(Her real name was Marilyn Evans, a 19-year-old chorus line dancer at a Vegas casino from Fresno, California). The pair stop by on their way to Elvis’ parents’ house. Moreau recorded a Cash tribute album – at Sun Records – copies were for sale at the concessions stand.īrittany Danielle plays Elvis’ girlfriend, named Dyanne, who’s a bit of a singer herself. The voice, the guitar playin’, the presence … This isn’t surprising considering he’s played “The Man in Black” many times from the first national Broadway tour to the Ogunquit Playhouse to Harrah’s Las Vegas. Litchfield native Scott Moreau is Johnny Cash. John Lennon was once quoted as saying if there hadn’t been any Elvis, there wouldn’t have been any Beatles.” And this is part of what made this show so great for me: the rockabilly these Sun Records alumni were making were having a major impact on musicians of the future, particularly the British Invasion of the ‘60s. Perkins also wrote “Honey, Don’t,” “Daddy Sang Bass,” “Matchbox,” “Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby.” Some of these I know because The Beatles recorded them (among others). Barry has all Perkins’ moves and love of making music down. Yeah, a few subplots are revealed with raw emotion.
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Perkins wrote his first recorded song, “Blue Suede Shoes,” (and in the show reveals how hard it was to see Presley be the first to perform his song on TV and how much it hurt to continually live with everyone calling it Elvis’ song. I hate to admit it, but Carl Perkins isn’t someone I was familiar with, so I did a bit of research and, yes, James Barry has got Perkins’ moves down. Brandyn Day’s portrayal of Lewis steals the show – the “wild man” in his early days is as colorful and confident as ever. You’ll flip over the musicianship of these actors who’ve got the mannerisms and performance styles of the legendary four down. And there, in a musical nutshell are the sub-plots that add some meat to this rockin’ jukebox musical. Cash shows up because Phillips has worked out a three-year extension on Cash’s initial one year contract, however, what Phillips doesn’t know is that Cash had already signed a contract with Columbia Records to begin as soon as the contract with Sun Records ends. Phillips has Lewis there to play piano on the recording, but Perkins doesn’t find that out until he gets there. Perkins is there to record “Matchbox” with his two brothers who play drums and stand up bass. That night was the first time Presley returns to Sun Records after Phillips signed him over to RCA for $35,000 – a hard, but necessary decision made by Phillips to save his company. Recordings of the event exist because Phillips. 4, 1956 when all four musicians, in the early days of their careers, were at Sun Records, founded by Sam Phillips in 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee on the at the same time. This tribute show takes place on the night of Dec. The show is based on a famous photograph of the four gathered around a piano, along with Elvis’ or “Elvi” as Johnny and Carl called him, girlfriend (Brittany Danielle) called Dyanne in the show
The performances - and remember, these actors also had to be excellent musicians to be playing and portraying Carl Perkins (James Barry), Johnny Cash (Scott Moreau), Elvis Presley (Ari McKay Wilford) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Brandyn Day) - are aces. Maine State Music Theater’s opening production, “Million Dollar Quartet” is one hell of a show.
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