Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the 1960s, music was everywhere and everything. The 60s & 70s were a Renaissance and coming of age musically in those heady times was exhilarating.

    "The ultimate act of revolution and defiance is to find and spread joy and inspiration", "We have the power of music when we make music of power" are two of Image's favorite sayings.

    There are live situations and there are recordings. Recording is where ultimate arrangements are created, the only limit is the imagination,  and put together as a gallery of pieces. These result in the albums. Live is a very different affair. Pieces from albums are often played, however with very different arrangements and even form. Most shows are solo and therefore the sound palette is more focused (solo acoustic shows for instance feature acoustic 6 & 12 string guitars, hammered dulcimer and vocals). Sometimes there are guests, sometimes not. On rare occasions a full array of electric & acoustic instruments are hauled out making some further  pieces possible to perform. The shows are never the same in approach let alone set lists.

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    Brian was honored to co-write and record a piece with Jade Warrior offshoot band Dogstar Poets, on their album "Off Planet". A few years later, contributions were sent across the ocean, and a few notes landed on the Jade Warrior album "Now". 

    He has also successfully pestered and played with various members of the A.A.C.M. over the years, such as Hamid Drake, Harrison Bankhead, Douglas Ewart and Mwata Bowden. 

    Brian is humbled to have opened for such diverse masters as Ralph Towner and also Daevid Allen.

Brian is also a radio host and program director at Time Trip Radio. The first incarnation of Time Trip Radio was a podcast which ran from 2010 - 2016. The show ran monthly and a "best of" selection is archived here: 

https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Time+Trip+Radio%22 Other incarnations of Time Trip Radio included shows on WZRD Chicago & Authentic Radio Network

    Brian served as M.C. for the Chicago Peace Festival and the Michigan Peace Festival for several years as well as stage managing, and helping to organize these events. In 2022 Imig and his partner Laura Zasada  began the intermittent Fantasylvania Festival. The first was held at the Willow Ranch in Michigan and the second will be a free one day affair at City News Cafe in Chicago on May 31 2025.