PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release
July 30, 2012
Media Contact
Jane Gendron
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Park City Performing Arts Foundation Presents
St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights
Outdoor Concert Series
Rickie Lee Jones
With Opening Act: Lucy Wainwright Roche
August 25, 2012
PARK CITY, UT – “The premiere song-stylist and songwriter of her generation,” (according to The
New Yorker’s Hilton Als), Rickie Lee Jones adds her “transcendent” voice and phenomenal stage
presence to the St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights concert series on Saturday, Aug. 25. Just three
days before the launch of her newest album, the Grammy-winning Jones steps into the spotlight with
a hearty repertoire of poetic originals and stirring covers. Sweet-voiced Lucy Wainwright Roche
will open the concert with her signature folk-meets-pop grace. The concert takes place at Deer Valley
Resort’s Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater. Show starts at 7 p.m. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
As MOJO writes, “When beatnik kitty cat Rickie Lee first blew minds in’79 with Chuck E.’s In
Love, it was obvious that an artist of startling talent had arrived… as she evolved, she wisely shed
the theatrics and focused on her art.” Though she’s stepped brashly across genres, Jones’ core music
tends to fit somewhere into the folk-jazz-R&B vein. Her latest endeavor, “The Devil You Know” (an
album of rock legends’ covers produced by Ben Harper), is slated to launch Aug. 28. As a result,
Jones’ bluesy take on the Rolling Stones “Sympathy for the Devil” might just make its way into the
cool (in every sense of the word) Deer Valley night.
The duchess of coolsville has always had the ability to blow away fans and critics with more than
coolness – and extraordinary musicianship. Critics wax poetic about her vocals, which adapt to the
music with appropriate brittleness or rock-hard precision – and have only gotten better as she’s honed
her continually evolving singer-songwriter magic. As The Independent writes of Jones’ vocals, “It is
a voice from a dream, elusive, yet familiar, transcendent, a messenger from another
place…Stunning.”
And this intimate, “virtuosic performer” (Rolling Stone) knows how to hold an audience in the palm
of her hand. As a Telegraph (Manchester, UK) reviewer puts it, “Jones never was the wistful
wallflower type. She’s an animated performer who appears to live every line as she sings it.”
Lucy Wainwright Roche starts off the evening with a sound NPR describes as “sincere and raw, at
times, recalling Joni Mitchell and Patti Griffin.” The daughter of folk-musicians Loudon Wainwright
III and Suzzy Roche returns to Park City (she last graced The Eccles stage in 2009) with her downto-earth, fresh style. Her “clear as a bell” (The New York Times) vocals and acoustic guitar provide
refreshingly pure folk music with a dash of pop sound.
A third TBA artist is slated to join “Rickie Lee Jones and The Women We Love” concert on Aug. 25.
CONCERT DETAILS
Rickie Lee Jones and opening act Lucy Wainwright Roche perform Saturday, August 25 in the
St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights concert series at Deer Valley Resort’s Snow Park Outdoor
Amphitheater. Lawn ($35) and reserved ($45, $55 & $65) tickets as well as summer season punch
cards are available at the Box Office at The Mega Genius Supply Store and IQ HQ (436 Swede
Alley, Park City), via phone at 435-655-3114 or online at www.ecclescenter.org. Lawn tickets are
also available at Deer Valley Signatures & Etc. stores (call 435-649-1000 for store hours), Whole
Foods Market (Park City) and The King’s English Bookshop (1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake
City). Discounted tickets are available for children (under age 16) as well as seniors (age 62 and
older).
Show starts at 7 p.m. Gates open 90-minutes before show time. Coolers are permitted and a nineinch chair height restriction (i.e. you shouldn't be able to roll a basketball under the seat) is
enforced. Concerts will be held rain or shine.
Upcoming Shows & Pricing
Roger Hodgson, Legendary Voice of Supertramp
Aug. 5, 2012 - 7 p.m.
Lawn seating: $35
Reserved seating: $45, $55 and $65
The All-American Rejects
Opening Act: EVE 6
Aug. 12, 2012 - 7 p.m.
Lawn seating: $35
Reserved seating: $45, $55 and $65
Rickie Lee Jones
Aug. 25, 2012 - 7 p.m.
Lawn seating: $35
Reserved seating: $45, $55 and $65
The Sound of Music Sing-Along
Sept. 1, 2012 - 6 p.m.
Lawn seating: $15
Reserved seating: $25
ENTERTAINING, EDUCATING AND ILLUMINATING SINCE 1998
Park City Performing Arts Foundation is a non-profit organization, dedicated to bringing world-class
performances to the community. Since 1998, PCPAF has presented internationally renowned and cutting
edge musicians, actors, authors, comedians, dancers and film at The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles
Center for the Performing Arts (a joint-use facility with the Park City School District). The organization
embarks on its ninth season of headliner concerts at Deer Valley Resort this summer. PCPAF is
dedicated to introducing young people to the arts through free student outreach workshops, shows and
demonstrations. They proudly launched the Mega Genius Supply Store and IQ HQ - an after school
literacy program and very thinky retail store - in January 2010.
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