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Beatle Juice
Beatle Juice
April 10, 2004 @ Moseley’s on the Charles, Dedham
 Chandaliers. A polite audience. No smoking.
Are you SURE this is a rock show?
Absolutely!
From Joe Holaday’s left-handed Hofner bass to a stuffed walrus stage
mascot, Beatle Juice did all they could to revive the spirits of one of
the greatest Rock bands ever. And most of the time, they succeeded! Though
a tour with his other band (i.e., Boston) and a week-long cold put a bit
of wear on frontman Brad Delp’s pipes, in channeling the spirits of the
Beatles, he was able to find the sound on most of the over 30 songs he and
his fab four colleagues presented. Backed by the crisp backbeats of mono-nomened
drum master Muzz and the synthesized supports of keyboardist/guitarist/tambourinist/vocalist
Steve Baker, Beatle Juice took the appreciative Moseley’s crowd on a
Magical Mystery Tour through one of the greatest catalogs of all time.
“Good Day Sunshine” beat down brightly and “Nowhere Man” was fittingly
strummy, thanks to guitar man Pete DiStefano, who also provided Sir Paul’s
vocal harmonies on songs such as “The Ballad of John and Yoko.” “Rock and
Roll Music” got the dance floor busy and most everyone stayed to slow
dance to “In My Life.” “8 Days a Week” featured 28 strings and “Got to Get
You Into My Life” was note-on, right down to the sampled horn section. And
though most of the show was straight from the charts, the band put a
little bit of their own personalities into many Beatles favorites- from a
raunchy “Back in the U.S.S.R.” to an appropriately aggressive “Hey
Bulldog.” The show also featured deeper tracks such as “Tell Me What You
See,” which were sung along to as much as many of the A-sides. No matter
what the song or the musical era being represented, the Beatle/Beatle
Juice fans ate up every note, keeping both bands’ linked legacies alive
right up to “The End.”
- Matthew S. Robinson
c. 2004, M. S. Robinson, ARR
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