PORT TOWNSEND — Elvis, Buddy Holly, Janis Joplin and John Denver.
These musical legends and their soul-stirring songs will be recreated in a special two-and a-half hour fund-raising show for the Peninsula Daily News’ Peninsula Home Fund on Saturday, Aug. 16.
It will begin at 8 p.m. at the Eagles Club, 110 S. Penn St., Port Angeles, with doors open at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door on Aug. 16.
Half the money from the show will go the “hand up, not a handout” Peninsula Home Fund.
The show — “Summer Dance Party” — coincides with the 31st anniversary of Elvis’ death at his Graceland home in Memphis. He was 42.
Performing will be The Reincarnations of Rock & Roll, a North Olympic Peninsula-based group that recreates Elvis, Joplin and Holly and those stars’ greatest hits.
Elvis is James Reynolds of Brinnon, who has been performing tributes to Elvis for more than 20 years.
Kendra, Reynold’s wife, developed her reincarnation of Joplin over decades of blues powerhouse singing.
Holly is performed by Raven, a Port Townsend musician, showman and actor.
Joining The Reincarnations for this show will be Jim Bluhm of Bremerton performing as Denver.
The Reincarnations also include bassist Bill Cleland, Steve Hutchins on keyboards and Peter Ross on drums.
They will transform themselves in musical style and appearance into Janis Joplin’s Big Brother and the Holding Company, Elvis’ TCB Band and Holly’s Crickets.
