Amanda Dee sings Renee Gayer
Schedule
Thu Oct 03 2024 at 06:00 pm to 09:30 pm
UTC+08:00Location
The Ellington Jazz Club - Perth | Perth, WA
Amanda Dee sing Renee Gayer showhttps://www.ellingtonjazz.com.au/tc-events/amanda-dee-sings-renee-geyer/
Amanda Dee
has been one of Perth’s best live band vocalist icons since the 90’s.
Described as having one of the most powerful, soulful voices around.
Amanda’s versatility and experience has had her Produce and perform numerous sell-out floorshows and Tribute shows for popular Venues,clubs and special events.
Amanda Dee and her talented 8 piece band will now be bringing this new show to pay homage to the late, great Aussie,70’s/80’s icon, Renee Geyer.
Another inspiring female soul singer of our times.
Her hits included Heading in the Right Direction (1975), Stares and Whispers (1977) and Say I Love You (1981). She spent a decade in the United States and carved a name for herself as an impressive back-up vocalist, working with Neil Diamond, Sting, Toni Childs and Joe Cocker. She described herself as “a white Hungarian Jew from Australia sounding like a 65-year-old black man from Alabama”.
The nature of Geyer’s voice meant she was often mistaken for a black singer, something her record company in America advised her to capitalise on – but she refused, as she said in her autobiography. “A lot of people didn’t know that I was a white girl and I think Polydor wanted to savour that a lot longer than I cared to. I should’ve just shut the f--k up and got on with it.”
She was a trailblazer for women. She was fierce, independent, strong and passionate.
Producer,Michael Gudinski inducted Renee into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2005, he called her ‘the greatest female singer of my lifetime in Australia … yes, you’re a difficult woman, but you’re bloody fantastic’. Renee always did things her own way and we loved her for that.”
Geyer’s autobiography Confessions of a Difficult Woman, released in 2000, detailed the challenges she faced with drugs and alcohol, as well as forging a career in a male dominated music industry not accustomed to dealing with strong, independent women.
This 8 piece band
and show is not to be missed.
