The Zimmermen are a six piece band formed and bound together by their appreciation of music legend, Bob Dylan and the love of his music. The band consists of Tom O’Gorman (guitar and vocals), Rick Lucas (lead guitar and vocals), Shug Spencer (bass guitar), Colin Schofield (drums and vocals), Gerry O’Gorman (harmonica and vocals) and Ross Whittaker (piano and vocals).
Led by vocalist, Tom O’Gorman, with
vocal input from Ross on keyboards and harmonica playing and vocals from Gerry,
with bass guitarist, Shug and lead guitarist, Rick plus drum support from Colin,
the band covered classic songs from Dylan’s significant musical eras, from
early 1960’s to present day.
Tom reminisced about the concert
Dylan played at the Liverpool Odeon in February 1966, 60 years ago and started
the set with ‘I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight’ followed by ‘She Belongs To Me.’
Keyboard player, Ross followed
with ‘To Ramona’ from the album, ‘Another Side of Bob Dylan’.
Many more favourites were played,
including, ‘Shelter From The Storm’ with a soulful rendition from Gerry on the
harmonica, ‘It’s All Over Now Baby Blue’ with Tom on lead vocals plus ‘You Ain’t
Going Nowhere’ and ‘Jokerman’.
The band covered songs from Dylan’s
folk, blues, country, jazz, gospel, reggae and rock eras.
The Lion’s Den is a bar with a small
concert room above which offers an intimate setting for gigs such as these.
For more information on The
Zimmermen see https://themet.org.uk/event/zimmermen-2025/
Reviewer – Anne Pritchard
On – 16th March 2026
