Jonathan CunninghamThere was a special significance to the music of the Beatles being played at Neumos last night. Since the music world was all abuzz yesterday with the reissue of classic Beatles material on CD and vinyl, plus the release of the video game, The Beatles: Rock Band, it was eerily fitting to hear a reggae band like the Easy Star All-Stars kick off a 75 minute set playing nothing but music from the fab four. The New York-based dub unit jumped right into the songs off of their freshly released, Easy Star Lonely Hearts Dub Band, and that’s when it hit me, and a lot of people, that we were all celebrating the music of the Beatles as well.While using two rotating vocalist (both of which are pictured above), the eight-member collective played “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band,” “With a Little Help From My Friends” and my personal favorite, “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” all in a row. The packed crowd was loving it and I actually started to wonder if they were going to play the album straight through due to the occasion. Considering the full band consists of drums, bass, lead guitar, keys, and a trombone and saxophone player, they had all of the right instruments on stage to make it happen. But much to the crowd’s delight, the All-Stars started playing songs from their popular Dub Side of the Moon album and the Beatles love fest was over.With their help of their tiny female keyboardist, the band worked in all of the effects from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon near flawlessly. It’s one thing to remake an album and have it sound identical to the original using studio tricks, but to pull it off live was beyond impressive. Everything from the famous intro on “Money” to the quirky echo effects on “Time” were all there. Even though they essentially played covers last night, the band put on one of the tightest reggae shows that I can remember. I’d even venture to say they were better, and more enjoyable than Sly and Robbie’s set a few nights ago at Bumbershoot.Despite all the love that their covers of the Beatles and Pink Floyd’s material received, the loudest cheers all night came when they played Radiohead’s “Karma Police.” It might be hard to even imagine songs off of OK Computer being played in a roots rock reggae vibe but, the All-Stars proved last night that they can dub out anything.