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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA, February 7, 2024 \/EINPresswire.com<\/a>\/ — Grammy-winning guitarist and composer Laurence Juber will release A Day in My Life, the fifth collection in a series of his immensely popular solo acoustic arrangements of iconic Beatles songs, on February 9 via HoloGram Recordings. The album will be available digitally and 180 gram vinyl.<\/p>\n Produced by Hope Juber and recorded by Richard Pritchard at Abbey Road\u2019s legendary Studio 2, A Day in My Life is a stunning showcase of Juber\u2019s breathtaking fingerstyle style and impeccable tone on a dozen Fab Four classics, including \u201cBlackbird,\u201d \u201cStrawberry Fields Forever,\u201d \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps,\u201d \u201cRain,\u201d \u201cLet It Be\u201d and \u201cIn My Life,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n Watch a video promo<\/a> for A Day in My Life. Click here<\/a> to listen to the album\u00a0(will go live Feb. 9).<\/p>\n \u201cComing back to these songs is always a joy,\u201d says Juber, whose connection to the material is significant as he played guitar in Paul McCartney\u2019s group Wings from 1978 to 1981. Though the guitarist has previously recorded versions of these tunes throughout his series of Beatles-themed albums that began with 2000\u2019s LJ Plays the Beatles, he calls A Day in My Life \u201csort of a \u2018best of\u2019 LJ Plays the Beatles, but from a changed perspective. My playing is different from 25 years ago, when I first started seriously recording Beatles tunes.\u00a0I\u2019m channeling different emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n Recording at Abbey Road \u2013 the same hallowed space where the Beatles created their enduring songs \u2013 stirred profound memories for Juber, who was working in Studio 2 in 1978 when he received a phone call to audition for Wings in 1978. \u201cIt became a second home for me during the Back to the Egg sessions,\u201d he says. \u201cI haven\u2019t been back there since, so this was something of a homecoming. It\u2019s a very vibey room, and there was magic in reimagining the songs where they were originally recorded. Plus, the microphone locker is heavenly.\u201d<\/p>\n Throughout A Day in My Life, Juber\u2019s deep admiration and affection for the Beatles comes through in his adventurous and joyful interpretations. \u201cDay Tripper\u201d sees him blissfully sailing through the rollicking riff while doubling bass and drum patterns \u2013 all while playing vocal lines on the guitar\u2019s top strings. On a transfixing reading of \u201cStrawberry Fields Forever,\u201d he conjures up the Beatles\u2019 groundbreaking studio innovations with spiraling lines, lush chords, and percussive slaps and pops.<\/p>\n Paul McCartney\u2019s \u201cBlackbird\u201d has long been a guitarist\u2019s dream \u2013 and for some, a challenge. Juber turns in a bravura performance, playing both the signature chords and the supple vocal melody at once. \u201cI play \u2018Blackbird’ in a different guitar tuning and key to the way that Paul does it,\u201d he says. \u201cThat\u2019s because I\u2019m incorporating the melody into the accompaniment, which is not practical for that song in standard guitar tuning.\u201d<\/p>\n Juber turns the Beatles\u2019 jarring drone classic \u201cRain\u201d into a sea of tranquility. \u201cIt was the first one that Hope and I worked on as a kind of a tone poem, a ‘rain dance,\u201d he explains. \u201cWe incorporated an original section of two-handed tapping on the fingerboard to emulate a \u2018rainstorm\u2019 effect.\u201d Other highlights include a sublime take on \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps,\u201d with Juber shifting between George Harrison\u2019s bewitching melodies and the harmonies\u2019 complex shades \u2013 there\u2019s even bits of Eric Clapton\u2019s heralded lead. And he brings exquisite technique and insightful artistry to \u201cIn My Life,\u201d balancing the wistful and whimsical qualities of John Lennon\u2019s transformative masterstroke.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Beatles are as fundamental to rock music as Mozart and Beethoven are to the classical repertoire,\u201d Juber says. \u201cThere\u2019s so much musicality \u2013 melodically, harmonically and rhythmically. The challenge in creating solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements is to find the nexus of the tune and the instrument. There are many layers, and while the process can produce the occasional epiphany, it\u2019s mostly like a jigsaw puzzle \u2013 making the pieces fit together.\u201d<\/p>\n The February 9 release date of A Day in My Life coincides with the start of the NYC Fest for Beatles Fans, to be held at the TWA Hotel at JFK Airport (where the Beatles landed 60 years ago). Juber will be one of the featured guests for the three-day event, performing twice: A solo acoustic set in which he\u2019ll perform the new album, and an electric set in which he\u2019ll be joined by drummer Steve Holley (also a former member of Wings) for a tribute to their fellow Wings mate Denny Laine, who recently passed. Additionally, he will team with legendary British singer Billy J. Kramer (who scored hits of Beatles songs the band never recorded) to debut selections from his new album.<\/p>\n On the studio side, Juber has been increasing his presence as an electric guitarist. He\u00a0recently performed on \u201cIt Makes Me Cry\u201d by Carla Olson (the Textones) and Allan\u00a0Clarke (the Hollies) \u2013 the single is currently No. 4 on the U.K. Heritage chart. In\u00a0addition, he co-produced, and played guitar on, the upcoming album by T Bear (aka\u00a0Richard T Bear) for Quarto Valley Records. The first single, \u201cA Change Will Do Me\u00a0Good,\u201d which Juber co-wrote, is climbing the Dutch Hit Tracks top 20.<\/p>\n Beginning February 17, Juber will hit the road for concert dates in the U.S. and the U.K. \u201cBeyond the new release, I have a handful of new compositions and arrangements,\u201d he says. \u201cMy shows are constantly evolving as I add new tunes to the set list.\u201d Dates here: https:\/\/laurencejuber.com\/concerts\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Day in My Life can be purchased here: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Day-My-Life-Laurence-Juber\/dp\/B0CPRTXR6H<\/a>. <\/p>\n Signed copies are available at the LJ Store here: https:\/\/the-lj-store.square.site\/#menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n The full tracklist of A Day in My Life:\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBlackbird\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDay Tripper\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cStrawberry Fields Forever\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI Am the Walrus\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cRain\/Rainstorm\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd Your Bird Can Sing\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLet it Be\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cA Day in the Life\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAcross the Universe\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHoney Pie\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn My Life\u201d<\/p>\n For more information, visit: https:\/\/laurencejuber.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Michael Jensen
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