4 On 6

4 on 6 is a collection of 12 classic tunes by The Beatles arranged for solo guitar. Guitarist Bob Evans recalls, "I grew up with their music as the soundtrack to my youth. Now, almost 45 years later, I still can't quit humming the tunes. The melodies are so strong and the chord progressions so malleable they can easily be bent and reshaped without breaking. This makes them ideal material for arranging for guitar. For some years I've enjoyed doing exactly this and I now find myself with a fair collection of these arrangements. Some of them simply try to capture on six strings the energy and spirit of the original, while others are reinterpretations. My previous CDs have featured a couple of Beatles tunes, but I decided that a CD dedicated to them would be in order. 4 On 6 is the result of this labour of love." Fred Kraus at Minor 7th added, "Evans, the U.S. National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion of 2003, can wring all manner of nuance from his instrument, with a surgeon's deftness and a metronome-like sense of meter. He nicely transforms the rocker "Help!" into a quiet ballad to reflect Lennon's heart-wrenching lyrics. "Rain" gets a moody spin and "Things We Said Today" rebirths with a new ache."