Note-perfect tribute hits Fever pitch

Published Date: 24 July 2008 Liz MacEwan Sings Peggy Lee The Jam House THE name Norma Deloris Egstrom may not have set hearts on fire, but her much more celebrated alter-ego, Peggy Lee, certainly did. The feted singer was born in 1920, and it may surprise some to learn that she died as recently as 2002. Her music, h owever, will live on. Or at least, it will if Liz MacEwan has anything to say about. MacEwan didn't just have something to say last night at the Jam House, she had a great deal to sing, too. Blowing the horn of plenty, she lined up one Lee classic after another in the company of an excellent four-piece band, several of whom were aficionados of the American legend. Lee's voice and character were inimitable, and besides MacEwan has a perfectly good voice and style of her own, so she had no need to impersonate the... [read full story]