Beatles "A Day In The Life" Bass/Drum Tracks

First off, thanks to good friend Danny for sending this track my way.

"A Day In The Life" is probably my favorite Beatles song of them all. Sure, I do have my heavy weaknesses for "Norwegian Wood" - okay, more accurately, just about everything on Rubber Soul and Revolver. My feelings on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as an album, are admittedly mixed (I do not find it to be the be-all and end-all album that most critics seem to believe it is...I mean, it's great, for a children's album, as is the much less-ambitious Magical Mystery Tour), but "A Day In The Life" is just one of those songs that continues to speak to me. Truth be told, even as a kid, I was ga-ga over the track and, as I steamroll through adulthood, the song just seems to keep right on giving.

Having said that, when Danny sent me this file the other day, I was completely unprepared for what I was about to hear. All these years of listening to this great song and I'd never really concentrated on McCartney's bass part to any large degree. Isolated, however, it's easy to be floored by his melodic genius.

Ringo's no slouch either, I might add. He's always been a drummer whose approach has been to serve the song first and foremost, but the way he goes about injecting his own personality at the same time is always done with great taste. Plus, the cat just never ceases to swing.

So, without further delay...here it is, "A Day In The Life" as you've probably never heard it before.

Enjoy!

A Day In The Life (Bass and Drums)