Strawberry Fields Rocks Residents Back to the 60s

While television legend Ed Sullivan wasn’t there to introduce this band to the crowd, the crowd still came alive when "The Fab Four" walked out on to the stage .

Strawberry Fields, a tribute band that covers The Beatles, played to a packed to kick off the July 4 weekend. It was the in ’s .

Strawberry Fields came out to the stage first playing the same first four songs they did on their first United States performance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964: All My Loving, Till There Was You, She Loves You (Yeah Yeah Yeah) and I Wanna Hold Your Hand.

The Fab Four impersonators even donned the same instruments and attire as The Beatles did on their historic TV appearance.

The audience – comprised of a wide range of members both older and younger – lip-synced, sang and danced along to the all evening.

A dance pit, of sorts, grew in the front of the as the show continued through the beautiful summer night, with both the young and young-of-heart grooving along to the of the world’s most famous rock band.

As the evening wore on Strawberry Fields took several breaks as they changed outfits – first to the Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band costumes and later to the final hippie phase of The Beatles. As their outfits changed, so did the music – a showcase rock band’s evolution from the time they led the British invasion to the time when they went their separate ways.

Strawberry Fields have won several awards during their own career as a tribute band, including the 1997 Beatlefest First Place Battle of the Bands award, and many of its members were a part of the musical Beatlemania.

The members of the band include Tony Garofalo as John Lennon; Billy J. Ray as Paul McCartney; Mark Vaccacio as George Harrison; and Gerard Barberine Jr. as Ring Starr.

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