Imagine at Sandy Amphitheater

I had so much fun last night because I got to see Imagine, a fantastic Beatles cover band, at Sandy Amphitheater.  At this show they styled themselves as Imagine + because they performed with an orchestra and it was amazing!  I loved every minute of it!  Imagine consists of Tom Coburn as John Lennon, Bryan Hague as Paul McCartney, Brad Armstrong as George Harrison, and Mark Robinette as Ringo Starr and they look and sound a lot like the Fab Four complete with the mop-top haircuts and Liverpudlian accents.  During their first set they wore the black suits and Cuban-heeled boots the Beatles wore on the Ed Sullivan Show and performed "I Saw Her Standing There," "All My Loving," "Please Please Me," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "I'll Follow The Sun," "A Hard Day's Night," "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," "And I Love Her" (one of my favorite Beatles songs), "Help," "Yesterday," "Drive My Car," "Eleanor Rigby," "She Loves You," and "Something in the Way."  I loved all of the witty banter in between all of the songs!  After the intermission, they returned to the stage wearing the iconic Sgt. Pepper's uniforms and started this set, of course, with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "With a Little Help From My Friends."  They continued with "Here Comes the Sun," "I Am the Walrus," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "Yellow Submarine," "Penny Lane," "Come Together," "Get Back," "Day in the Life" (which was my favorite performance of the evening), and "Got to Get You Into My Life."  I was hoping that they would play "Hey Jude" and they did during the encore (including the requisite audience participation during the extended chorus which made me positively giddy) followed by a rousing rendition of "Lady Madonna."  I really love the Beatles and I would give anything to have been able to see them in concert (alas, I was born too late) but cover bands like Imagine let me at least pretend that I am at a Beatles concert.  It was a great show and the temperature was actually really pleasant (my last concert at Sandy Amphitheater was so hot) so I thoroughly enjoyed myself.  There are a few summer concerts at Sandy Amphitheater left (go here for tickets) and I recommend listening to some great music under the stars.

Note:  I have one more outdoor concert at Sandy Amphitheater and one at USANA left this summer!