Turkuaz has released a video of the band’s entire Tribute To The Beatles cover set from Season Two of 11E1even Group‘s virtual festival series, Live From Out There.
The performance originally premiered back on June 8th, however, Turkuaz began to roll out individual videos of songs like “Rain”, “Here Comes The Sun“, and “You Never Give Me Your Money” for fans who were unable to watch live. For the first time since the performance, fans can now watch the 40-minute set in its entirety, via the band’s YouTube page.
In addition to the previously released tracks, the Beatles tribute set sees members Dave Brandwein (guitar/vocals), Taylor Shell (bass), Craig Brodhead (guitar/synth), Michelangelo Carubba (drums), Joshua Schwartz (sax/vocals), Chris Brouwers (trumpet/keys), Greg Sanderson (sax) Shira Elias (vocals), and Sammi Garett (vocals) run through 12 songs spanning the entirety of their favorite bands’ catalogue.
After starting with two songs from The Beatles’ 1965 album Help!, “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” and “I’ve Just Seen A Face”, the quarantine-style recording sees them perform “I Don’t Wanna Spoil The Party”. Following “Rain”, Turkuaz then provided their take on the Revolver track, “And Your Bird Can Sing”, before Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band‘s “Getting Better”. Three songs from the self-titled White Album followed, “Mother Nature’s Son”, “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”, and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, before one of The Beatles’ final singles ever released, “The Ballad of John and Yoko”. Finally, the nonet closed the set with “You Never Give Me Your Money” and “Here Comes The Sun”.
“To share this experience with bandmates in a band so different from The Beatles is a really satisfying, full circle kind of feeling. I always hope that people hear a little Beatles influence in what we do,” said frontman Dave Brandwein in a press release.
Vocalist Sammi Garrett added, “I have known all of these tunes for years so it was such a blast really getting to dive in deep with each one.”
Dive into Turkuaz’s Beatles tribute set below, scroll down for a full setlist, and head to the band’s YouTube page to watch their recurring variety show, Hey You, Stay Tuned, which has already released three episodes.
Turkuaz – Tribute To The Beatles – Live From Out There
[Video: Turkuaz]
On Sunday, June 28th, Turkuaz, along with many other musicians, participated in Justice Comes Alive, the day-long music marathon benefitting the PLUS1 For Black Lives Fund which raised over $55k for organizations like Equal Justice Initiative, Impact Justice, and The Bail Project, as well as Black and Indigenous-led grassroots organizations combating racism.
Brandwein wrote a new song for the occasion based on the social issues present in society today, titled “The Sideline”. Justice Comes Alive and Live For Live Music have since began to rollout individual performances from the event. Head to the JCA Facebook page to watch the performances as they become available.
Setlist: Turkuaz | Tribute To The Beatles | Live From Out There | 6/8/2020
Set: You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away, I’ve Just Seen A Face, I Don’t Wanna Spoil The Party, Rain, And Your Bird Can Sing, Getting Better, Mother Nature’s Son, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, The Ballad of John and Yoko, You Never Give Me Your Money, Here Comes The Sun