You are invited to Palm Springs, California, 1971. Frank Sinatra faces retirement. The air is electric and the crowd jockey for position at Sinatra’s last intimate show. But times are changing. The Rolling Stones and David Bowie dominate the charts. Sinatra’s blue eyes are bloodshot and his face craggy with booze, cigarettes and memories.
Things take an unexpected turn when he drinks ‘One For My Baby’ too many. Richard Shelton is internationally acclaimed as one of the world’s best interpreters of Frank Sinatra’s music. With Sinatra: RAW, he brings to life the man behind the music, catching him in confessional mood as he contemplates the end of a career that has defined an era, and was not without controversy. Intimate, honest and moving, the show reveals a side of Sinatra few people saw but somehow always knew was there.
This is the 2:00am Sinatra you dream of meeting. Dangerous. Unpredictable. Brilliant.