![]() * Elvis & the live band The Rockin' Hound Dogs of Chicago (pending availability)įor variety and dynamite entertainment, you can't beat our Elvis and Cash show! It is our most popular combination show (featuring Peggy Lyons as June Carter). * Elvis through the Years (both concert and young Elvis) * Concert years Elvis Solo or backed by Jailhouse Hound Dogs Band We still have the older crowds, but we’re starting to see the young generation and some kids.Do you love Elvis? How about Johnny Cash? If so, we have some great entertainment options for you! Award-winning father and son duo John & Jonathan Lyons cover it all! What they’ve done is pass along the torch to their grandkids and stuff like that. I mean no disrespect, but the older generation that got to see him is dying out. When I step out on that stage, my job is to make people think they’re looking at Elvis.Ī. He deserves the utmost respectful tribute. Elvis was the greatest entertainer to ever walk the earth. What I try to do is to be as close to Elvis as I possibly can. I don’t sit at home and try to say (things) like he does.” We both kind of grew up the same. People will say, “How long did it take you to sound like him talkin’?” I’ll say, “It didn’t. The natural inflections, luckily, I’m very blessed. I hear that natural Southern drawl in your voice. Do I listen to it? Yeah, if I’m working out. I never got into rap and other music in the ’90s. I played Elvis through the loud speakers, and my brother and sister couldn’t stand it. I had the big speakers, but I blasted Elvis at Madison Square Garden. Where most people were getting into the big speakers in the cars and the rap. I think people are looking for better music.Ī. He was easy to look at, and he was an entertainer. He took care of a lot of people, and I think that resonates. Sometimes you hear a lot of bad stuff about Elvis. Honestly, what attracts people is not only the music but the person he was. ![]() Elvis touched a lot of people and all age groups. More and more, the younger generation is starting to get in touch with that. But when I put on the white jumpsuit, people pay attention and come together. That’s the shock you get when you come out in black leather. When Elvis was in black leather, good lord, he was a pretty man. The black leather gets more of a scream from the ladies. Are there different reactions for black-leather Elvis vs. Yes, sometimes we do, basically, a little jam session. Do you ever sit down like Elvis did in the ’68 special?Ī. But we’ll do that, and then come out and do the ’70s show. ![]() (In S.A.), we’re going to pick and pull from those songs, not directly in order. I am going back on tour in June 2017 and we’re actually re-creating the same show. We don’t do exactly the same sequence for this show. Is your act sequenced exactly like the NBC special?Ī. But if you watch him, his feet are never pointed straight forward.” I’ve always heard that he was told that if you stand sideways you look thinner. He offered a tip for aficionados checking him out. It falls to Powell to get every nuance just right. “It’s like you’re sitting in Vegas watching the real Elvis.” “It just takes you back in time,” Fountain said. Houston-based promoter Steve Fountain has been producing Elvis tribute shows for 10 years and doesn’t see demand falling off. The program is credited for reigniting his career, which soon would evolve into the lasting image of the mutton-chop sideburns Las Vegas icon. The musicians onstage include two members of his original band, guitarist Scotty Moore and drummer D.J. Presley hadn’t performed live since 1961. (It’s also known as the “’68 Comeback Special.”) Four shows were taped in front of a live audience on a small stage at an NBC studio in June 1968. The NBC television special “Elvis” aired on Dec. What: Elvis Presley impersonator Travis Powell
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