Being John Lennon: A Day in the Life of Sgt Pepper's Only Dart Board Band

by Martin Dimery

Sgt Pepper's Only Dart Board Band are captured playing in pubs to a handful of dedicated followers, at festivals to thousands of revellers, and at weddings to the downright drunk and disorderly. With liberal dashes of tragedy and comedy, this is a romp through the bizarre and hilarious world of tribute bands. Jump on the van as they undertake a magical mystery tour down the long and winding roads of Britain.

By day Martin Dimery is a teacher at Britain's famous Millfield School. By night he dons a wig, straps on a Rickenbaker and becomes John Lennon. As a Beatles tribute show, Sgt Pepper's Only Dart Board Band play in pubs to a handful of dedicated followers, at festivals to thousands of revelers, and weddings to the downright drunk and disorderly. With liberal dashes of tragedy and comedy, this diary is a romp through the bizarre and hilarious world of tribute bands as Dimery juggles teaching, his family and running a circus of Pepper impersonators on their own magical mystery tour.