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Rod Stewart Tribute Show - Featuring George Orr & The Hot Rod Band
GEORGE ORR
A vocalist who looks and sounds like Rod Stewart
" I'm NOT Rod Stewart. If you wake up with me tomorrow, don't ask..... 'Where's the Ferrari?' "
George Orr started his professional singing career at the age of fourteen and by his 19th Birthday he was recognized as the hottest lead singer throughout Scotland and had signed his first recording contract.
Unknown to George at the time however, was the fact that he is probably the only person in the world who looks, sounds and moves so much like Rod Stewart that even Rod's friends have been fooled.
George moved to London with the aim of taking his singing career to the top. He had numerous offers to sign recording contracts, with companies thinking that his Rod-like voice would be a great addition to their label. When George entered their offices, however, he was turned away, "We can't use you because you look exactly like Rod too!"
George continued as a musician but as Rod became more famous George was frequently accused of trying to imitate him. Finally, in desperation, George gave up singing and became a very successful Photographer and writer. Then one night at a bar on Miami Beach a strange thing happened. George told me what had taken place...
"I had just finished a photo session and I took the crew and models out for dinner. Unfortunately the only table available was right in front of the band. As we sat down the band saw me and made a joke, asking if "Rod would like to get up and sing?" Then they started to play the introduction to Maggie May. One of the models, who I was trying to impress, said, "Wouldn't it show them if you got up and you could sing." So I jumped onto the stage and gave them a performance that only Rod himself could have bettered. The crowd went wild and, as I came off stage, a guy in a suit thrust his card into my hand saying he wanted to put me under contract and pay me a lot of money. Finally I could use the gift of my voice and I could enjoy the fact that I look like Rod Stewart."
The Hot Rod Show is now swamped with offers to play throughout America and George is regularly pursued by the big shows in Vegas. Audiences go crazy as George transports them back to the wild days of the 1980's; women swoon as he sings the love songs of the 1990's and club owners vie with each other to sign up the show. As George himself once joked on stage, "The only way this could be any more real.... is if you lined up for four hours and paid seventy dollars for a ticket"
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LocationRose Auditorium at the Marco Island Historical Museum (View)
180 S Heather Wood Dr.
Marco Island, FL 33903
United States
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| Minimum Age: 18 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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