Chris Isaak will perform songs from his new record, ?Beyond the Sun,? at his Aug. 11 concert at Pechanga Resort & Casino. COURTESY OF SCOTT NEWTON
Chris Isaak knows what he is.
?I put a lot of value on being a performer and entertainer, and some people go, ?I?m an artist,? the rest of us, we?re singers and entertainers,? Isaak said from the road in Phoenix, Ariz. ?To me, I am proud of the fact that everyone is out there having a good time. Not everyone out there came to see me in concert, I know that. And the biggest compliment I get is people saying, ?I didn?t know who you were, but I had a great time, I?m coming back.??
Isaak is being modest, a lot of people know exactly who he is. All you have to do is harken back to the ultra sexy music video for the 1989 single, ?Wicked Game,? featuring Helena Christensen. He?s been featured in movie roles, had a TV show and has been all over the music business.
The ladies love Isaak, and he has to be well aware of that sex appeal when you see him on stage. But, in speaking with him, its less about being sexy and exclusively about putting on a show.
?We dress up like James Brown?s Famous flames and we dance on stage and do moves ? nobody does moves together as a band anymore,? he said. ?We get people up on stage and dance around, get out into the crowd, and we keep changing it up. It is important you know, when I go see a band and they just sing a song and then sing the next song, to me, that gets really old pretty quick.?
His ?Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing? was featured in Stanley Kubrick?s final film, ?Eyes Wide Shut,? and singles ?Life Will Go On? and ?Two Hearts? were also featured in films, and certainly, if you come to his Aug. 11 show at Pechanga Resort & Casino, you will hear some of those famous tunes. In addition, he will be cranking out tunes from his latest record, ?Beyond the Sun,? a tribute to the glory days of Sun Records, featuring songs by Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and more.
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?That music really is the music that pushed me over that threshold that maybe that?s what I do want to do for a living,? Isaak said. ?When I started off, I was living in a small town, my dad was driving a forklift, mom working in a potato chip factory. Being in the music business just seemed like a fantasy. But that music was so good and moved me so much, even though I had no idea how to get there, there were no maps to buy, I said, ?I?m going.??
More than catapulting him toward the music business, it was an essential part of his life growing up and his relationship with his family.
?My dad had all those records growing up, we had a box of records in our house and we just wore them out,? Isaak said. ?When I made this record, my dad was real sick and he?s since passed away two years now, but I?m glad he heard it before he passed away. He listened to it and when he got done, and my dad always only talked to my mom and she would translate, he said to her, ?That?s the way I would have sung it.? For me, it was a really good feeling. And for him, it had to be, ?Here?s my kid listening to my music.? He knew he had an influence on me.?
Now 57 years old, Isaak is looking toward the future, and it includes performing music as long as he?s allowed.
?I was just talking to my bass player and my drummer, we?ve had the band for 30 years, I said, ?We gotta keep healthy because I?d like to keep playing until I just fall over,?? he said. ?It is the most fun I have and it is something I?m good at, and as long as people want see it, I want to keep doing it.
?If you have ever been in a band with people you like, you don?t want to give it up. One time I was helping to induct Bob Wills into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and he had bought a bunch of property and he told his band, ?Hey, we can all build houses right next to each other, that way when we retire, we can all play music together.? I just love that about him and I can relate.?
One of those bandmates is longtime drummer Kenney Dale Johnson who is battling Leukemia and someone Isaak misses greatly on the current tour.
?Leukemia, man, that?s a scary word when you hear it,? Isaak said. ?But we?re trying to get him out here and at least come out and play a little, and so far he?s doing great. I told him he has to come back, because I?m paying him.?
CHRIS ISAAK
7 p.m. Aug. 11
Pechanga Theater, Pechanga Resort & Casino, 45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula
$50-$70
877-711-2946 or pechanga.com
Source: http://blog.pe.com/2013/08/01/pechanga-isaak-bringing-the-sun-with-him-on-current-tour/
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