Scott Petito has a ready answer for anyone who reaches for the word “tribute.” “If you went down to Symphony Hall and they were doing a program of Beethoven,” he told Hudson Valley One, “would you call it a Beethoven Tribute?” That framing — repertoire, not impersonation — is the organizing principle behind The BEATLE Project, which brings Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour to The Falcon in Marlboro on Friday, November 13. Both albums, performed in full, back to back. No wigs. No costumes. Seven musicians who have spent careers in more demanding rooms than this one, playing the music straight.
About the Show
The pairing of Sgt. Pepper’s and Magical Mystery Tour is newer territory for the ensemble, first introduced in the spring and summer of 2026 across the Hudson Valley, western Massachusetts, and surrounding regions. The BEATLE Project has performed other Beatles albums in full (Abbey Road, The White Album, Let It Be, and HELP!), but this double-album program is a distinct statement: two of the most orchestrally ambitious records in the catalog, heard in sequence.
The lineup assembled around these recordings is worth considering on its own terms. Joey Eppard, frontman of the Woodstock progressive rock outfit 3 and a collaborator with Parliament-Funkadelic and Bad Brains, handles lead vocals and guitar. Danny Blume, a Grammy and Juno award-winning producer and engineer who toured with Kid Creole and the Coconuts, is on rhythm guitar. Jeff Mercel, a former Mercury Rev member who has since worked in film scoring, plays drums. Will Bryant’s touring credits include Donald Fagen’s Nightflyers. Adam Widoff has worked with Toshi Reagon and P-Funk alumni. Leslie Ritter, a Billboard chart-topping session vocalist who has recorded with James Taylor and Krishna Das, sings; Hudson Valley One described her as the ensemble’s anchor for any moment that demands precision. Petito, the musical director, is a Berklee-trained producer who owns NRS Recording Studios in Catskill, described in local press as a jazz mecca, and has organized deep-catalog concert series like this one at The Falcon and Bearsville Theater since 2012.
Venue & Logistics
The Hudson Valley room at 1348 Route 9W in Marlboro holds 150. For a seven-piece ensemble working through two records engineered for the studio rather than the stage, the proximity is the right frame: there is no room to approximate, and no reason to. Dining runs from 5:30 to 9 p.m.; music starts at 7:30 p.m. on the Main Stage.
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