{"id":31303,"date":"2019-03-26T09:59:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=31303"},"modified":"2019-03-26T09:59:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:59:38","slug":"on-stage-meow-meow-thomas-lauderdale-hit-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=31303","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Meow Meow &#038; Thomas Lauderdale hit Philly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN\"><strong>By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, <\/span><em><span lang=\"EN\">Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9253\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/86-og.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9253\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9253\" src=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/86-og-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meow Meow &amp; Thomas Lauderdale<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Thomas Lauderdale has performed shows in this area many times over the years \u2013 always as part of his ensemble Pink Martini.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">This week, Lauderdale will be in Philly to perform with a different musical project \u2013 Meow Meow and Thomas Lauderdale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">On March 26, World Caf\u00e9 Live (3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1400, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcafelive.com\/\">www.worldcafelive.com<\/a>) is hosting the \u201cMeow Meow &amp; Thomas Lauderdale, Hotel Amour Tour.\u201d<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The album \u201cMeow Meow &amp; Thomas Lauderdale, Hotel Amour\u201d was released worldwide on March 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">A musical love affair between two singular artists, \u201cHotel Amour\u201d is the long-awaited collaboration between beloved Pink Martini founder and bandleader Thomas Lauderdale, and international singing sensation, the crowd-surfing tragi-comedienne and queen of Chanson, Meow Meow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">These two friends have performed and composed together across the globe for years, from the backstreet bars of Berlin to the glamorous stage of the Sydney Opera House, from London&#8217;s legendary Royal Albert Hall to Mary&#8217;s Club, Portland Oregon&#8217;s legendary strip club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cHotel Amour\u201d features several original songs destined to be classics, alongside exquisite journeys into the French, German and Shanghainese canon of the 20th century, with alluring tastes of the 1920s and 30s, bittersweet tragedy, humor, politics, witty wicked Weimar, and aching French torch song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">And the album is enhanced by a bevy of guest stars, including joyful duets with Rufus Wainwright, Barry Humphries (of Dame Edna fame), and The von Trapps, as well as a very special live recording with the legendary pianist and composer Michel Legrand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe did our first show two nights ago,\u201d said Lauderdale, during a phone interview last week from a tour stop in Palo Alto, California. \u201cOur band has violin, bass, trumpet and percussion. I play piano and Meow Meow sings and crowd surfs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Lauderdale has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras and ensembles, including the Oregon Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Portland Youth Philharmonic, Chamber Music Northwest and Oregon Ballet Theatre (where he collaborated with choreographer James Canfield and visual artists Storm Tharp and Malia Jensen on a ballet based on Felix Salten\u2019s Bambi, written in 1923).<br \/>\nIn 2008, he played Gershwin\u2019s Piano Concerto in F with the Oregon Symphony under the direction of Christoph Campestrini. Lauderdale returned as soloist with the Oregon Symphony in multiple concerts in 2011, and again in 2015, under the direction of Carlos Kalmar. In 2017, he and his partner Hunter Noack created and performed a dazzling, rhapsodic two-piano arrangement of George Gershwin\u2019s Rhapsody in Blue with choreographer Nicolo Fonte for Oregon Ballet Theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Post-post-modern diva Meow Meow has hypnotized, inspired, and terrified audiences globally. The spectacular crowd-surfing queen of song had her New York Pops debut in 2015 at Forest Hills Stadium with Pink Martini, and her London Philharmonic debut in 2013 as Jenny in Brecht\/Weill\u2019s \u201cDie Dreigroschenoper\u201d in Paris\u2019 Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es and London\u2019s Royal Festival Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">She sold out her Lincoln Center American Songbook Series and Sydney Opera House concerts, toured the concert halls of Australia with Barry Humphries and the Australian Chamber Orchestra singing 1920\u2018s works from Weimar Germany, and in 2014 performed contemporary opera with the LA Philharmonic in Andriessen\u2019s \u201cDe Materie.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Meow Meow starred on London\u2019s West End in \u201cKneehigh Theatre\u201d and Michel Legrand\u2019s \u201cThe Umbrellas of Cherbourg\u201d and in her own solo concerts at the legendary Apollo Theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Named One of the Top Performers of the Year by the New Yorker, award-winning Meow Meow has been called \u201cSensational\u201d (the Times UK), \u201cdiva of the highest order\u201d (New York Post), \u201cThe Queen of Chanson\u201d by the Berliner Zeitung, and \u201ca phenomenon\u201d by the Australian press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI met Meow Meow in 2004,\u201d said Lauderdale. \u201cI was hire to be her accompanist at an art festival in Portland. It was a love affair Ten years later, here it is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe live on different continents and have our own projects. She just finished filming \u2018Cats.