Imagine John: A Lennon Birthday Celebration

IMAGINE JOHN: A LENNON BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
With Steve Sgambati as John Lennon - Sousa Bandshell at Sunset Park, Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 2:15 pm

Steve Sgambati has been performing in Beatles Tribute shows throughout the country and abroad since 1994. His band, The Remnants, became world acclaimed performers as one of the bands chosen to represent America at International Beatles Week in 1999, an event that drew 350,000 people to the city of Liverpool. They drew rave reviews at their Cavern Club debut and at The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, and they were invited to return in 2000 for encore performances. Steve has been paying tribute to John Lennon for over twenty years. During that time, he has teamed up with numerous Beatles acts, including original cast members of Beatlemania, and has also had the honor of working with many rock and roll greats, including Al Jardine of The Beach Boys, Wilson Phillips, Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, (Paul McCartney drummer) and Steve Holley. He has been backed onstage by former John Lennon bandmates Adam Ippolito and Gary Van Scyoc of the Plastic Ono Elephant’s Memory Band. For Sunday’s performance at the Sousa bandshell, Steve and his group will perform a selection of Lennon’s Beatles compositions, along with songs from John’s incredible solo career,

Steve brings a crackerjack band to the Sousa bandshell stage for this Lennon birthday celebration event. Guitarist Jimmy McElligott ("Jimmy Mack") has performed, toured and recorded with some of rock music’s finest, including: Tommy James (Shondells), Felix Cavaliere & Gene Cornish (Rascals), former Wings members Denny Laine & Laurence Juber, John Ford Coley, Terry Sylvester (Hollies), Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane), Ian Lloyd (Stories/ Foreigner), and John Ford (Strawbs). Bassist Robert Sole is a veteran of top tri-state club band Full House and the Long Island originals band The Firemen. Drummer Tom Christie is currently the drummer/vocalist of Penny Lane, a Long Island based Beatle tribute band. Keyboardist Rich Forman has performed with Long Island and New York Fab Four tribute bands Strawberry Fields, Liverpool Shuffle and Penny Lane, and has also shared the stage with 80's hitmaker Bonnie Tyler, Poison front-man Bret Michaels, and 60's rocker Mitch Ryder.

Come and join us at the bandshell for a celebration of the life and music of John Lennon! ‘Imagine John’ ... and come and experience it! This event is made possible by the Friends of the Port Washington Public Library.