The Fool on the Hill, not with a Kazoo

Another day, another Lennon-McCartney cover.

The Magical Mystery Tour is one of my favorite albums, though it's not as cohesive or balanced as Revolver, Sgt Peppers and Abbey Road. The album's two hits - Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane, were originally recorded during the Sgt Pepper's sessions.

The Fool on the Hill remains one of the most poetic and melodic songs in the Beatles catalog, continuing McCartney's discourse on apathy that he started on "Eleanor Rigby" (and continued on with one of his solo songs,  "Another Day")

Fool on The Hill, 4 track tape cover

The main challenge here was what to do with the adlib portion - the only acoustic wind instrument I have (not counting musical farts) is a Kazoo :

Better suited for Wile E Coyote

But it sounded too Looney-tunish!
In the end, I opted to use the wonderful woodwind samples from the Emu Proteus.
Track 1 - I sequenced the piano part on the Korg Kross, and sang while playing the egg shaker
Track 2 - synthesized woodwinds played live on the Emu keyboard
Track 3 - Hofner bass
Track 4 - Epi Casino and back-up vocals played through a TC Helicon Harmony G