El Vez Graciasland (CD)

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El Vez: Graciasland (CD)

14 tracks Foto Booklet mit allen Texten. *****(Bear Family Records)
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Interpret: El Vez
Album titlle: Graciasland (CD)
Genre Rock'n'Roll
Label Semaphore Records
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4013859314729
weight in Kg 0.1

El Vez - Graciasland (CD) CD 1
01	La Negra	El Vez
02	Huaraches Azules	El Vez
03	Aztlan	El Vez
04	Chicanisma	El Vez
05	Go Zapata Go	El Vez
06	It's Now Or Never	El Vez
07	Blackbird) Edit	Cinco De Mayo (W
08	Gypsy Queen	El Vez
09	Trouble	El Vez
10	The Cuauhtemoc Walk	El Vez
11	Cesar Chavez	El Vez
12	Mexican Radio	El Vez
13	Safe (Baby Let's Play Safe)	El Vez
14	Immigration Time	El Vez

El Vez Elvis impersonator. Although he is frequently characterised as an "Elvis impersonator,"... more

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"El Vez"

El Vez

Elvis impersonator. Although he is frequently characterised as an "Elvis impersonator," performance artist Robert Lopez goes a great deal further than any of the overweight guys who make a living or gratify a need for atten-tion by dressing up in jumpsuit, sideburns, and sunglasses. El Vez is a bizarre and inspired creation in which Elvis has become a kitsch-crazed Latino performing songs like "Huaraches Azul," "En El Barrio," and "Viva Le Raza" backed by the Memphis Mariachi Band and girl singers, the Elvettes. His extensive and flamboyant wardrobe includes a white, double-knit polyester jumpsuit with red, white, and green rhinestones and a sequinned Virgin of Guadalupe on the back.

Originally the curator of an avant garde Los Angeles art gallery, Lopez con-ceived the El Vez concept as a part of a 1988 exhibition of Elvis "overkill." Subsequently, El Vez took his show to that year's Elvis Tribute Week in Memphis, where he performed both in front of Graceland and at Bad Bob's nightclub.

Traditionalist Elvis fans were far from amused, and Lopez barely escaped with his life. Undeterred, however, El Vez continues to this day, weirdly bridging the gap between the art world and Elvis fans. On January 8, 1993, he contributed to the celebrations that marked the issue of the Elvis postage stamp by performing at the main Hollywood Post Office on Wilcox Avenue.

When asked by a TV reporter how long this "Elvis thing" was going to go on, El Vez simply replied "Better get used to it, Paco. It's going to go on to infinity."

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