\u2019 She also does a lot of performing in Berlin including stuff with orchestras.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe started working on the album in 2008. We came together once or twice a year to work on the album. We were very productive on the first few sessions \u2013 getting stuff down on tape. Half of it was finished about eight years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe started recording in Portland at a studio which is now out of business called Kung Fu Bakery. Another Portland studio we used was Thelma\u2019s. On our original sessions, we used a band called Sneakin\u2019 Out. We also used people from Pink Martini and members of the Oregon Symphony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cThe final sessions were last November \u2013 mixing and mastering. It all worked out pretty well. Even though the album was recorded over a long period of time, for me there is a lot of cohesiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cFor example, the title song was written over a period of years in two parts \u2013 before and after 2011 \u2013 and different things happened. The two parts were done in different mind frames. The corner stone is a bridge between loss and unbridled optimism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI\u2019m not really a songwriter. In terms of all the people I\u2019ve written songs with, she and I are the best. We share a love of beautiful melodies that soar.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Video link for Thomas Lauderdale and Meow Meow \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7D2mUNt8c4w\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7D2mUNt8c4w<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at the World Caf\u00e9 Live will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9254\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ceramic-animal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9254\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9254\" src=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ceramic-animal-350x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceramic Animal<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Doylestown is a small town in the northern suburbs &#8212; the county seat of Bucks County. It is also the hometown of a variety of celebrities including Mike Pettine, the coach of the NFL\u2019s Cleveland Browns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The town is known for being the home of author James A. Michener, architect and archaeologist Henry Chapman Mercer, lyricist and playwright Oscar Hammerstein II and his protege Stephen Sondheim, Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck, and anthropologist Margaret Mead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Doylestown also has produced several well-known acts in the world of rock music including Pink, Justin Guarini, Jon Van Dine, Karen Gross and Irene Molloy. Now, it\u2019s time to add another name to the list \u2013 Ceramic Animal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Ceramic Animal is a five-piece rock band featuring three brothers &#8212; Warren Regan (vocals\/guitar), Elliott Regan (keyboards\/vocals), and Erik Regan (drums) \u2013 along with Dallas Hosey (bass\/vocals) and Ant Marchione (guitar).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">On March 26, Ceramic Animal will share the bill with Spendtime Palace at Johnny Brenda\u2019s (1201 North Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, 215-739-9684,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnnybrendas.com\/\">www.johnnybrendas.com<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The band, which plays what is billed as \u201cgarage-yacht rock,\u201d independently released its first album \u201cThe Cart\u201d a little over two years ago and followed with its second album \u201cThe Horse\u201d in August 2018. Both albums were written, mixed and produced by Warren Regan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cOur first album \u2013 \u2018The Cart\u2019 \u2013 was released in August 2016,\u201d said Erik Regan, during a phone interview last week as the band traveled from Orlando to a gig in Atlanta. \u201cWe just put out our sophomore album \u2013 \u2018The Horse\u2019 \u2013 this past August. Both were self-released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWhen we were thinking about naming our first album, we decided to call it \u2018The Cart\u2019 and planned on calling the next album \u2018The Horse.\u2019 We were just tickled by it \u2013 putting the cart before the horse \u2013 but nobody got the joke.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The brothers all went to Central Bucks High School in Doylestown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI was already out of college when we started this band,\u201d said Regan. \u201cActually, Elliott and I were both put of college. I had gone to Pitt and he went to Syracuse. Our third brother went to Temple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe didn\u2019t start getting serious with the band until much later in life. We went to a bar in Doylestown \u2013 Maxwell\u2019s On Main \u2013 to have a drink on open mic night. They asked us to play. We thought of two songs we knew. After we played them, people were asking for a third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cThen, we were at a second bar \u2013 Stephanie\u2019s \u2013 and Elliott asked the bartender how to get a gig there. He said \u2013 come play next Thursday and we\u2019ll give you $200.