2024-01-18 08:15:00
NÖN: What particularly appeals to you regarding Elvis Presley’s music?
Dennis Jale: First of all, for me Elvis is one of the most versatile and versatile musicians. Elvis was very broad. He sang blues, gospel, great ballads, funk and soul, from easy listening to the protest song “In the Ghetto”. He was the chief master of interpretation. Of course he was also a rock’n’roll hero. He never just followed a line like Frank Sinatra. No matter what he sang, Elvis was always recognizable as Elvis.
You are an extremely successful singer and work with various musicians and bands. Where do you see the biggest challenges here?
Mourning: In times like these: That enough people come to our shows. Things are going well, but me and my crew are always fighting like lions. Elvis’ music is also a big challenge. Four shows in a row are very tiring, you always have to be well rested and well prepared, then it’ll be fine.
Are performing with Donna Presley particularly challenging?
Mourning: No not at all. She’s such a sweetie. She’s just lovely, one of the nicest people I know, and she looks just like Presley too. And it’s very inspiring.
When did you get into music and what are your childhood memories of that time?
Jale: I became actively involved in music through my stepfather, a surgeon at Amstetten Hospital, who founded a band with the doctors. He also gave me a guitar. I was allowed to play in this band when I was thirteen. At the age of 17 I was already playing in the AMV Big Band. It was a nice time, we played at a lot of balls and I got to know great musicians like Robert Pussecker and Pauli Wolkersdorfer, who were my role models. I learned the business from scratch in Amstetten.
Let’s look into the future. Which project would you still like to realize?
Mourning: I would like to produce a few more television shows, a cruise project to the Mediterranean is coming up, with Elvis music of course, I would also like to write a few more songs and keep fighting.
How do you feel following a performance, when the lights are out and the audience has gone home?
Mourning: In the past, people often went home following performances, and loneliness often set in. Today everything is completely different. When the audience has left, we sit together and review the evening. A special energy arises and I enjoy being with my friends. I’m really happy at concerts like now in Amstetten, when I meet people I know.
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