You Sound Just Like.: Behind the Scenes with 40 Musical Tribute Artists

by Sheree Homer

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476681658
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	12/12/2022
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.32(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi

Foreword James L. Neibaur 1

Preface 3

1 The Rockabilly Hepcat: Elvis Presley 5

Kavan Hashemian 5

Travis LeDoyt 8

Caden Gamblin 12

Ricky Aron 14

Jake Slater 16

Finley Watkins 18

1 "Rave On" for Me: Buddy Holly 21

Johnny Rogers 21

John Mueller 23

1 "It'll Be Me": Jerry Lee Lewis 29

Luke Stroud 29

Jared Freiburg 32

Doug Cooke 37

Jacob Tolliver 41

4 Pop-Rock and Roll Icons 46

Al Jackson (Fats Domino) 46

Jesse Aron (Roy Orbison) 51

Rick Lindy (Roy Orbison) 53

Garry Moore (Little Richard) 57

David Bogle (Ricky Nelson) 59

Scott Hinds (Carl Perkins) 63

Ty Stone (James Brown) 67

Pete Hutton (Ral Donner) 70

5 Women Who Rock 73

Tammi Savoy (Diana Ross) 73

Julie Myers (Stevie Nicks) 77

Laura West (Ann-Margret) 79

Lisa Irion (Cher) 81

Amberley Beatty (Patsy Cline) 85

Elaine Wesley (Patsy Cline) 88

6 "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" 91

Zach McNabb 91

Pete Storm 94

Christopher Essex 97

7 "Walk a Mile in My Shoes": 1970s Elvis 100

Leo Days 100

Doug Church 104

Michael St. Angel 108

Gib Maynard 110

Bill Cherry 113

Ted Torres Martin 116

Johnny Thompson 120

Dwight Icenhower 125

John Lyons 128

Garry Wesley 132

Jay Dupuis 136

Chapter Notes 143

Bibliography 147

Index 149

Editorial Reviews

Interesting…When an author with this level of knowledge and frame of reference for music writes a book, the information is so deep and fulfilling it can be read for enjoyment first and thereafter be used as a handy reference source…recommended”—James Neibaur

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