In 1956, at the very start of Rock'n'Roll, a young country boy stood on stage alone with his guitar, introducing Rockabilly to Australian audiences. Now 70 years later, as the last superstar from his era, he once again stands alone on stage — his iconic career having come full circle.
After all these years, Lonnie Lee has taken a new exciting direction for his career and focuses on that magic year of 1959, when Rock'n'Roll exploded across the world. With amazing audio-visual highlights from his entire career accompanying him as he sings his own Gold hits as well as legendary hits of his friends, the same excitement will emanate from the stage as it always has from a Lonnie Lee show.
One of the features in the show is when he talks about and sings an amazing song he wrote for Roy Orbison called Rain, which in the 1970's Roy told him would be his next #1 single. Unfortunately Roy wasn't to record again until the late 1980s as a member of the Wilburys. But who knows? It may have happened!
This show features amazing video of Lonnie at 19 on TV, as well as him singing with Ricky, The Everlys, Fabian and more. Lonnie is the only man still alive and performing who has sung with these greats, and he tells fascinating stories about his time with them.
His own hits are legendary and he sings many of them — Starlight Starbright, I Found a New Love, and more.
So get ready to enjoy this new concept with one of the most original, authentic singers of the Rock’n’Roll era who is still performing.
This is the same dynamic Lonnie Lee fans have loved for over 70 years, now in a more relaxed and personal space — still with his unique, exciting vocal delivery and still an unequalled bundle of pure class.
