email: ELVISJA@aol.com
For
more than 25 Years, “Hall of Fame Performer - Joseph Anthony", has been
ranked among the Top Touring Elvis Tribute Artist in the World. Based in
Houston,TX Joseph is a true Elvis
fan, who started performing his Elvis tribute in junior high school while Elvis
was still alive.
In 1991 he began touring with Elvis' authentic concert and recording
1970’s show group “The Stamps Quartet”. The Stamps are a star attraction
opening Joseph’s show with a variety of music and comic anecdotes, plus
provide him with authentic and majestic backup vocals, just as they did for
Elvis. For Elvis fans, Joseph and The Stamps brought an ere of authenticity back
to LasVegas while performing there at The Tropicana Casino and Hotel and to the
numerous prestigious venues across the United States. The Stamps leader “J.D.
Sumner called the show the “Most Authentic Elvis Tribute Show On The Planet”! In addition
to The Stamps Quartet, Joseph has also performed in concert successfully with
Elvis' 1950’s & 60’s backup vocalist “The Jordanaires”.
Joseph was inducted July 10,
1992 into the “Elvis Presley
International Impersonators Hall of Fame” at the Hacienda Casino Hotel
in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 1992 he performed for the grand opening of the first Isle of Capri
Casino located in Biloxi,MS and has performed for the Casino Chain in additional
locations around the country as they were built.
National performance venues have included Casinos, Stadiums, Fairs,
Festivals, Theaters, Cruise Lines, Show Boats, Shopping Malls, and Concert Halls
across the U.S.A.
International live concerts have been performed in Canada, Scotland,
England, Germany, Holland, Punte’ del’ Este’ Uruguay South America, and
twice in The Czech Republic.
Joseph was the first American musical guest to perform on TV NOVA. Nova
Television was established in Prague,
in 1994 soon after the fall of
communism, and was the Czech
Republic’s first free speaking national television
station.
Joseph starred as a weekly non rotating headliner at the Flamingo Hilton
Casino - Laughlin,NV in the award winning production of JukeBox Giants. The
rotating ensemble cast included such musical legends as… Mitch
Ryder -”Devil with a Blue Dress”
Len Barry -”1-2-3” , “Bristol Stomp” /
Merrilee Rush -”Angel Of The Morning” / Tiny Tim -”Tiptoe Through
The Tulips” /
Sal Valentino -”Laugh Laugh”, ”Just a little” / Pat Upton -
“More Today Than Yesterday” / Dennis Yost -”Spooky” , ”Traces” ,
“Stormy” / Joey Molland lead singer of Badfinger - “No Matter What” ,
“Day After Day”, “Come and Get It” ,
and many more...
Joseph has appeared in two films,“Elvis has Left the Building”, to be
released in 2005, starring Kim Bassinger, Angie Dickenson, Denise Richards, John
Corbett, Pat Morita, Billy Ray Cyrus, Sean Astin, and Annie Potts, and
“Cultivating Charlie”, in 1994, starring Richard Libertini (The In-Laws) and
Jake Webber (TV’s Medium) . He has depicted Elvis in TV commercials, including
“Your Best Call” for (Southwestern Bell), and at Harrah’s Casino - Las
Vegas, to promote travel to Las
Vegas. In addition, he has portrayed Elvis in many promotional print ads.
Joseph created and has toured the U.S. with his stage production titled
“The Aloha from Hawaii Satellite Concert-Revisited”.
The
production recreates the historic “Elvis Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite”
concert, viewed live in 1973 by 1 Billion people in 43 countries. The recreation
features The Stamps Quartet, an authentic Polynesian Review, and The Joseph
Anthony Orchestra .
Joseph has toured the U.S. and Canada with The Elvis Presley Museum On
Tour-Licensed by the Elvis Presley Estate. Along with Joseph’s show, the
traveling museum contained 16 show cases of Elvis’ authentic wardrobe, jumpsuits,
jewelry, and an automobile. Joseph has a heartfelt letter of endorsement from
owners Kathy Velvet and recording artist Jimmy Velvet praising a job well done.
Original recordings are included in an album titled “Too Hot To
Handle” recorded at Merit Studio in Nashville, TN, featuring J.D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet on backup vocals.
A personal letter dated July
3' 1997 from J.D. Sumner, Elvis’ friend and the worlds lowest bass singer, are
among the many treasured endorsements for Joseph’s show. It Reads as
follows…
Dear
Joseph,
Working
with you has been both a pleasure and fun!
You not onlv are a true "professional",
but You Create "Reflections of EIvis" with taste
and class. I know ELVIS would truly be pleased
at your efforts in keeping the high standards he set while he was alive. On
behalf of Myself
and The Stamps Quartet, we have thoroughly enjoyed
working with you these past 6 years, you are our friend...
Best Wishes,
J.D. Sumner
J.D.
Sumner & The Stamps
In addition to his Reflections of Elvis show, and Aloha Revisited
production, Joseph offers a variety of entertainment. Packages can include
Mobile Disc Jockey and Karaoke Services, additional Tribute Artist of all
musical genres, national and local bands and singers, and a variety of
50’s,60,’s and 70’s gold record artist combinations, and more.
Outside of the field of entertainment, Joseph is a volunteer certified youth minister at his church, and he enjoys tinkering with and repairing windows based computers at home.