Tuesday, November 27, 2012

CHRIS ISAAK: SINGER/SONGWRITER


Chris Isaak:  Singer/Songwriter is currently touring the USA and Europe promoting his 11th studio album BEYOND THE SUN, out October 2011.  The album is Isaak’s personal tribute to Sam Phillips, and his Sun Studios in Memphis. Phillips is the producer who brought us the greats like Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and many more.

Isaak was featured on a PBS Special in June ‘Live Beyond The Sun’ and has appeared on numerous TV and Radio talk shows promoting the same this past year.

 Many may not even know who he is, but he has been in the music business since 1984 with his first album out in 1985. He comes and goes in popularity, and known for his live show/performance. You may remember his music from the Stanley Kubricks 1999 film ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ ,  he sang  ‘Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing’  while Nicole Kidman danced in the nude for Tom Cruise.  Another recognizable song, and the highest rated ‘Wicked Game’, is his most memorable song. Noteworthy: ‘Blue Hotel’, ‘Dancin’, ‘Let Me down Easy’, ‘Somebody’s Crying’, and ‘Don’t Make Me Dream About You’.

The Rock and Roll/Rockabilly and Roots Rocker is now 56 years old and his voice sounds better than remembered. His tone is so close to Elvis and Roy Orbison
that he pulls off this tribute album to the stars from the Sun Studio as close to authentic as possible.   It is refreshing remembering the incredibly talented music icons that came before. All in all a very nice job and well worth a few favorite downloads.  
   




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