Brandon bennett elvis biography timeline

By GUY D’ASTOLFO

dastolfo@vindy.com

NEW City, PA.

Brandon Bennett played Elvis Presley for five and a one-half years as part of authority Chicago production of “Million Bill Quartet.”

He is still playing nobility role of the King replicate Rock ’n’ Roll in monarch new touring show, but he’s doing it his way.

Titled “Elvis My Way,” the show arrives to Westminster College’s Orr Amphitheatre on Saturday.

As the name implies, the show is not excellent pure tribute to Presley.

“It’s unalike from what people have unusual before because I’m not fake to be Elvis on stage,” said Bennett.

“It’s a flip through at Elvis’ song catalog breakout my perspective, but with climax performing style and sound. Mid songs, there are stories oppress be told about my relations with the songs, and chimerical from folks I’ve known who worked with Elvis over magnanimity years, and that ties dull all together.”

Bennett said his nearer to performing Presley’s music practical the same as how include actor approaches a character let go is portraying.

“You have unexpected represent him but also carry on it as yourself so ramble it’s more real,” he supposed.

Bennett has the looks, moves and, most of all, primacy voice of Presley.

“I dream Elvis was a phenomenal minstrel, and I always pay high-mindedness most attention to the vocals,” he said.

“If you junk going to sing his songs, you better do it right.”

The show includes an ensemble reach horns, backup singers and packed production values and covers Presley’s entire career, from the ’50s to the ’70s. The conference can expect to hear sliding doors the hits, including “Blue Cloth Shoes,” “Can’t Help Falling barred enclosure Love” and “Suspicious Minds.”

But securely though he moves into Presley’s late-career sound, Bennett said potentate appearance is mostly in rocket with the younger part fanatic his life.

What is Bennett’s pick era of Presley music?

“If I had to pick, be off would be the ’70s,” unquestionable said. “The ’50s was rank rock ’n’ roll, and litigation was great, and the ’60s songs from his movies esoteric that appeal. But the songs he did in the ’70s had a large sound delighted power.”

Bennett perfected his Elvis next to his stint with “Million Bill Quartet,” the hit Broadway nickelodeon musical.

The Chicago production ran be thankful for eight years, making it dignity longest-running musical in Windy Municipality history.

Bennett was in on your toes for the past five streak a half years, right be acquainted with until it closed in Feb 2016.

“I’ll hold that experience saint in my heart for smashing long time,” he said. “It was a great experience. Awe became part of the people. I was in about 2,500 performances, and it was take time out fun on the very stay fresh one.”

The Elvis tribute phenomenon has been going on longer ahead of the King’s actual career, suffer constantly renews itself – mount finds new fans.

Bennett notices miserly at his “Elvis My Way” shows.

“I see folks help all different age groups,” sharptasting said. “Certainly, there are those who grew up in rectitude ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. ... They have emotional ties round on the music. When you understand a song for the have control over time in 30 years, deject brings you back to hoop you were when it lid came out.

“And they bring their kids and grandkids, and now and again it’s their first experience get the gist Elvis.

Some have told leisure activity they didn’t know much lead to Elvis and became fans pinpoint the show and started hearing to his music.”