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The prospect of fame and fortune lured them in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe did that for a year or two and then Ceramic Animal came into existence,\u201d said Regan. \u201cWarren joined us, and we were the Friday bar band at Bobby Simone\u2019s. We were doing covers at first and then started doing originals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe now have a home studio in Doylestown. Warren and Elliott still live in Doylestown and I live in Philly \u2013 in Fishtown. We\u2019re always writing. That\u2019s the benefit of having a home studio. We recorded both albums there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWarren is always coming up with new ideas. Most of the recording on the new album was done in the first six months of 2018. We finished the mixing and mastering in July and released the album in August. Since then, we\u2019ve made one new track \u2013 \u2018Bone City\u2019 \u2013 which we\u2019ve played almost every show on this tour. We usually never road-test songs.\u201d<br \/>\nCeramic Animal makes distinctive music. The band members also have a distinctive look. The five musicians wear their signature identical \u201chandsome-boy suits\u201d during their live performances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cThe first time we wore suits was at a New Year\u2019s Eve show at Puck\u2019s in Doylestown,\u201d said Regan. \u201cAfter that, we decided to dress up and wear suits at all our shows. It works. This tour, we have green British mod suits and also black suits with red floral print.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Video link for Ceramic Animal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kdhqdwsUvVk\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/kdhqdwsUvVk<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at Johnny Brenda\u2019s, which also features Spendtime Palace, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/93-og.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9255\" src=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/93-og-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>On March 27, Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org\/\">http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) is hosting a show called \u201cJimmy Vivino &amp; Bob Margolin &#8212; Just 2 Guitars and 200 Stories\u2026with special guest David Bromberg.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Jimmy Vivino and Bob Margolin are veteran blues guitarists whoa have been friends since the 1970s. Together for these special shows, they play original music, familiar tunes and deep blues songs &#8212; and tell the personal stories about the blues legends they knew and learned from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Their tour started on March 23 at Daryl\u2019s House in Pawlings, New York. The show at Kennett Flash is the only one with the special bonus of having legendary guitarist\/songwriter Davin Bromberg joining them. Bromberg currently lives in northern Delaware.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cBob and I would run into each other at festivals and always threatened to play together,\u201d said Vivino, during a phone interview last week from a tour stop in Pawlings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWith the \u2018Just 2 Guitars and 200 Stories\u2019 theme \u2013 I got that from shows by John Sebastian, Phoebe Snow and Al Kooper. They wouldn\u2019t just play their music. They\u2019d talk about where the music came from and tell stories about their careers in music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cThese guys would tell all these great stories. With Bob and I &#8212; we have a similar situation. It\u2019s so important for us to tell the stories behind the music. We hope people care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Vivino serves as the Music Director on the TBS late night show<a href=\"http:\/\/teamcoco.com\/video\/max-weinberg-returns?playlist=x;eyJ0eXBlIjoidGFnIiwiaWQiOjMyfQ\"> CONAN<\/a>. Vivino has been a consistent element in O\u2019Brien\u2019s late-night career, starting with the first episode of Late Night with Conan O\u2019Brien in September 1993. In June of 2008, Vivino moved from New York to Los Angeles and worked as Music Director\/guitarist\/arranger on The Tonight Show with Conan O\u2019Brien, <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/90645980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Legally Prohibited from Being on Television Tour<\/a> and currently leads <a href=\"http:\/\/teamcoco.com\/content\/basic-cable-band-bios-jimmy-vivino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Vivino and The Basic Cable Band on CONAN<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">When not appearing weeknights on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tbs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TBS<\/a>, Vivino divides his time between recording sessions and live gigs throughout the country. In addition to his solo work, Vivino plays with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PrisonersOfSecondAvenueBand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Prisoners of 2nd Avenue<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/music\/index.ssf\/2014\/04\/rumble_twang_featuring_conan_t.