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For further information:
Anje Vela
Phone: 415.948.8391
March
5, 2003
British Country Singer Still 'Crazy' About Patsy Cline
Valerie Jay & the Americanos Stage Fundraiser at Marin
County Club
SAN FRANCISCO—To mark the 40th anniversary of country
legend Patsy
Cline’s death, Valerie Jay & The Americanos played to
a standing room only
crowd at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley, in Marin County, in a
fundraiser for
Celebrating Patsy Cline Inc. The
organization is hoping to make Cline’s childhood home in Winchester,
Virginia, a landmark open to the public. Judy Sue Kempf, the head
of the group, thanked Jay, noting: "You are the first person
to offer to do something for her. Others have said, call if you
need anything, but you did something. With friends like you our
dream will come true."
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Valerie Jay is a native
of Yorkshire, England, was raised on country
music, regularly performs Cline songs in her act, and moved to the
United
States to pursue her music career: "I acknowledge that Patsy
Cline is one of
my many influences. She was such a tremendous talent I felt it was
fitting
to mark 40 years since we lost a truly remarkable singer. Patsy
Cline opened
the door for future female country singers. We owe her a great debt;
this was a small repayment."
Among the audience at the Sweetwater was veteran rock journalist
Ben
Fong-Torres. "Valerie was fantastic," he said. "She’s
blessed with a voice
that brings back Patsy, but she’s got her own voice and writes
fine songs of
her own, as well. It was a night of great music for a good cause."
April
2003 sees Valerie Jay & The Americanos playing two local northern
California TV shows: The Bruce Latimer Show on April 2nd
(9 p.m. on
Channel 26). The band will also be on the KRON’s Stand Up
It’s Thursday
Nite, which is taped before a studio audience in San Jose. Tickets
for the
April 10 taping are available for $10 through Big Lil’s www.biglils.com
or
by calling 408-295-7469). The performance is scheduled to air on
April 25.
Valerie Jay & The Americanos will also play at an ‘After
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Valerie Jay & The Americanos
include Valerie Jay – Vocals/acoustic guitar,
Ken Owen – Drums, Rob McLucky – Bass, Jeff Hanson –
Steel Guitar, David
Caffinetti on keyboards, Calvin Murasaki on fiddle, and Michael
Roy Alderson
on harmony vocals and guitar.
Click here
for the band's scedule.Valerie’s
CD, Only When You Smile, is available at Virgin, where she
plans to do a live performance in the near future. The recording can
also be found at
www.cdbaby.com. In
April, Valerie Jay will be working with Marcus Barone, the composer
and film music supervisor, on a single. And a late spring release,
Baby Blue, will feature three original Jay tunes and backing by, among
others, Albert Lee, the Grammy-winning guitarist.
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