As we chat, Auckland musician Johnny Angel is preparing to give one Greenlane retirement village a taste of rock and roll with some of the King’s best song and dance routines.
He has the thick styled hairdo down, but for someone who makes a living being Elvis on stage, Angel seems a little shy and not the larger than life personality you might expect. But on stage, he says, he loves performing.
Angel is an Elvis tribute artist (“people don’t call them impersonators”, he says). He grew up watching Elvis films with his parents, but he first took the stage as the rock and roll star about eight years ago.
At the time he was hiring jumpsuits or scouring op shops for his costumes. He has come a long way now, and while he would like to pick up more work to truly perform full-time, those retirement home gigs make him enough to pay the bills. And it is fun, for both Angel and the…
