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Elvis, Mama and more in Tunica
TUNICA — Casinos in Tunica continue to add headline enter- tainment, including Little Feat, Vicki Lawrence and an Elvis tribute show. Jackpot! takes a look at performers now scheduled to appear.
• At Gold Strike Casino Resort, see Elvis, Elvis, Elvis: A Trib- ute to the King, Saturday, Aug. 13, and the Deon Cole The Cole- ology Tour, Friday, Aug. 19. Elvis, Elvis, Elvis: A Tribute to The King is a musical journey spanning the 20 year career of the “King of Rock ‘n Roll, from his rise to fame in the 1950’s, to his infamous Las Vegas performances of the 1970’s. Elvis, Elvis, Elvis boasts a 10 piece band plus two
highly decorated El-
vis Tribute Artists
delivering a truly un-
forgettable concert
experience.
edy, he prides himself on not using vulgarity to win a laugh, and is no stranger in winning over new audiences with every appearance he makes.
Coming soon: Vicki Lawrence & Mama, Saturday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m. Emmy Award-winning comedienne Vicki Lawrence is one of the most beloved television personalities of her generation. Plucked out of total obscurity as a high school senior, Vicki went on to be- come part of the now-legendary cast of the “Carol Burnett Show.” “I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America,”
Deon Cole is a
stand-up comic, ac-
tor and writer. He
is known for his
roles in “Black-ish”
(2014), “The Harder
They Fall” (2021)
and “Barbershop:
The Next Cut” (2016) as well as being for being a stand-up come- dian and a comedy writer for such shows as “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” and “Conan.”
• Horseshoe Tunica welcomes Skid Row with Autograph, Friday, Sept. 9, and Little Feat in the Waiting For Columbus Tour, Friday, Dec. 2. For Skid Row, the first rebellion started in 1986 when New Jersey kids with a punk and metal attitude set out to conquer the world. Dave “Snake” Sabo, Scotti Hill and Rachel Bolan vowed that Skid Row wouldn’t fade into rock and roll obscurity. Their re- bellion continues. See them live and hear such hits as “18 and Life to Go,” “Youth Gone Wild,” “I Remember You” and more.
Little Feat will kick off Labor Day Weekend at Horseshoe with its Waiting for Columbus Tour. The band’s brilliant musicianship tran- scends boundaries, uniting California rock, funk, folk, jazz, country, rockabilly, and New Orleans swamp boogie into a rich gumbo. The Dixie Chicken album, released 50 years ago, is considered the band’s landmark release that continues to resonate today. The title track is a signature song and helped define the Little Feat sound.
Fitz Casino & Hotel welcomes comedian Bruce Bruce for two shows, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24.
Bruce Bruce is a name synonymous with keeping audiences rolling with laughter, thanks to his captivating improv skills and larger than life comedic style. Bruce’s steady style of comedy has been showcased across the country and he has been entertaining audiences young and old, and of all backgrounds, for years. His wit, spontaneity and dazzling personality set him apart from other stand-up comedians. Although Bruce is known for his adult com-
says Ms. Lawrence of her Burnett Show training.
In the seventh season, and hun- dreds of hilarious sketches later, at the ripe old age of 24, Vicki created her most endearing character to date, Thelma Harper, or “Mama” as she is
better known to her fans. After the Burnett Show, Vicki went on to star in “Mama’s Fam- ily,” which consistently topped the ratings for its entire six-year run of original shows. “Mama” has attained almost a cult status among
her legions of loyal television viewers.
Following the ratings for the “Carol Burnett Showstopper Spe-
cial” that garnered more than 50 million viewers, Lawrence decided that the time was right to take Mama out of the closet, dust off her sensible shoes and hit the road with her touring production, “Vicki Lawrence and Mama: A Two-Woman Show.”
Elvis Elvis Elvis: A Tribute to the King at Gold Strike
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Vicki Lawrence & Mama at Fitz Casino & Hotel