{"id":19306,"date":"2012-03-15T17:36:54","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T22:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=19306"},"modified":"2013-01-29T10:04:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T15:04:44","slug":"andy-timmons-band-plays-sgt-pepper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2012\/andy-timmons-band-plays-sgt-pepper\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Timmons Band | Plays Sgt. Pepper<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Alissa Ordabai<\/span>
\nStaff Writer —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"Somewhere between the sublimity of Bill Frisell\u2019s recent tribute to John Lennon \u201cAll We Are Saying\u2026\u201d and the kitsch of Big Jim Sullivan\u2019s renditions of the late 60s- early 70s pop classics, the record at hand is a hit-and-miss affair, albeit ambitious in its choice of material. <\/p>\n

Apparently aware of the prerequisites for tackling material of this magnitude, Timmons offers an interpretation of the greatest album in the history of pop which is more often homely than daring. Mostly it\u2019s faithful renditions of the classic tunes – safe and tame, not attempting to extrapolate extra meaning from what is already there. Notable exceptions are \u201cWith a Little Help from My Friends\u201d where Timmons breathes bitter-sweet magic into the familiar-from-childhood original, and \u201cShe\u2019s Leaving Home\u201d where he goes beyond the prescribed and unfolds the song from an unexpectedly intuitive, deeply personal angle. <\/p>\n

Otherwise the vocal polyphony of the originals, the subtleties of the songwriting and the nuances of the original production are lost, turning a multi-dimensional piece of visionary work into a humdrum, albeit pleasant and tasteful affair. Versions of \u201cGetting Better,\u201d \u201cFixing a Hole\u201d and \u201cLovely Rita\u201d, however, sag below average, sounding at times like a bunch of tracks that have fallen off the final mix of some sketchy demo. <\/p>\n

Overall this is a perplexing record with a perplexing choice of material – given the level of casualness with which Timmons treats it – and an even more perplexing in its unwillingness to search for meanings and connections beyond the apparent and the familiar. <\/p>\n

Genre: Instrumental Guitar, Pop, Rock<\/p>\n

Track Listing:
\n1. Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band
\n2. With a Little Help from My Friends
\n3. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
\n4. Getting Better
\n5. Fixing a Hole
\n6. She\u2019s Leaving Home
\n7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite
\n8. Within You, Without You
\n9. When I\u2019m 64
\n10. Lovely Rita
\n11. Good Morning, Good Morning
\n12. Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)
\n13. A Day in a Life
\n14. Strawberry Fields Forever<\/p>\n

Label: Favored Nations<\/p>\n

Online: http:\/\/www.andytimmons.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: 4\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer — Somewhere between the sublimity of Bill Frisell\u2019s recent tribute to John Lennon \u201cAll We Are Saying\u2026\u201d and the kitsch of Big Jim Sullivan\u2019s renditions of the late 60s- early […]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6772],"tags":[1057,4954,4955,334,2387],"class_list":{"0":"post-19306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-arcrvws2012","7":"tag-favored-nations","8":"tag-instrumental-guitar","9":"tag-pop","10":"tag-review","11":"tag-rock"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}