“We got out there and there were all these big stars and some of them were a little skeptical of us, but as soon as we began to play, it all clicked,” Thayer told the Herald. “The highlight for me was when Ringo came up on stage with us for the last song and Dave Stewart sang ‘Imagine’ and then we went into ‘Give Peace a Chance.’ It was a blast!”

Thayer and his band were invited to play at an event called “Imagine There’s No Hunger,” hosted by Starr in Hollywood, November 2. Starr’s fellow Beatle, the late John Lennon, wrote “Imagine” in 1971, to empower people around the globe and invite them to envision a world of peace and free of poverty. The event last week was the official kickoff of Hard Rock International’s global anti-hunger campaign. 

Called a "special night of music, reflection and celebration," it was a celebrity-filled show before an invitation-only audience at the Hard Rock Cafe, just down the street from Grauman's Chinese Theater. Admittance to the show was either five non-perishable food items or a donation to support the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and WhyHunger.

"I got to play with all the heroes I grew up listening to," Thayer said.

That opportunity came about because the band’s former manager, Elizabeth Freund, was involved in putting the event together "and she hired us to be the house band for this event," Thayer explained.

"We flew out there and had one day of rehearsal with Edgar Winter, Dave Stewart, Booker T. Jones, and Eric Burdon. We came up with about 10 Lennon songs to perform, including two I sang by myself. I had the whole band with me, and we only had about a week and half to put this together."

Perfect Train Wreck includes Jeremy Curtis on bass, Jeff Berlin on drums, Chris McGandy on pedal steel, James Rohr on keyboards, and Thayer on electric banjo.

Thayer and his band will host a record release party for their second album, "Bottom of the Sky," recorded at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, N.Y., Saturday, Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. at the Tupelo Music Hall in downtown White River Junction.

Bow and Perfect Trainwreck also host the Tweed River Music Festival in Stockbridge every August.