Jason Lee of ‘Memphis Beat’

Celebrities, Celebrity Q&A, People
on April 17, 2011
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We have really enjoyed the TNT series Memphis Beat with Jason Lee. Does he actually sing the songs?
—R.M. Burrs, Des Moines, Iowa

No. “I gave it a shot,” says the actor, 41, whose character, detective Dwight Hendricks, moonlights in a blues club as an Elvis Presley impersonator. “I went into the studio and recorded, and I came pretty close. But it wasn’t as good as what we got.” The vocals they got—and you hear—belong to British-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Mark Arnell. Season two of Memphis Beat premieres in June.