Skip Griparis 
                                                  
                     
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The Guys Who Gave Us Rock!

Starring 100 voices of Skip Griparis
Laugh, Learn & Rock with Skip, the spectacular multi-
talent powerhouse, through Rock's dynamic evolution!
 
Uncanny vocal impressions of 40's/50's/60's icons!
Influencial songs, back stories & hilarious anecdotes!

You'll look twice to make sure it's not:

The 1940's/50's: Nat King Cole, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Roy Brown, Louis Jordan, Arthur Smith,

 Jackie Brenston & Ike Turner, The Dominoes, Hank Williams, Les Paul and Mary Ford,  Frank Sinatra,

Little Richard, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Big Joe Turner, The Platters, Bill Haley/Comets, Fats Domino,

Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, Ricky Nelson, Everly Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Diamonds, Johnnie Mathis,

Sheb Wooley, Johnny Otis, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry


The 1960's: The Drifters, Sam Cooke, Neil Sedaka, Del Shannon, Gene Pitney, Dion, The Marcels, Tokens, 

Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, Dick Dale, Chris MontezMarvin Gaye, Bobby Pickett, Chubby Checker, Beach Boys, 

The Four Seasons, Kingsmen, The Beatles, Roy Orbison, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations,

 James Brown, Troggs,  Wilson Pickett, Shadows, Young Rascals, Stevie Wonder, The Doors, Jackie Wilson,

Eric Clapton, New Colony Six, Crosby, Stiils, Nash & Young, Country Joe McDonald, Jimi Hendrix, The Who


            
(A two hour show plus intermission)  



“INCREDIBLY ENTERTAINING!  VIRTUOSO VOCALS!  

AMAZING TIME CAPSULE!  A TOUR DE FORCE! UNBELIEVABLE ENERGY AND PASSION!  

THE CONSUMMATE PERFORMER!  AMAZING STAMINA!  
SIDE-SPLITTINGLY FUNNY!  FABULOUS GUITAR PLAYING!  ENORMOUS TALENT!  BEYOND STELLAR!
WE WERE ROCKIN' IN OUR SEATS!  THE BEST SHOW I'VE EVER SEEN!"         
                                        Audience members

    


“AN INCREDIBLE ROCK & ROLL JOURNEY!  CHICAGO’S LEGENDARY ENTERTAINER, SKIP GRIPARIS SINGS THE SONGS AND TELLS THE STORIES OF ROCK'S GREATEST HEROES IN A ‘MAJOR LEAGUE’ PERFORMANCE!”         Bob Zak, The River 95.9


“MUSIC LOVERS OF ALL AGES WERE ENTHRALLED BY SKIP’S INCREDIBLE VOICE AND IMPRESSIONS! THEY LAUGHED, GROOVED AND CLAPPED ALONG, AND WHEN SKIP FINISHED, IT FELT LIKE ONLY 20 MINUTES PASSED!”     Maggie Sillar     Marketing and Communications Liason,  Joliet Public Library

 

“A FAST-MOVING, ENTERTAINING, WITTY ROCK HISTORY!  A DON’T-MISS,  ALL-AGES SHOW!”                                                              Harvey Huckstep,  Blues Hall of Fame