At The Surf Ballroom This Weekend

 The Del Shannon Show with James Popenhagen

James Popenahgen has been performing Del Shannon’s songs for 25 years. He has a unique style that is true to Del’s own onstage performance. Popenhagen and his family were close friends of Del Shannon. Popenhagen‘s grandfather Bob Popenhagen was in Shannon’s band for years and the two remained friends.

Popenhagen is a musician in his own right being a self taught musician who plays guitar, bass, piano, drums, mandolin and ukulele. He also has over 150 original songs, 3 solo albums and has worked on over 15 albums both as producer and musician. He has performed with many artist from the 50’s and 60’s including (but not limited to) Brian Hyland, Tommy Roe, Frankie Ford, Sam The Sham and many many more. He’s performed the show all over the country and is going now like never before!

Although Del Shannon passed in 1990, he lives on in his music.