before,” and “Dig a Pony” and Mary Lee Kortes, who we’ve seen play all of BLOOD ON THE TRACKS at Joe’s Pub with her band, Mary Lee’s Corvette, covers “Don’t Pass Me By” and “Here, There and Everywhere,” as well as the 7:00 hour, hosted by Jessica Delfino and featuring Dandelion Wine playing “When I Get Home,” “Yesterday,” “A Day in the Life,” and “While My Ukulele Gently Weeps” in addition to Gospel, the Pierces, Loribeth, the Morning Pages, and Kiddeaux. Last year’s inaugural event benefited Warren Buffett, while this year’s proceeds will go to Yoko Ono. Admission is $10, but it’s free if you show up at 11 with a ukulele and play in the Mass Ukulele Beatle Rally. But even if you can’t make it, you just have to check out some of the songs at the above Web site.