Imagining Lennon Live! is John Lennon impersonator/vocalist/guitarist Tom “Lennon” Raider, Vocalist/Guitarist/Bassist/Percussionist Brad Jarvis, Drummer Don “Diego” Ackerman, bassist Jeff Sohn and keyboardist Rich Coogan. This top flight, five piece rock and roll band plays high quality, exciting renditions of songs written or performed by John Lennon spanning his entire decade with The Beatles as well as many of his best known and well loved solo tunes.
All songs are performed with the precision of the studio matched with the energy of the live environment to give the audience the best of both worlds.

Imagining Lennon Live! is a bit less talk and a little more music than the solo acoustic show. All dialogue in the show is designed to engage the audience which is encouraged to sing along, clap along and join in on hitting all the high notes. The music takes the audience on an enjoyable and energetic Musical Mystery Tour touching on hit songs and album tracks alike pleasing Beatle fans of all tastes.

Imagining Lennon Live! covers all the bases including early era Beatles pop favorites like “A Hard Day’s Night”, “I Feel Fine” and “Ticket To Ride” along with Rubber Soul gems such as “In My Life” and “Norwegian Wood”, as well as middle period rockers “Rain” and “She Said, She Said”. The Psychedelic era is represented by such Beatle classics as “Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds”, "Yellow Submarine“,Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, "With A Little Help From My Friends" and the masterpiece “A Day In The Life”. Fans of the later years will enjoy the driving rock and roll of “Revolution”, “Don’t Let Me Down”, “Come Together”, Octopus's Garden", "Here Comes The Sun", "Get Back", "Back In The USSR", "Two Of Us", "Hey Jude" and crowd pleaser “Birthday”. Performances also include popular album tracks like, “Dear Prudence”, the poetic favorite “Across The Universe” from Let It Be, solo career favorites such as the atmospheric “Number 9 Dream” from Walls and Bridges as well as Double Fantasy hits “Watching The Wheels”, “Woman” and “(Just Like) Starting Over”. Of course every show will feature Lennon’s solo crowning jewel, “Imagine”.

Imagining Lennon Live! is the look, the sound and the excitement of John Lennon and the music that became the soundtrack for a whole generation.

Costumes

Costumes for shows with The Brits and/or Imagining Lennon may include:

The Early Years -   “Collarless” gray “Edwardian” style suits, The “Ed Sullivan Show” suits (Black jacket, pants & tie w/white shirt, Black Turtleneck shirt/black pants.
 
The Psychedelic Years -  The very colorful Sgt. Pepper suit complete with accurate patches and medals!

The Later Years -  White Album, Abbey Road and Let It Be era costumes include the denim jacket and beige T-shirt worn for the photos for the White Album. The white “crosswalk” suit worn for the cover of  Abbey Road. The famous New York City shirt and blue jeans. Also on hand is the purple T-shirt , black jeans and black vest as seen in the Let It Be film.  
 
Any costume worn with short hair is a wig, the long strands of the later years are the real deal. The glasses are the real thing as well (antique “Windsor” model) with full prescription.