ROCK icon Tex Perkins will be in Bendigo next month to pay homage to the legendary Johnny Cash.<\/p>\n
The Australian rocker is known for being the front man of bands like the Cruel Sea, Beasts of Bourbon, Tex, Don and Charlie, and most recently Tex Perkins and The Fat Rubber Band.<\/p>\n
But Perkins\u2019 current show, Man in Black, is dedicated to the songs that informed his own early explorations of music and the singer said it was at the same time a tribute to, and an interpretation of, Cash\u2019s music.<\/p>\n
\u201cI sing a lot of Johnny Cash songs, but we tell stories of his life as well,\u201d Perkins said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s one of the artists that I\u2019ve drawn a lot from throughout my entire life,\u201d he said \u201cI first heard him as a five-year-old, sitting at the breakfast table probably eating Weetbix.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the radio, this song came on, there\u2019s a lot of details about it that interested me, like it\u2019s a story of a guy that wants to kill his father because he gave him a girl\u2019s name.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess it was my first glimpse into a world that I had no knowledge of, a world of mud, blood and beer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Perkins said when he first started playing Cash\u2019s music he leant towards doing an impression of the singers voice, but now prefers to perform the songs as himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s better if I serve the songs with my voice, which isn\u2019t a million miles away from Johnny Cash anyway,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I sing them as me, they sound more truthful.\u201d<\/p>\n
As part of the show Perkins reflects on common themes present in Cash\u2019s music, like the push and pull between being an entertainer on the road and the responsibilities of being a family man at home.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout being anywhere near as messed up as Johnny, I can certainly relate to that dichotomy,\u201d Perkins said.<\/p>\n
Tex Perkins\u2019 Man in Black will tour nationally from September and will be at the Ulumbarra theatre, Bendigo for one night only on Sunday 8 October.<\/p>\n
Tickets can be purchased at texperkins.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ROCK icon Tex Perkins will be in Bendigo next month to pay homage to the legendary Johnny Cash. The Australian rocker is known for being the front man of bands like the Cruel Sea, Beasts of Bourbon, Tex, Don and Charlie, and most recently Tex Perkins and The Fat Rubber Band. But Perkins\u2019 current show, […]<\/p>\n