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YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD - ONE NIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY DVD


I already knew that Neal Morse and Mike Portnoy were both Beatles fanatics from comments made in various interviews and, oh, from performing half of Abbey Road on their Transatlantic Live In Europe DVD. So is was only a matter of time when they would hook up with a couple of other world class Beatles freaks and do a full-on tribute show. Yellow Matter Custard - One Night In New York City is that show.

This DVD was recorded live at B.B. King's in New York City on May 18, 2003, but probably not with the intention of being officially released on DVD. The video was recorded by what appears to be two guys armed with camcorders, and the audio is only presented in a rather muddy Dolby stereo mix. The audio does get much clearer the more you crank up the volume. In this particular case, I have to let it all slide since this is obviously a "for the fans only" release, and is available only through Mike Portnoy's website. Hell, the DVD cover even has a big "Official Bootleg" stamped smack-dab across the front, so it's not like anyone is being fooled here.

Yellow Matter Custard is comprised of Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Transatlantic) on drums, Neal Morse ex-(Spock's Beard, Transatlantic) on keyboards and guitar, Paul Gilbert (Racer X, Mr. Big) on guitar, and Matt Bissonette, who has played with just about everybody including Joe Satriani, and Ringo Starr of late, on bass. They all sing pretty damn good too - well, maybe not Portnoy. These guys have taken their Beatles seriously and must have rehearsed considerably to play this 30 song set as brilliantly as they did. A funny quote from Portnoy just prior to "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey" says it all as to just how challenging some of these old tunes could be - "It's unbelievable, you have four guys here that play some pretty fucking complicated music in our day jobs with our other bands. We play like 19/16, swapping back and forth a million different time signatures, but this next song totally stumped all four of us, how to start this fucking thing."

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