apple scruffs

On Friday evening, we went to an epic concert of a local band called the Apple Scruffs. For those of you non-Beatles fans who don't recognize the term Apple Scruffs, it was the name given by the Beatles themselves to the dedicated fans who used to wait around Abbey Road studios or Apple Corps in hopes of speaking with the band members.

Anyway, we saw them play last year at Belvedere Square, and I looked early on in the summer to see when they were playing this year. I wrote it on my calendar long ago and have planned my life around it. I am a huge Beatles fan (I used to be unhealthily obsessed, but now I'm just a normal fan, I suppose) and this band is amazing. They're not a tribute band, so they don't dress up cheesily or anything. They just play all Beatles music, and they play it well. They get all the nuances right. They don't just play the hits; they also play some of their more obscure music. For example, last year, at the end of the concert, they played half of Abbey Road from "She Came in through the Bathroom Window" all the way to "The End," which is a memory I will never forget. Because I'm too young to have seen the Beatles perform live, hearing their music played live and well (even if not by the Beatles) is transcendent.

Here are a few clips from the concert. They were taken on my terrible phone, so don't watch for the picture but for the sound:

Amazing vocals on "Oh Darling!" which is a difficult song to sing

Crowd-favorite "Hey Jude"

"I've Got a Feeling"