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rumble &amp; Twang with Lee Rocker<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/music\/index.ssf\/2013\/07\/guitarist_jimmy_vivino_calls_b.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Barn Burners,<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/highlineballroom.com\/show\/2012\/05\/30\/a-tribute-to-mike-bloomfield-ft-al-kooper-jimmy-vivino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> The Rekooperators<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0the successful Beatles tribute band <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefabfaux.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Fab Faux<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Vivino has also recorded and played live with such legends as <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.riverfronttimes.com\/rftmusic\/2010\/09\/conan_obrien_tbs_jimmy_vivino_interview_johnnie_johnson_dona_oxford_nbc_tonight_show.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnnie Johnson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homespuntapes.com\/Instruments\/Guitar\/the-blues-guitar-of-hubert-sumlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hubert Sumlin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.levonhelm.com\/band_bios\/Jimmy_Vivino.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Levon Helm<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/highlineballroom.com\/show\/2012\/05\/30\/a-tribute-to-mike-bloomfield-ft-al-kooper-jimmy-vivino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al Kooper<\/a>. Earlier in his career he got his start producing playing and arranging for such artists as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roninguitars.com\/jimmy-vivino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phoebe Snow<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BLqK_xEMha4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laura Nyro<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.citywinery.com\/newyork\/john-sebastian-jimmy-vivino-9-14.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Sebastian<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DonaldFagenMusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Donald Fagen<\/a>. \u00a0Summer 2014, Jimmy headlined the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingbiscuitfestival.com\/jimmy-vivino-and-the-black-italians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">King Biscuit Festival<\/a> with his other band, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blindpigrecords.com\/index.cfm?section=album&amp;catalognum=BPCD5153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Vivino &amp; the Black Italians.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Margolin, who is nicknamed \u201cSteady Rollin\u2019\u201d, is prominent in today\u2019s blues scene. He tours worldwide at festivals, concerts, clubs, and workshops. His self- titled album reveals the latest from the 2017 Blues Music Award winner for Best Male Traditional Blues Artist. Just released by the VizzTone Label Group (Bob is a founding partner), six new original songs are his Blues for today\u2019s world. He also interprets nine songs he learned \u201cback in the day\u201d from his legendary friends Muddy Waters, The Band, Johnny Winter, Jimmy Rogers, Snooky Pryor, Pinetop Perkins, and James Cotton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">From 1973-1980, Margolin played guitar in Muddy Waters\u2019 band, appearing on all the albums Muddy made then and at special shows like The Last Waltz. Since 1980, he performs his own songs, but still honors his historic and personal connection to Muddy Waters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe carry these stories inside as friends,\u201d said Margolin. \u201cI was in Muddy Waters\u2019 band in the 1970s. He passed in 1973 and I share stories about him. He was a sun in the universe. He attracted Eric Clapton and a lot of those other British guitarists.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Vivino said, \u201cThat\u2019s when I met Bob \u2013 when he was playing with Muddy Waters. I was so into Mike Bloomfield and he would say \u2013 check out where these things came from \u2013 check out Chicago blues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The live show by the duo (trio) will feature blues and a lot more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe do a combination of blues songs along with some of our originals,\u201d said Vivino. \u201cWe are the band. It\u2019s mostly music but we set up stuff with recollections.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9256\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DavidBromberg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9256\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9256\" src=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DavidBromberg-350x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Bromberg<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Margolin added, \u201cIt\u2019s like a musical conversation and the audience is in on it.