[ATTENDED: June 13, 2026] The Fab Faux
I’ve said many times that I don’t do cover bands. And yet, here’s another one. Well, this one was different. There is literally no way to see The Beatles anymore and since my wife is a huge Beatles fan and a friend (who is in a different Beatles cover band) said these guys were great, I got tickets for us.
Recently The Fab Faux (a truly great name) played Abbey Road and a Hard Day’s Night in their entirety. So I was psyched for an evening of Beatles music. They even had Hogshead Horns and Creme Tangerine Strings with them, so I imagined a chronological tour through the years of Beatles albums.
They opened with Got to Get You Into My Life and I was pretty impressed. The vocals were really good and of course the musicianship was top notch. They followed it with Savoy Truffle (in which they sing “creme tangerine”). I recognized the music but not the words at all. (It’s a late cut on the White Album, but I guess I never paid much attention to it. My wife was pleased to hear it.
Then they played a song that neither of us really knew. Junior’s Farm is a song by Wings and neither of us are big Wings fans, so…
But then they started playing some familiar songs–Back in the U.S.S.R.–and I was really blown away by how good their voices were–Paul and John were just perfect. I loved Paperback Writer and Taxman and it was around this time that I noticed that the people in the front row (we were in the middle section) were going nuts. Like nuts as if this were, not the actual Beatles, not that nuts, but like a super famous band of musicians.
Speaking of the crowd, when we sat down, a guy next to us had brought three inflatable cushions to sit on. It looked like he had some kind of trouble walking, so I assume it was medical. But this guy was in the front row and he was going to be easily six inches taller than he was meant to be. They were in the wrong seat anyhow, and had to move, so I don’t know what happened after that.
They played It Don’t Come Easy (and the drummer sang this Ringo song). I realized that I didn’t know this was a Ringo Starr song. Huh. And then a fantastic cover of I am the Walrus. And then they played Jet by Wings. Don’t get me wrong, it was fun hearing this song played live, but, seriously, what was with all of the spinoff songs? (more…)
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