No frills, no gimmicks, no pretence; Simply Dylan is the brainchild of John O'Connell. Collaborating with other musicians the band perform interpretations of the songs of Bob Dylan. From a modest project recognising Dylan's 70th Birthday in 2011 Simply Dylan have gone from selling out the Cavern Club 6 times, to receiving fantastic reviews from the Spanish Press, to impressing Dylan fans from across the UK on their Tours with SJM Concerts, to opening up the IOW Festival on the Big Top Stage.

It is their precise playing and high energy renditions of Dylan's work from the 1970s onwards which has gathered momentum and generated incredible interest.

No ordinary interpretation, Simply Dylan is a remarkable and exceptional project which promises to delight Dylan fans young and old and to ignite a new wave of passion for one of the world's most prodigious songwriters.

“Together, they marry the extraordinary range and beauty of Dylan's lyrics with the joyous and exuberant, celebratory sound I have always secretly wanted to hear whenever, in recent decades, I have listened to Bob Dylan.”

Alan Bleasdale, Playwright

"John manages to let you ponder every sentence, with every word pronounced and sung with integrity. It makes you treasure the greatest artist of all time even more.”

Simon Wilson, Nottingham Post

“I went to see Johnny O'Connell playing Simply Dylan at the Cavern Liverpool and it was absolutely stunning. Johnny is one of the most talented musicians I have come across and his Dylan set is effortlessly brilliant."

Peter Hooton, The Farm