ORANGE PARK – When you hear the name Nelson, one family shines brightly. With The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Ricky Nelson and NELSON, the dynasty is ranked by the Guinness book of world records as the only family with three generations of hitmakers.

This March the legacy continues as Matthew and Gunnar Nelson twin sons of the late Ricky Nelson bring a show to the Thrasher-Horne Center of the Arts on March 10 that celebrates their father’s music and his impact on the world.

Ricky Nelson Remembered is a multi-media performance that combines music with storytelling to share the history of the iconic musician to old and new fans alike, Matthew Nelson shed some light on the show and some of the stories they have in an interview with Clay Today last week.

“We have the benefit of his entire life being documented on film … the show was put together for all of our fans who would ask us to play some of the stuff that our dad wrote. It seemed better to do a whole show rather than a few songs and an anecdote,” Matthew said.

Ricky Nelson got his start as a voice actor on the radio, but he was known for a long time as a comedy actor.

“His audience watched him grow up on television. Ricky was an introvert, Elvis was an extrovert, so a lot of kids related to him for that,” Matthew said.

Much of the work that he had to overcome was what made him famous in the first place.

“It was like critics had to admit that he had all of this talent going for him as a musician. It was like them having to admit that the head cheerleader has a brain,” the son continued. So much of Nelson’s life was spent trying to be what other people wanted him to be and acting the way others expected of him – something Matthew remembers well.

“There are so many changes he went through that mirror how so many people’s lives changed as time passes. It sort of gives you a better understanding of who he was as a guy, not just as this overachieving musician and this spectacularly beautiful person,” he said.

For Matthew and Gunnar, their family was their everything. “We didn’t know that Uncle George was a Beatle. We didn’t know that Mama Cass (Elliot) was this big celebrity. To us, they were just our family. Growing up as a kid in the ‘60s in Hollywood, you were surrounded by that,” Matthew said.

With family and friends as successful as they were, it only follows that the Nelson twins have a healthy dose of respect for hard work and practice as well as their past. “A lot of what we see happen, it happened with my dad, and hopefully it’ll happen for Gunnar and I is that this carries forward,” he said. “We want to leave that legacy. I look at this whole thing as a wonderful opportunity that I have to be proud of my family that came before me.”

The Ricky Nelson Remembered concert will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $19, and can be purchased at www.thcenter.org.