PROVO -- For the second consecutive year, local musician Mike Massé will head up a Beatles tribute concert, commemorating the deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison.

Lennon was killed Dec. 8, 1980, and Harrison died of cancer on Nov. 29, 2001. Massé, a regular performer in Utah County and Salt Lake City, put together a show the week after Harrison's death.

This year's tribute, featuring songs from all corners of the Beatles catalogue, will be at 9 p.m. Saturday at Steamer's Cafe, 230 W. Center St., Provo. The concert is free.

Massé said while the concert is in conjunction with sad anniversaries, it is not a somber experience.

"Last year, even though it was more timely because George had just died, it was still very much a celebration of the music," he said. "Most Beatles fans are always happily looking for an excuse to celebrate the music."

Massé, a graduate of Brigham Young University's law school and a public defender for Salt Lake County, performed regularly in Provo in the 1990s. He played guitar for such bands as Twice Daily, Rosemary Wine, Gathering Osiris and the Near Dead Experience -- a tribute band that annually commemorated the death of Jerry Garcia the first few years after his passing, making Massé no stranger to tribute concerts.

He will be joined Saturday by Lincoln Hoppe, Jeff Hall and Trent Hickman, all musicians and singers who, like Massé, have day jobs, too. Hoppe is an actor, Hall is Salt Lake Deputy District Attorney, and Hickman is an English professor at BYU.

One major change since last year's show is the addition of a keyboard, allowing the group to perform songs like "Hey, Jude" and "Let It Be."

"When I learned to play guitar and piano, it was largely through listening to Beatles songs," said Massé, who has about one-fourth of the Beatles catalogue in his repertoire. "There are many songs that I've played all my life on piano that it will be nice to play at the show."

Despite the ad-hoc band incurring some costs in equipment rentals, the concert at Steamer's is free. "I don't want anyone to have any reason not to come," Massé said.

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page C1.