It was beyond beautiful, a huge pleasant jolt, in the midst of a wonderful, sold-out "The Fab Faux"
Beatles tribute performance at Valley Performing Arts Center, when
Dhani Harrison, pictured at left, made a surprise appearance on stage.
Harrison, in Los Angeles for an appearance during Conan O'Brien's tribute week to his Beatle father, gigged Saturday night, honoring his father by performing, "Savoy Truffle."
Truly
the spitting image of George Harrison, a guitar master and composer
whose departure from our planet was premature and sad, but we were
compensated by the sight and sound of his only son. Harrison père's
twanging guitar solo punctuates "Truffle.".
"It's
great to bring our classical music to a house built for classical
music," noted Will Lee, The Fab Faux's bass player. He referred to the
sparkling acoustics at the four-year old Valley Performing Arts Center,
which is the pride of the campus at California State University at
Northridge.
University president Dr. Dianne F. Harrison, clearly a Beatlemaniac, attended the concert.
The
concert rejuvenated, with wonderful rock musicianship, a sprawling
cross section of the Beatles' song book. The program's second half
replicated the "Abbey Road" album in its entirety.
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