Robert Shaw and The Lonely Street Band
Robert was born and raised in Southern Indiana. He was surrounded by music all his life, his mother taught piano and his father was an active musician at the church the family attended. Robert himself began performing at age 10 when he first picked up the trumpet in elementary school band. Robert just liked to play. It wasn’t until his freshman year of high school, though, that Robert found his true passion. Robert soon discovered that the theater was his true love and began to study singing, dancing, and acting in every moment he could spare. Soon his hard work paid off, he was earning leads in all the school plays, community theater, and college productions. When it came time to choose a college to attend, Robert was accepted into several fine theater programs around the US but he decided he wanted to be in a good musical theater school- in a city. Robert chose University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he had a great first year, often making side trips to New York on the weekends, sometimes even crashing auditions when he could, just to get some extra experience. Well, after a few months some of these auditions actually turned to job offers, which Robert couldn’t take because he was in school. He decided to go for it and left school behind. This led to a few years of cris-crossing the country, working in theaters, theme parks, and other venues. While in Tucson in 1998 he was spotted and asked to audition by the producer of the Gaslight Theatre to play an "Elvis" type role. It wasn’t the first time he had been asked to do Elvis, Robert’s dark hair and full singing voice had been used to cover "The King of Rock and Roll" before, especially in theme park shows. Well, Robert got the part, played the role, and got great reviews. He then bounced around the country for awhile, eventually landing in LA to explore the world of film and television. Robert lived and worked in LA for almost three years, but soon he began to long for the energy and excitement of a live audience. Winter of 2004 found Robert once again in Tucson, and it wasn't long for Robert before Elvis came back in his life. Robert had such a good time he decided to stick around Tucson for awhile, and soon Elvis called again, this time for a show called "Miss Smalltown Rock and Roll". Robert thought to himself "Hmm, people seem to really dig this Elvis stuff and I sure have fun doing it, maybe we could have a whole Elvis concert...". After much deliberation followed by a great deal of hard work, it came to be. He is now playing to sold-out houses throughout the United States with his non-traditional theatrical-style tribute to The King of Rock and Roll, where he continues to gain the admiration of both Elvis fans and non-fans alike. He would like to thank everyone who worked their fingers to the bone to make all of this possible, and putting up with his commitment to perfection, and especially Elvis- for creating such a dynamic force in the world of entertainment.

Location: Tucson, AZ

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