Tom Coburn as John Lennon

Born in southern California, Tom was inspired at an early age when he saw the Beatles for the first time back in Feb. 1964. He says, "I found my purpose in life — to sing, play guitar, and make young birds scream. It gave me 'vision'". Since that time, Tom learned to play guitar, bass, harmonica, piano, and sing. He is truly fulfilling his "vision" as he tours with Imagine.

Tom joined Imagine after hearing about auditions. He says, "I showed up and Lennon's part was the only one still available, so I took it."

Tom lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife, Rosanne. They have one son and 3 grand children." His full time job is being a Beatle.

 

Richard Fazzi as Paul McCartney

Richard Fazzi was born and raised in San Jose, California and as luck would have it, a natural lefty. As is the case with so many other musicians, he was inspired by four guys he watched perform on television that fateful Sunday evening in February of 1964.

His path in many ways followed the events that led Paul McCartney to becoming The Beatles bassist. Rich started with four years of formal guitar lessons and when he joined his first band, they had no bass player and nobody wanted to play bass so he said "Ok, I'll try it". After getting his first bass, it quickly became his first love. He wasn't planning on doing any vocals, but again, no one else wanted to sing so he said, "Okay, I'll try singing.". Rich has years of recording and touring experience playing many different styles and has been a member of several Beatles tribute bands. In addition to playing guitar and bass, he also plays keyboards.

Rich lives in Roseville, California with his wife Vonda and their two kids Collin and Ellie.

 

Brad Armstrong as George Harrison

Brad has had a love for the music of the Beatles as long as he can remember, but it wasn’t until he was 16 years old and finally heard Sgt. Pepper on a good stereo that he was truly hooked. “I heard the bass in the song “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” and asked the question, “What is that instrument?” It wasn’t long after that he bought a bass guitar, joined a band, and now it’s all this! “My first paid gig was New Year’s Eve (in a bar) when I was 17. I had to get a letter from some council member in order to be there”.

Since that time Brad has performed with such notable acts as The Drifters, David LaFlame, Freddie “Boom-Boom” Cannon, The Coasters, The Crystals, and the infamous Salt Lake area group, Spanky and The Wankers. Brad can occasionally be found darning his socks, in the night, when there’s nobody there.

 

Dan "Dango" Burt as Ringo Starr

Daniel Burt was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Along with being an avid sports fan, he was just as hip with the music scene from the earliest days of rock and roll. He heard and loved everything of the genre from Bill Haley to Elvis, from Leslie Gore to the Everly Brothers. When the Beach Boys came along he thought he had died and gone to heaven. That era was his teen years and that music seemed to match every one of his feelings and emotions. The Beatles were at first an intrusion, but all his girl friends loved them, so it became expedient to follow, and then, because their music was so great, he became a huge fan himself.

Dan played in a band called "Spring Fever" who, in 1968, released a single on Capitol Records called "Stop", which made enough of a splash at Capitol to merit more recordings. Before that could happen, though, the Vietnam war claimed a band member or two via the draft and the band broke up in 1969. Being out of music for 20 or so years, the opportunity came to be in "Imagine" and his teen years have returned full blast.

Dan is married to his wife of nearly 30 years, Sharon, and they have three daughters and a son.

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