Primate Fiasco to attempt Sgt Pepper without George Martin, Geoff Emerick, lots of drugs or Abbey Road studios-Iron Horse Sat. Feb 16 at 10

The Primate Fiasco will be covering one of the greatest albums of all time, Sports by Huey Lewis and the News….oh wait, no… They will play the entirety of The Beatles 1967 magnum opus Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band as only the Primate Fiasco could play it. Among the many notable factors at play here is that The Beatles, of course, never intended to, nor did they, play Sgt. Pepper live. It was arguably the first album of the rock era to be conceived solely as a recording. The Beatles were sick of the screaming girls. (Note: The Primate Fiasco is not.) So you see this is really quite an undertaking, and if it ends up being a fiasco, well, as Sgt. Primate's Lonely Hearts Club Fiasco, that’s all they’ve promised anyway. Some guests will be there to help and they may need (obligatory reference) a little help from their friends. They may also need some help from the audience. They may need some help from psychiatrists. Maybe some life coaches and mediators. A veterinarian and a phlebotomist. After Sgt. Pepper they will play into the night with selections from their well considered whims.

If you are uninitiated in the ways of the Primate Fiasco, we’ll quote their website, “The Primate Fiasco is a project based out of Northampton that uses ancient found objects such as early New Orleans Jazz and Ragtime/Dixieland fused with every style of music since. While the instruments are traditional, the performances are modern and unusual.” This is a somewhat subdued description for a band that operates under the assumption that Saturn has a hula--hoop. These guys are a lot of fun and the party goes where they go.

There’s a piece of magnificent album artwork associated with this event, shown above, that will surely go down in history as a snapshot in time and space of the salad days* of a few dozen of Northampton’s most notable local “celebs,” cultural catalysts, artists, DJ’s, and maybe a few folks who at one time or another have had their address reported as “the streets of Northampton.”

A splendid time is guaranteed for all.

*It has been argued that Northampton is a good place to remain in an eternal state of “salad.”

Here’s the link to the contest.