Sligo singer Sandy Kelly will take her Patsy Cline – Music and Memories show on tour in Ireland this autumn. The show enjoyed another highly successful run when staged at venues around the UK last October.
It is now close on two decades since Sandy first starred in the Patsy Cline tribute shows and these have proved very successful, enjoying week-long runs at some major English and Scottish theatres.
George Hamilton IV was a special favourite on these shows. His untimely death in recent months came as a huge shock to Sandy and all who were part of the show. His son, George V, kindly filled in at short notice for some of the UK dates.
Sandy fronted the Fairways Band along with Gary Street back in the 1970s. She was later joined by her sister Barbara and cousin Marian and they became known as The Duskey Sisters. The highlight of their time together came in 1982 when they represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest with Here Today Gone Tomorrow.
The mid-1980s saw Sandy make the decision to switch to country music. Her career got a major boost when she recorded a duet with Big Tom and their version of If I Needed You reached No 10 in the Irish charts. In 1989 she recorded Crazy, the Patsy Cline classic penned by Willie Nelson. Nashville also came calling and Sandy had the great honour of recording some duets with Johnny Cash (Woodcarver) and a host of other major names on the US country circuit.
But it was the songs of the late Patsy Cline that were to define Sandy in a special way in the years since then. She has made this show her own, receiving numerous standing ovations from audiences on both sides of the Irish Sea.
Sandy will tour the Patsy Cline Music and Memories show at most of the major theatres around Ireland in October and December. See tomkellypromitions.com CL
Sligo singer Sandy Kelly will take her Patsy Cline – Music and Memories show on tour in Ireland this autumn. The show enjoyed another highly successful run when staged at venues around the UK last October.
It is now close on two decades since Sandy first starred in the Patsy Cline tribute shows and these have proved very successful, enjoying week-long runs at some major English and Scottish theatres.
George Hamilton IV was a special favourite on these shows. His untimely death in recent months came as a huge shock to Sandy and all who were part of the show. His son, George V, kindly filled in at short notice for some of the UK dates.
Sandy fronted the Fairways Band along with Gary Street back in the 1970s. She was later joined by her sister Barbara and cousin Marian and they became known as The Duskey Sisters. The highlight of their time together came in 1982 when they represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest with Here Today Gone Tomorrow.
The mid-1980s saw Sandy make the decision to switch to country music. Her career got a major boost when she recorded a duet with Big Tom and their version of If I Needed You reached No 10 in the Irish charts. In 1989 she recorded Crazy, the Patsy Cline classic penned by Willie Nelson. Nashville also came calling and Sandy had the great honour of recording some duets with Johnny Cash (Woodcarver) and a host of other major names on the US country circuit.
But it was the songs of the late Patsy Cline that were to define Sandy in a special way in the years since then. She has made this show her own, receiving numerous standing ovations from audiences on both sides of the Irish Sea.
Sandy will tour the Patsy Cline Music and Memories show at most of the major theatres around Ireland in October and December. See tomkellypromitions.com CL
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