LULA, Miss. — One headline entertainer after another is set to appear at the Isle of Capri Casino Hotel Lula as part of the Jester’s Jam 2012 Concert Series.
“The Isle of Capri in Lula is committed to enhancing our customer's experience by providing quality entertainment every month in our showroom, “ said Jose Oakley, VP/GM of the Isle of Capri Casino Hotel Lula. “The Jester's Jam concert series is a company wide effort to showcase our properties and enhance the gaming experience at all Isle properties.”
Country music star Tanya Tucker kicks things off with a Memorial Day weekend concert on Sunday, May 27.
Tucker first hit the top 10 of the music charts as a teenager in 1972 with “Delta Dawn,” followed by the doubled-sided “Jamestown Ferry” and “Love’s the Answer.” She also had a No. 1 song in 1973 with “What’s Your Mama’s Name.”
Other hits followed in the 1970’s, including “Blood Red and Goin’ Down” and “Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone).” She then topped the country charts with “Lizzie and the Rainman,” “San Antonio Stroll” and “Here’s Some Love.”
Tucker paired with Glen Campbell in life and in the recording studio in the 1980’s and their duets included a charting revival of Bobby Darin’s “Dream Lover.”
Her career was revitalized with 1986’s Girls Like Me, an album that spawned four Top 10 country singles. In 1988, she had three No. 1 country singles: “I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love” (with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet), “If It Don’t Come Easy” and “Strong Enough to Bend.”
After many years in country music, her contributions were rewarded when the Country Music Association voted her the top female vocalist in 1991. Eight consecutive singles reached the Top 10 in the early 1990s, including “Down to My Last Teardrop,” “(Without You) What Do I Do With Me” and “Two Sparrows in a Hurricane.”
Tickets are on sale for $20. Hotel and ticket packages start at $129. Book Tanya Tucker hotel and ticket packages online or to book by phone, call (800) THE-ISLE (1-800-483-4753) and mention code TURN.
• The Temptations bring the Motown sound to Lula on Saturday, June 30. The group has released four Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles and 14 Billboard R&B No. 1 singles. The Temptations were the first Motown act to win a Grammy Award. The group has won three Grammy Awards and six Temptations have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Three classic Temptations songs, “My Girl”, “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”, and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”, are among The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s “500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.” Tickets are $30 and go on sale on May 21.
Mickey Gilley comes to the Isle of Capri Lula on Saturday, July 21. He grew up alongside famous cousins Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart and learned to play piano at an early age, but did not achieve the success like his cousin Jerry Lee until later. Gilley recorded his first song in Memphis for Dot Records and later performed as a singer and pianist in cities throughout the South. In 1971 he, along with a business partner, opened Gilley’s. The club would grow and one day be known as the world’s largest honky-tonk. It was here that Gilley started experiencing his first success when he released “Room Full of Roses.” By the mid-seventies his songs were hitting the country charts with regularity. Tickets are $25 and go on sale June 18.
Country music legend George Jones will perform in Lula on Saturday, Aug. 11. Jones’ one-of-a-kind vocals have made him a country music icon. Some of his most memorable hits, now featured on his latest album, include “He Stopped Lovin’ Her Today,” “White Lightnin’,” “You’re Still on My Mind,” “Finally Friday,” “The Race is On,” and “I’m A Long Gone Daddy.” Tickets are $40 and go on sale July 2.
Country music singer-songwriter Tracy Lawrence comes to the Isle of Capri Casino Hotel Lula on Saturday, Dec. 15. Lawrence has released 14 albums and amassed eight No. 1 hits. His first was “Sticks and Stones” in 1991. Over the years he followed with such chart-toppers as “Alibis,” “Can’t Break It to My Heart,” “May Second Home,” “If the Good Die Young,” “Texas Tornado,” “Time Marches On,” and “Find Out Who Your Friends Are.”
For more information on the concert series, visit www.jestersjam.com. For more on the casino, visit www.lula.isleofcapricasinos.com.
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