Saturday,
February 18, 2012
7:30pm
The Revolution 5
The Long and Winding Road: From Sullivan to Apple
$24 in advance /$28
day of show
Doors open at 6:30pm
Performance next door at the State Theatre in Zumbrota
Road Winds to Zumbrota for Beatles Tribute Band
Fans of the Fab Four can hear their fill of early Beatles songs played with acute attention to detail, authentic instrumentation and accurate reproduction of the Beatles sound when Revolution 5 takes the stage at Zumbrota's State Theatre to perform “The Long and Winding Road: From Sullivan to Apple.”
Revolution 5 consists of five musicians who were inspired by the idea of a Beatles tribute and came together in early 2010 to make the idea reality. The performance will feature early Beatles music, including some played on the Ed Sullivan Show. The British band formed Apple records in 1968. The band doesn’t impersonate The Beatles in appearance, but instead brings audiences a show that recaptures the energy and legendary sound of a live Beatles performance.
Aaron Barthel, an enthusiastic fan of The Beatles, proposed the tribute band to fellow guitarist Louis Winskowski. Soon, singer Grant F. Haake, drummer Charlie Phoenix and John Tetrault, who plays guitar, bass, keyboard, percussion, mandolin, ukulele, and saxophone, joined them.
Barthel also plays keyboards, harmonica, and provides backing vocals in the group. He has spent innumerable hours perfecting each piece, note-for-note, to accurately recapture the sounds and style of The Beatles.
While the band members’ musical tastes differ – some prefer punk and rock, others enjoy cocktail lounge or jazz – all are excited to pay tribute to a band that defined and advanced the rock n roll sound perhaps more than any other group or artist.
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