"Unique among the various types of impersonation entertainers, a tribute artist concentrates on only a few of a famous singer's notable characteristics in order to effectively evoke that performer through song. This book explores the elements of tribute performance through case studies of performers who pay homage to legendary singers like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. Drawing on original interviews with tribute artists, biographical profiles chronicle performers' early careers, musical influences and their lives on the road. A few performers even reflect on…mehr
"Unique among the various types of impersonation entertainers, a tribute artist concentrates on only a few of a famous singer's notable characteristics in order to effectively evoke that performer through song. This book explores the elements of tribute performance through case studies of performers who pay homage to legendary singers like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. Drawing on original interviews with tribute artists, biographical profiles chronicle performers' early careers, musical influences and their lives on the road. A few performers even reflect on their friendships with musical titans like Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Crickets. Forty tribute artists are profiled, including winners of the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest, Million Dollar Quartet alumni and several European performers"--
Journalist Sheree Homer ran her own music magazine, Rockabilly Revue, for two years. Since 2006, she has contributed articles to various publications, including Blue Suede News. She lives in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by James L. Neibaur Preface One: The Rockabilly Hepcat: Elvis Presley Kavan Hashemian 5 delete deleteTravis LeDoyt 8 delete deleteCaden Gamblin 12 delete deleteRicky Aron 14 delete deleteJake Slater 16 delete deleteFinley Watkins 18 Two: "Rave On" for Me: Buddy Holly Johnny Rogers 21 delete deleteJohn Mueller 23 Three: "It'll Be Me": Jerry Lee Lewis Luke Stroud 29 delete deleteJared Freiburg 32 delete deleteDoug Cooke 37 delete deleteJacob Tolliver 41 Four: Pop-Rock and Roll Icons Al Jackson (Fats Domino) 46 delete deleteJesse Aron (Roy Orbison) 51 delete deleteRick Lindy (Roy Orbison) 53 delete deleteGarry Moore (Little Richard) 57 delete deleteDavid Bogle (Ricky Nelson) 59 delete deleteScott Hinds (Carl Perkins) 63 delete deleteTy Stone (James Brown) 67 delete deletePete Hutton (Ral Donner) 70 Five: Women Who Rock Tammi Savoy (Diana Ross) 73 delete deleteJulie Myers (Stevie Nicks) 77 delete deleteLaura West (Ann-Margret) 79 delete deleteLisa Irion (Cher) 81 delete deleteAmberley Beatty (Patsy Cline) 85 delete deleteElaine Wesley (Patsy Cline) 88 Six: "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" Zach McNabb 91 delete deletePete Storm 94 delete deleteChristopher Essex 97 Seven: "Walk a Mile in My Shoes": 1970s Elvis Leo Days 100 delete deleteDoug Church 104 delete deleteMichael St. Angel 108 delete deleteGib Maynard 110 delete deleteBill Cherry 113 delete deleteTed Torres Martin 116 delete deleteJohnny Thompson 120 delete deleteDwight Icenhower 125 delete deleteJohn Lyons 128 delete deleteGarry Wesley 132 delete deleteJay Dupuis 136 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
