Laurence Juber Premieres Acoustic “And Your Bird Can Sing”

By Damian Fanelli | Photo: Mickey Deneher

Today, GuitarAficionado.com presents the premiere of Laurence Juber’s new acoustic arrangement of the Beatles’ “And Your Bird Can Sing.” The track is from Juber’s new album, LJ Can’t Stop Playing the Beatles!, which will be released this Friday, March 3.

The album, which will be issued via Hologram Recordings, is Juber’s third collection of solo acoustic arrangements of Beatles tunes. It was produced by Hope Juber and remixed by Al Schmitt at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. You can see a full track list below.

The Beatles’ recording of this middle-period gem from Revolver, which was written primarily by John Lennon, features George Harrison and Paul McCartney on impeccably crafted and performed harmony-lead guitar melodies, a pop-rock arranging approach that was still in its infancy in 1966. It would later be employed extensively in Southern rock by the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd, as well as hard rock/metal acts like Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden.

“I enjoy the challenge of combining multiple parts into a solo guitar arrangement,” Juber told us. “‘And Your Bird Can Sing’ has the cool twin-guitar lead lines that give the tune a quasi-classical vibe.”

For more about Juber and the new album, visit laurencejuber.com.

LJ Can’t Stop Playing the Beatles! Track List:
1. And Your Bird Can Sing
2. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
3. She Loves You
4. Day Tripper
5. Hey Jude
6. I’ll Follow the Sun
7. If I Needed Someone
8. It’s Only Love
9. Ticket to Ride
10. And I Love Her
11. Hey Bulldog
12. Something
13. Don’t Let Me Down
14. Honey Pie

2017 Tour Dates:
Fri-Sun March 3-5 Fest For Beatles Fans, Hyatt Regency Jersey City, NJ
Fri March 10th Lord Of The Strings Dana Point, CA
Sat March 11th Lord Of The Strings Mission Viejo, CA
Tues March 14th Club Fox Redwood City CA
Wed March 15th Throckmorton Theatre Mill Valley CA
Thurs March 16th The Old Steeple Ferndale CA
Fri March 17th 7pm The Acoustic Den Cafe Roseville CA
Sat March 18th House concert Shingle Springs CA
Sun March 19th KPIG 107.5FM Freedom CA
Sun March 19th Kuumbwa Jazz Center Santa Cruz CA
Sat March 25th Museum of Making Music Carlsbad CA
Tues April 18th Bogie’s (benefit concert) Westlake CA
Sat April 29th 7pm Key Meek Centre West Vancouver BC
Sun May 21st L.A. Arboretum Pasadena, CA
Fri-Sun May 26-28 Abbey Road On The River Jeffersonville, IN
Wed June 7th Jammin’ Java Vienna, VA
Thurs June 8th The Cutting Room New York, NY
Sat June 10th The Theatre at Little Washington Washington, VA
Fri July 7th Schoenberg Guitars Tiburon CA
Sat July 8th Colligan Theatre Santa Cruz CA
July 27-28 Interlochen Guitar Workshop Interlochen MI
August 28-Sept 1 Martin Taylor Guitar Workshop Big Indian NY
Tues Oct 10th The Cavern Club Liverpool UK
Wed Oct 11th Pizza Express Jazz Club London UK
Thurs Oct 12th Pizza Express Jazz Club London UK

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