SHAUNA PARKER

Shauna is a performer whose profile is on the up-and-up. Since she started singing in pubs and clubs around the South East only six years ago she has carved out a little niche of here own both as a Country and Jazz Balladeer.

Regular gigs in the south coast with her Saloon Bar Band have earned Shauna a reputation as one of the best country singers around and she now presents a show devoted to one of her greatest influences, Patsy Cline. The first live show at The Komedia was a great success, and featured a posse of Brighton’s finest musicians including Glen Richardson (Brighton Beach Boys) on piano, Francois Deville (Diablos, Hillbilly Deluxe) on lap steel, Matt Windler (Long Tall Texans, She Said) on guitar, Dil Davies (Oysterband) on drums and Graeme Ross (Bobby McGees) on double bass. If you can’t wait for the next full-band show, this is a rare opportunity to hear Shauna in a really intimate setting accompanied only by Glen on piano.

PATSY CLINE

PATSY CLINE, (Virginia Patterson Hensley), was born in the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Virginia, on September 8, 1932. The family home was in nearby Gore. Legend has it that she was entertaining her neighbors as early as age 3! Her natural talent and spirit took her to the top of the country charts in 1962, and her style and popularity has never waned.

  Patsy's big break came when she won an Arthur Godfrey Talent program in 1957 with the hit Walkin' After Midnight. From there she pursued a recording career appearing at the mecca of country music - the Grand Ole Opry in 1958, and received national awards in 1961 and 1962.

  Country music lost a magical entertainer when her career was ended in an airplane crash in Tennessee, in 1963.

  In 1973 Patsy was elected posthumously to the Country Music Hall of Fame, and her reputation is on record as one of the major female vocalists of all time.

Tickets from The Greys 01273 680734 (can be held for up to 3 days unpaid)

Rounder Records 01273 325440 (credit/debit cards)