Beatles: Come Together
[purchase Come Together tribute mp3]
Perhaps the greatest rock reunion that
could have been but never did happen was the Beatles. I wonder what was “going on in
their minds” as the Beatles came up with Get Together. By all accounts, they
were pretty far from getting together (although individually, they may have been
getting their s*#! together at that point in time)
The Beatles as a group dissolved
at the height of their career (what better way to go out?) But, as we now know,
there is much, much more behind what was visible on the surface.
That said, in the early 70s, there was hope
that the Beatles would get together at least one more time. The Concert for
Bangladesh … partial participation. And then McCartney going solo with and
“Band on the Run” and John Lennon’s solo projects … sort of put an end to it.
10 years ago, I fortuitously caught the
early days of a project titled “The Beatles complete on Ukelele”, during which period, Roger Greenawalt deemed it the right thing to do to give away every
song in their project to cover the entire Beatles collection – provided the
cover included a ukulele. I dutifully/religiously collected them all – visiting
the website more or less every week to get the most recent addition. The
project included many no-names, and a few knowns. Some really good, some not so
good. Regretfully, they turned the project into a monetized endeavor after
about 2 years.
The Beatles are not going to rise from
their graves and perform a reunion concert, so in its place …
Alternatively, from the "uke" project:
http://thebeatlescompleteonukulele.bandcamp.com/track/come-together-kirsty-rock