[Video Link] 17-year-old Dylan Gardner says: “In honor of the Beatles breakup on April 10, 1970, I decided to cover the entire second side of their last album, Abbey Road, with different instruments for 15-second intervals. Abbey Road has always stuck with me as an incredible ending note for a great career that the Beatles have put together. It’s just me around the house having a blast covering my heroes!”
I asked Dylan how he made these videos (which will appear on his Instagram feed). He answered: “The Beatles have been such a huge part of my musical upbringing, so I couldn’t think of a better afternoon than stealing my parents’ new video camera and running around my empty house covering the better side of Abbey Road in Instagram-sized videos. I’d tie a zip tie around the camera to hold angles as I grabbed as many miscellaneous instruments as I could. I made a mess of the house, but the bright side is this isn’t the last time I’ll do that…”
Dylan’s debut album, Adventures in Real Time is set to be released on May 13th.