A group of local musicians will honor the memories of John Lennon and George Harrison with a free tribute concert on Saturday, Dec. 7, at Steamer's Espresso Cafe in Provo.

The concert, performed on the 22nd anniversary of Lennon's death, will feature songs that span the entire career of the Fab Four.

Four BYU alumni organized the first tribute concert last year to memorialize the deaths of the two deceased members of the legendary band.

Mike Masse, who holds music and law degrees from BYU, has been the principle organizer of the group.

"Since last year's tribute show met with such a great response, I felt a second annual show was in order," Masse said.

Masse, a public defender for Salt Lake County, said he goes to such lengths to organize the concert because of his love for the Beatle's music.

"I think a lot of people love the Beatles and their music and will always welcome the opportunity to hear their music performed live," Masse said. "I'm providing that opportunity for them."

Masse said he envies people who have yet to discover the Beatles because of the journey they still have ahead of them learning what makes the group's music so astounding.

"To me, the Beatles are rock and roll," Masse said. "Everything else is just an off-shoot from them. They expand people's definition of what rock music could be."

Masse performed regularly in Provo in the 1990s, playing with such bands as Twice Daily and Near Dead Experience - a tribute band that annually commemorated the death of Jerry Garcia, making Masse no stranger to tribute concerts.

"A tribute concert should be out of the love of the music, not trying to exploit someone's death," Masse said. "Which is why it will be a free show."

After obtaining his degrees from BYU, Masse moved to Salt Lake City, where he still performs regularly at the Pie Pizzeria. He said the Beatles have always been a staple of his repertoire since he began performing 10 years ago.

"There are a lot of groups that would love to write one song as good as a Beatles song," he said. "They wrote so many that were of that caliber."

Jeff Hall, a Salt Lake Deputy District Attorney, will join Masse on the bass and keyboards. Hall said he shares the same motivation to perform as the other members of the group.

"We're just trying to celebrate the Beatle's music," Hall said. "It's great literature and we're trying to perpetuate that."

While the group tries to remain faithful to the Beatle's original sounds and harmonies, they don't attempt to directly impersonate the rock icons.

The group also plays without a drummer, allowing for a more acoustic feel to the music.

"Three hundred years from now the Utah Symphony will probably still be playing Beatles songs along with songs written by Beethoven," Hall said.

Concert attendees can plan to hear songs from several different Beatles' albums, including "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Here Comes the Sun" and "Hey Jude."

The concert begins at 9 p.m. and the group plans to play about a 20-song set, lasting for a couple of hours.