Jerry Lee Lewis featuring Chubby Checker

Saturday August 1, 2015 7:00 pm

Grand Event Center

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Category:
Music
Headliner
Jerry Lee Lewis
Opener
Chubby Checker
On Sale:
Jun 11, 2015
Ages:
21 & Older
Ticket Prices
VIP:
$70.00
Premium:
$65.00
Reserved:
$60.00
Sponsor:
$60.00
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Age Requirement: 21 & Older

Please be aware that this event is for guests aged 21 and older only. Anyone under 21 or those without a valid state or government issued photo ID will be not be permitted to enter the venue or asked to leave.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis was born on September 29th, 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana. He began playing the piano at age 9, copying the styles of preachers and black musicians. He signed with Sun Records in 1956 and quickly became a star. He was inducted into the first class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986!

This nearly lifelong musician and singer continues to record new music and perform around the world. For 2006’s “Last Man Standing”, Lewis sang a number of rock, blues and country classics with some help from such famous admirers as Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Buddy Guy. Collaborator Kristofferson described Lewis as “one of the few who can do rock ‘n’ roll, country or soul, and every song is authentic.” He told USA Today that Lewis is “one of the best American voices ever.”

Lewis and Kristofferson worked together again on Lewis’s next effort, 2010’s “Mean Old Man”. The all-star guests on this release included Eric Clapton, Tim McGraw, Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock and John Fogerty among others. In April of 2013 Lewis opened Jerry Lee Lewis’ Café & Honky Tonk on historic Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. It is filled with the Killer’s piano, motorcycle, photos, memorabilia, along with great food and live music.

Chubby Checker

JIn 2 minutes & 42 seconds, Chubby Checker revolutionized popular culture and changed the music business forever. When he appeared on American Bandstand in 1960 and performed “The Twist”, it was the dawn of a new era in Rock and Roll.

Chubby’s dance style has extended from Woodstock through Disco to the present day. He stands alone as one of a kind Rock Icon, what has had 36 hit records, is the only artist to have a single go to number 1 twice, and according to Billboard, has the #1 single for the whole decade of the 60’s. Chubby was awarded the first Platinum Single, the first Rock Grammy, and has old an astounding 250,000,000 records of the years.

Dick Clark has said, “The three most important things that ever happened in the music industry are Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Chubby Checker”.