Stray Cat's Lee Rocker Announces New EP and Tour Dates

LEE ROCKER ANNOUNCES NEW EP

"THE COVER SESSIONS" OUT DIGITALLY MARCH 8, 2011

ADVANCE ORDERS/SIGNED COPIES AVAILABLE AT LEEROCKER.COM

APPEARING IN BROADWAY'S MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET

JANUARY 21ST - 31ST AS BASSIST JAY PERKINS

FORTHCOMING TOUR DATES

• 2/3/11: Rockwood Music Hall, NYC
• 2/19/11: Circle of Fifths, San Diego
• 3/5/11: Galaxy Theater, Santa Ana

2011 is a milestone year from The Stray Cat Lee Rocker. Rocker - who turns 50 this year - will join the cast of the smash Broadway hit "Million Dollar Quartet" as the brother of real-life friend and collaborator Carl Perkin's, bassist Jay Perkins, in a twelve-show run from January 21st through 31st. Rocker will also release a new EP "The Cover Sessions" this Spring and has a series of live dates planned, including a free show at NYC's venerable Rockwood Music Hall on February 3rd, 2011.

Rocker's forthcoming EP "The Cover Sessions" is a 6-track collection of some of his favorite songs, done in his own unique style. Recorded using acoustic guitars, banjo, mandolin, accordion, autoharp, harmonica's, the occasional electric guitar and of course the upright bass. Advance orders of signed copies are currently available at leerocker.com. The EP will be available on all digital download sites March 8th, 2011. Tracklist TBA.

Rocker will treat NYC fans to a free celebration of his favorite tracks, as well as fan favorites February 3rd at Rockwood Music Hall. The show features classic Stray Cats hits like "Rock this Town," "Stray Cat Strut," "Bring it Back Again" and "Sexy and Seventeen." Rocker also performs slamming renditions of songs of other musical icons like Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and The Beatles. Joined by guitarist Buzz Campbell, guitarist/slide player Brophy Dale and San Francisco's maestro session drummer Jimmy Sage, Rocker delivers an incredible concert experience.

The Broadway musical "Million Dollar Quartet" is inspired by the legendary recording sessions that took place Tuesday December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The session was an impromptu jam among Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and additional session musicians. Rocker is set to play Carl Perkins' brother and bass player Jay Perkins. "The story is especially close to my heart," says Rocker who was a close friend and collaborator of Carl Perkins' up until his passing - they even recorded together at Sun Studios. Rocker wrote Carl Perkins obituary for the OC Weekly and the two performed together innumerable times.