The Walrus, a Beatles tribute band, will present an 80th birthday party for Paul McCartney on Friday, June 17, at the Zony Mash Beer Project.
The band includes David Pomerleau (bass, vocals), Jonathan Pretus (guitar, vocals), Felix Wolheben (lead guitar), and myself (drums, keyboards, vocals), who will be joined by guest performers from The Imagination Movers and Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes. In addition to playing a wide range of Beatles songs, The Walrus will pull material from Wings and McCartney’s solo catalogs.
The show will start at 7 p.m. Zony Mash Beer Project is located at 3940 Thalia Street. For more information and to purchase tickets ($15), visit here.
McCartney was born on June 18, 1942, in Liverpool, England. According to a Wikipedia biography, “McCartney taught himself piano, guitar and songwriting as a teenager, having been influenced by his father, a jazz player, and rock ‘n’ roll performers such as Little Richard and Buddy Holly. He began his career as a member of the Quarrymen in 1957, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Sometimes called “the cute Beatle”, McCartney later involved himself with the London avant-garde and spearheaded the incorporation of experimental aesthetics into the Beatles’ studio productions. Starting with the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, he gradually became the band’s de facto leader, providing the creative impetus for most of their music and film projects. Many of his Beatles songs, including ‘And I Love Her,’ “Yesterday,’ ‘Eleanor Rigby’ and ‘Blackbird’ rank among the most covered songs in history.”
