Imagining Lennon & McCartney is a song and dialogue based performance taking the audience on a trip that visits the many phases of John & Paul's songwriting partnership during their time together in the Beatles. Music and anecdotes explore the various elements that influenced and inspired the creative expression of Lennon & McCartney as a musicians, writers, artists and spokesmen of their generation.  

Shows are performed by Tom “Lennon” Raider and Brad "Paul" Jarvis in full character and costume with accurate replications of their instruments. Songs performed on guitar and keyboards span the entire lifespan of the Beatles. 
Imagining Lennon & McCartney is available as an acoustic duo thru 5 piece electric band and can be customized to your event.

Material ranges from:

The Early Years  -  Meet the Beatles through A Hard Day's Night & Help! era songs featured include I Want To Hold Your Hand, I Feel Fine, Yesterday, I'm A Loser, Eight Days A Week, I'll Be Back, If I Fell, Ticket To Ride, Help!, I’m A Loser, Ticket To Ride, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away and many others.

The Middle Years -  Including Rubber Soul favorites like Norwegian Wood, In My Life, I've Just Seen A Face, It's Only Love, Girl,Got To Get You Into My Life.

The Psychedelic Period  - Sgt. Pepper classics  Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, A Day In The Life, Yellow Submarine, With A Little Help From My Friends, Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need Is Love, and many others. 

The Studio Years -  White Album/Abbey Road/Let It Be -   Dear Prudence, Back In The USSR, Revolution, Octopus's Garden, Here Comes The Sun, Across The Universe, Hey Jude, Come Together, Imagine, Don't Let Me Down, Birthday, Get Back, Two Of Us, and many others...

Imagining Lennon/Tom Lennon Raider
 Imagining Lennon solo acoustic performances consist mainly of the songs written and played during Lennon’s time with the Beatles as well as these solo gems.
The Solo Years -  Selections featuring a taste of Lennon’s many moods like the famous Bed-In protest anthem Give Peace a Chance,  the rocking Instant Karma, Plastic Ono Band LP favorite Working Class Hero , #9 Dream from Walls and Bridges and (of course) the beautiful Imagine. Double Fantasy fans are treated to both (Just Like) Starting Over. The touching and intimate Love is performed on solo acoustic guitar from the more recent release  John Lennon - Acoustic . 

Versatile performers, Imagining Lennon & McCartney can be customized to fit your event, from concert/festival sing-alongs of favorite Beatles songs to more formal events. Imagining Lennon & McCartney is able to perform locally and nationally to audiences of all sizes and ages for just about any occasion.

Ideal events include:

Public Events - Festivals, music in the park concerts, tribute/specialty shows, openings, first nights, cafés of all sizes, dinner theater and more

Personal/Private Events - Weddings,reunions, renewal of vows,  anniversaries, memorials, bar/bat Mitzvahs, rehearsal dinners, parties and reunions 

Corporate Events - Holiday parties, seminars, conventions and other corporate related functions

Galleries and Libraries - An oral and musical history tour through the songs and artistry of John Lennon & Paul McCartney.