FOOLIN AROUND WITH PATSY CLINE:

One Night Only - Lincoln Theatre June 21, 2013

Purple Phoenix Productions will present FOOLIN AROUND WITH PATSY CLINE A Tribute Concert with New York entertainer Meg McLynn on Friday June 21, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. the Lincoln Theatre.

This one night only event pays tribute to one of Americas music icons and features popular New York entertainer Meg McLynn. She is backed by The Purple Phoenix Country Band.

Patsy Cline is considered by many the Queen of Country Music. Achieving superstar status in the late 1950s/early 1960s. During the short six years between her rise to stardom and her sudden death, she recorded a great many songs that have since become classics. Among the 30+ Patsy Cline hits included in this high-energy 2-hour concert are: Walkin After Midnight, I Fall To Pieces, Shes Got You, Heartaches, Sweet Dreams, Leaving On Your Mind, Foolin Around, So Wrong, Too Many Secrets, Faded Love, He Called Me Baby, Strange, San Antonio Rose, Anytime and her trademark hit Crazy.

Clines career skyrocketed when she joined the regular cast at The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville in 1960. She ahd already had minor success with a few recordings, but the television appearances boosted the publics awareness of her. She release three albums before she was killed in a private plane crash in 1963. Fortunately, she had recorded many songs that had not yet been released by the record company, so many of her most popular songs were not released until after her death.

In 1973 Cline was the first female solo artist to be elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1995 she was posthumously given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1997 her recording of Crazy was named the number one jukebox recording of all time and her recording of I Fall To Pieces was listed at No. 17. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999. In 2002, Country Music Television named her number one on its list of 40 Greatest Women of Country Music an honor voted on by members of the music industry.

A life-long fan of Patsy Clines recordings, Meg McLynn began paying tribute to Ms. Cline singing along to her records at home with her mother as a child. McLynn has performed in theatres and nightclubs across the country, including many original off-Broadway productions in New York City, several Las Vegas productions and new musical and dramatic works in Los Angeles. Also an accomplished actress, she has been touring with FOOLIN AROUND WITH PATSY CLINE for almost a year in between theatrical productions, enjoying every minute of it, McLynn says. This show fell into my lap and, honestly, if I could put everything else down and do nothing but sing Patsy Cline songs, Id be a happy, happy lady!

"McLynn knows how to get the audience shimmying in their seats." Melanie McFarland, Seattle Times

"Meg McLynn shines..." Arlene McKanic, Greenwich Village Gazette

"Meg McLynn brings the house to a hush" Jose Ruiz, LA Entertainment Times

"McLynn's voice, and radiant beauty, shown through each performance." Matt Pearcy, Seattle Gay Standard

Tickets are $19.50 General, $15 for military, students & seniors, and a special $10 price for groups of 10 or more!