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Ted Torres is a
singer/songwriter/musician from Orlando, Florida. His own music is true
to his roots. Growing up in a family with two professional musicians as parents influenced Ted a great deal to choose this path. He started learning how to play different instruments which included: guitar, bass, classical violin ,and piano. Ted was greatly inspired by a mix of all types of different music including old country like Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and fifties acts such as Ricky Nelson, The Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis. He was especially influenced by Elvis Presley. He can't think of anything else he would rather do. The important thing for Ted is that the music really touches people where he feels it matters most, on a soulful level the same way he believes Elvis felt. From the first time Ted saw “Jailhouse Rock” at the age of 12, he knew he was going to be a fan for life. |
| For some reason after learning more
about Elvis' life he could identify with him because of similar
situations in their lives; the way they grew up, an overprotective
mother, being loners and just obsessing over music. Not to mention the
greasy pompadour that he got teased for in school. Elvis' music has
always meant a lot to Ted and it inspired him to pursue his own music
career and also to entertain as an Elvis performer.
Every time Ted hears Elvis' music it makes him want to pursue his dream even more. When he is lonely, sad or unhappy he can just put on one of Elvis' songs and feel like he has a friend. It has always been like that. Now he tries to make his fans and Elvis fans alike feel the same way when he performs for them. |
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| Ted has been lucky enough
to travel and perform in Memphis for Elvis Week for the last five years
at various venues and events and in 2007 he was lucky enough to be part
of Elvis Presley Enterprises "Ultimate Elvis contest" in which he was an
EPE runner up finalist. He has also traveled to places like: California,
Florida, Nebraska and all over the United States performing his shows
and taking 1st place wins at various Elvis contests! He has been able to
perform in front of celebrities from the Elvis world, some of which he
is very lucky to call his friends including: Nurse Marian Cocke, Patti
Parry, Knox Phillips, D.J. Fontana (whom he has shared the stage with)
and also The Jordanaires ,to name a few. Ted's goal is to help Elvis fans relive that time in which he was at his best - bringing them that raw, sexual energy and magnetism he had but at the same time capturing his shyness and county boy charm. And if he can walk out of a show knowing that he has turned some of the younger generation into Elvis fans then Ted knows he is doing is job. Ted thinks that by being an Elvis fan first and an entertainer second has given him a good understanding of what the fans really want and is able to get that point across. He hopes he can help people relive those memories when a poor boy from Tupelo, Mississippi conquered both Memphis and the world with his music. |
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