British Invasion heads to Windsor RSL with Australia's Jeff Duff

The show, 'British Invasion', will be hitting the stage as Duff's Bowie is joined by Rod Stewart, performed by Rob Caudill, and Elton John, performed by Lance Strauss.

The show will see the three artists each perform a variety of songs from their famous singers arsenal, along with a couple of duets and even all three performing songs together at the same time.

Duff has been in the music industry since the the 1970s beginning as a jazz singer, but his flamboyant and often controversial style wasn't completely accepted in Australia, leading Duff to go to England.

He quickly became apart of the new wave movement in the UK and his flamboyant performances became well known.

Famous artist Andy Warhol was quoted saying "Sinatra, Presley, Jagger, Popeye... and now Duffo''.

Duff became so well known within the English scene that David Bowie had begun seeing his shows in clubs quite regularly and eventually met Duff back stage after one of them.

The two started crossing paths more often with Bowie, by coincidence, moving in next door to Duff when they lived in Sydney.

Duff said that he started performing as Bowie since he is "tall, thin, white and I have a similar vocal range.

"We've had parallel lives in a particular way, except he's made millions of dollars and I've made nothing," he joked.

Duff doesn't believe that he plays Bowie when he's on stage and instead plays himself.

"I do everything as me. I can't change me and I don't try to impersonate anybody I just sing David Bowie songs as me," he said. "It was an easy fit for me ... I've always dressed in drag.

"[Bowie's] a constant. I think a lot of people have grown up listening to him as teenagers and in their youth and have stuck with him right up to 'Blackstar', his final album.

"He's go a hardcore following.

"People come to see his most popular songs ... so we perform all the big hits.

"I've tried throwing in lesser known Bowie songs and the audience just don't know them."

Duff feels like his shows cover three generations.

"We get the baby boomers," he said. "The baby boomers kids and maybe even their parents who would be in their 70's. An Australian promoter brought us together for 'British Invasion' thinking its three great acts all from around the same time period."

British Invasion will be hitting Windsor RSL on Friday evening, September 13.

Call 4587 6900 for bookings.