The Louisiana Hayride Live Radio Show is back on-stage in Salmon Arm with a brand new show at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 17 at the SASCU Rec Centre.
This unique live show will take the audience on a musical memory tour.
Andrea Anderson returns as Patsy Cline and two new characters, Patsy Montana and Loretta Lynn, and Adam Fitzpatrick returns as Elvis.
Young Elvis is in the building first, taking the audience back to the 1950s when he first started singing. He later returns as he was in the ’68 Comeback Television Special.
The show is rounded out by Roy Orbison, who will have you dancing in your seat and, always a crowd favorite, Hank Williams is making a special appearance.
The Legends of Country and Rockabilly also features the talent of William Brookfield on double keyboard, guitar, banjo and vocals, Mike Melnichuk on stand-up bass, electric guitar and vocals and Gil Risling on guitar, banjo, vocals and portraying the characters of Willie Nelson and Roy Orbison.
The show is written, produced and hosted by Lori Risling, who, with husband Gil, produces Shuswap Idol at the Salmon Arm Fall Fair every year.
“As the original Louisiana Hayride featured up-and-coming artists, so will this show,” she says. “As a special treat, Shuswap Idol winner Jesse Mast will be performing an original song.”
Mast is pursuing a career in music and has just completed recording a CD.
“You will love his authentic country sound,” Risling says. “This incredible ensemble recreates one of the most influential shows in music history, transporting you back to that magical time when these legends performed.”
The show will also feature many other songs from that era, including tunes by Hank Snow, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and Flatt & Scruggs. Another treat in store for the audience is a bit of the next generation of stars – those who became popular in the 1960s.
Tickets are available at Touch ‘A’ Texas in the Mall at Piccadilly and Wearabouts.