The Fab Faux Cover “Abbey Road” Side 2 Live In The Studio
This is a pretty ambitious undertaking by the The Fab Faux. And it’s nice to see a live performance in this format!
Here’s the bio of the Fab Faux from their web site:
[wpp keyword="recording studio" limit_page="2"]The Fab Faux are a labor of love that was born in 1998 when neighbors Jimmy Vivino, Music Director/Guitarist for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and long time music partner of Levon Helm, John Sebastian, Laura Nyro and Max Weinberg (to name a few), and Will Lee (who’s played with all 4 Beatles), bassist for Paul Shaffer’s CBS Orchestra on the Late Show With David Letterman kicked around the idea during an elevator ride in their NYC building.
Rounding out the line-up are lead-singing drummer/producer Rich Pagano (Rosanne Cash, Patti Smith, Ray Davies, etc.), guitarist Frank Agnello (Marshall Crenshaw, Phoebe Snow, etc.) and ace keyboardist/guitarist Jack Petruzzelli (Rufus Wainwright, Patti Smith, Joan Osborne Band, etc.). All five principals contribute vocals, making the Faux’s soaring harmonies as resonant as their multi-instrumental chops, which are further enhanced by the four-piece Hogshead Horns (with Blues Brothers, Blood, Sweat & Tears and SNL band alums) and Creme Tangerine Strings.
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Man, I want to do this!
What’s the vocal mic Rich Pagano’s using?
It looks like it might be a Shure Beta 56A – http://www.shure.com/americas/products/microphones/beta/beta-56a-instrument-microphone
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dude these are pretty sweet articles. we have an engineer at our studio who recorded faux fox not to mention that tool drum post was nice. later dude lets keep in touch
This is absolutetly fantastic. What about side 1, is that recorded with these guys as well, and is there a place to watch it ?
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Hello KnuKnut Arne Øye from Normway!
I know they perform just about everything by the Beatles, but I don’t know of another session like this one.
I like how in the first few minutes, it takes four guys to cover what Paul McCartney did by himself on the original. A very nice overall achievement (and I’ve been playing Beatles covers, sometimes for a living, for over 20 years).
There’s a guy here in Vancouver named Tim Brecht who’s been at it even longer, and he does an amazing one-man show (with a lot of synths and sequencers). Even as far back as 1986, he was performing this same whole side of Abbey Road (including “Her Majesty”) by himself, as a continuous set in his live shows. It’s something to see.
My reprise of ‘Eleanor Rigby’ with double string quartet backing.