Bill Fulton with The Martin & Lewis Tribute Show

Bill Fulton with The Martin & Lewis Tribute Show was a live piano engagement connected to a stage production celebrating Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Fulton performed on piano while Tom Stevens and Tony Lewis headed the production in the Martin and Lewis roles.

Stevens and Lewis developed the show after establishing their respective tribute performances separately. Their pairing brought Dean Martin’s singer persona together with Jerry Lewis’s comic character, restoring the two contrasting figures to the same stage concept. That combination is the defining idea behind the production.

For audiences familiar with the original team, the subject carries strong associations with the variety-show and nightclub era. For later audiences, it offers a look at an entertainment style in which songs and comedy were not treated as separate attractions. Martin and Lewis built their reputation through the interaction between those elements, and the tribute show takes that relationship as its starting point.

Fulton’s role in the production was clearly defined: he was the pianist. The appearance therefore belongs with his many live keyboard credits rather than his separate arranging and composing work. His broader history at the instrument can be explored through his keyboardist and pianist credits.

Additional information about the production can be found at The Martin & Lewis Tribute Show. The engagement adds a classic-entertainment tribute production to Fulton’s long record of professional piano and keyboard performances.

Artist: Bill Fulton on keys or piano
Date/Time: October 20, 2019 12:00 am
Venue: Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino
Address: 1650 S Casino Drive Laughlin, NV 89029