A
warm welcome to Love Me Turner, born in Manchester, England. All
my life I have been brought up with Elvis Presley with thanks to
my grandparents and older brother Carl who is seven and half years
older than me. I guess when you hear so much of an artist you eventually
become attuned to liking them. I am a huge fan and my tribute is
done with the utmost respect for Elvis, and fellow Elvis fans around
the world.
My
passion for performing Elvis songs goes right back to me getting
up in an assembly in front of the whole school with house tutor
Ian Brown and I doing our own rendition of 'Blue Suede Shoes', and
from that point on I knew I had the confidence to sing in front
of an audience, with the ability and desire to perform.
I
have always been a huge Elvis fan and fortunate to witness many
performances which featured his original band and backing singers.
I celebrated the Kings 25th anniversary at the Winter Gardens in
Blackpool 2002 where I had the privilege of having my first viewing
of an Elvis Tribute Artist performing. That night I saw Johnny Earl,
Michael King, Elvis's step brother and many more artists that were
excellent and I was blown away by their talent. The whole time I
wanted to be up there doing what they were doing.
From
this moment on one of my life long ambitions was that I knew I wanted
to be able to perform with the same excitement and passion something
I always strive for in every performance I give. I feel that in
order to do justice to Elvis it is not just about the look or the
voice its about getting both on every performance. I pride myself
on being able to cover a wide variety from the early 50's rock n
roll years, movies, 68' Comeback right through to the legendary
70's style Las Vegas concert years.
The
big turning point was finding out about 'Walk a golden mile in my
shoes' European ETA competition and now the Ultimate Elvis competition
also. Since then it's been the start of a great journey for me,
I've been fortunate to be able to perform at many venues, recently
supporting Bjorn again at Celtic Manor in Cardiff. I am available
for a wide rang of functions from private parties to corporate hospitality;
some of my past clients have included BUPA, and performing at a
Las Vegas style gala diner at The Hilton Hotel in Leeds.
I
look forward to performing my "Journey to Gracelands"
show at a venue near you soon. |