Jim Brown: The King
Friday January 28
The Black Box, 1.00pm
THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT
The King’s own story is as steeped in legend as the good lord Elvis himself. Born in Belfast, married with five children, the young King never even considered singing an option until he was reluctantly hauled on stage at a works karaoke. A long time fan, he chose Suspicious Minds from the dog-eared list of songs and the crowd just melted before him. Thinking he might be on to something, he got a two-year sabbatical from his job at the Post Office and headed out onto the road.
Swiftly picked up by EMI-Electrola, he released the Gravelands
album to the ravest of reviews. It was a marvel. The King stamped
the indelible mark of Elvis across the songs of the latest and the
greatest, belting out tunes like Nirvana’s Come As You Are and Joy
Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart as if they were written for the boy
Presley himself.
Now acclaimed as one of the greatest Presley tribute acts working
today, he takes the Elvis legend and builds on it. Where everyday
impersonators merely mirror Elvis, The King becomes him. Every
gesture, every smirk, every vocal nuance is the purest Presley, but
at the same time he’s so natural you’d be forgiven for thinking you
were watching the great man himself.