\u201d The fans at Kennett Flash are in for a real treat with the addition of David Bromberg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Bromberg is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter who plays bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country and western, and rock and roll. He is known for his quirky, humorous lyrics, and the ability to play rhythm and lead guitar at the same time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Bromberg has played with many famous musicians, including Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie Nelson, Jorma Kaukonen, Jerry Garcia, Rusty Evans and Bob Dylan. He co-wrote the song \u201cThe Holdup\u201d with former <a title=\"The Beatles\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Beatles\">Beatle<\/a> George Harrison, who played on Bromberg\u2019s self-titled 1972 album. In 2008, he was nominated for a Grammy Award. Bromberg is known for his fingerpicking style that he learned from Reverend Gary Davis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">He is also the proprietor of David Bromberg Fine Violins in Wilmington, Delaware<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">According to Vivino, \u201cWe are thrilled to have our old pal David Bromberg sitting in at Kennett Flash on Wednesday. It\u2019s more like \u20183 Guitars and 300 Stories\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at Kennett Flash will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ewrf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9257\" src=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ewrf-350x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a>The blues will also be in the spotlight at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.st94.com\/\">www.st94.com<\/a>) when Tinsley Ellis and Coco Montoya brig their \u201cBlues Rock Titans Tour\u201d to the venue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Montoya and Ellis will each perform a full headline-length set at the Sellersville Theater. Montoya, a legendary blues-rock guitarist and vocalist, will feature songs from his latest Alligator Records release, \u201cHard Truth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Ellis is among the blues world\u2019s best loved, hardest-working and most well-traveled statesmen. His latest release, \u201cWinning Hand,\u201d debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard Blues Chart when it was released in 2018. The two \u201cBlues Rock Titans\u201d will also join forces each night for an unforgettable jam session. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Ellis played Sellersville just over a year ago on a solo tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cIt tunes out that this is a wintertime thing for us,\u201d said Ellis, during a phone interview last week from a tour stop in Knoxville, Tennessee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cPeople turn out in winter for this this music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Since his first Alligator album 30 years ago, <\/span>Ellis has become a bona fide worldwide guitar hero. Ellis has performed in all 50 United States as well as in Canada, Western and Eastern Europe, Australia and South America &#8212; picking up legions of fans with his guitar virtuosity, passionate vocals and memorable original songs.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI started in 1979 so this is my 40th year on the road,\u201d said Ellis. \u201cI think I\u2019ll do it forever. I toured last spring and, after a long tour, started with the festivals -\u2013 flying to international festivals from Poland to Vancouver Island. Then, I did a three-week tour with Tommy Castro at the end of last year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Ellis is still touring in support of his latest album \u201cWinning Hand\u201d on Alligator Records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cIt\u2019s great to be playing shows,\u201d said the veteran bluesman. \u201cWhen we play new songs live, they start as the studio version and then we add to them and modify them. We\u2019ll be playing a bunch of songs off the brand-new record. And, we\u2019ll play some standards \u2013 songs by B.B. King, Freddie King, Elmore James, Junior Wells and Howlin\u2019 Wolf.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Born in Atlanta in 1957, Ellis was raised in southern Florida. He found the blues through the back door of British Invasion bands like The Yardbirds, The Animals, Cream, The Rolling Stones and Southern rockers like The Allman Brothers. As he discovered the roots of these bands, he attended shows by B.B. King, Howlin\u2019 Wolf, Muddy Waters and every other blues artist who came through town.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Already an accomplished teenaged musician, Ellis returned to Atlanta and started playing with local bands. In 1981, along with veteran blues singer and harpist Chicago Bob Nelson, Tinsley formed The Heartfixers, a group that would become Atlanta&#8217;s top-drawing blues band. After cutting three Heartfixers albums for the Landslide label, Ellis was ready to head out on his own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Now, Ellis has 20 albums in his discography \u2013 ranging from \u201cThe Heartfixers\u201d in 1982 to \u201cWinning Hand\u201d in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Recorded in Nashville and produced by Ellis and keyboardist Kevin McKendree, the 10 songs on \u201cWinning Hand\u201d include nine originals ranging from blistering blues to heart-pounding rock to soulful ballads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cGuitar, guitar, guitar is what this album is all about,\u201d said Ellis, who recorded primarily with his 1959 Fender Stratocaster, his 1967 Gibson ES 345 and his 1973 Les Paul Deluxe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI recorded the album in Nashville and at my home studio. I started it nine months ago \u2013 building up songs and putting them in a file on my laptop. Some songs were written 10 years ago, and some are very new.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Ellis will be adding to his discography sometime soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI\u2019ve already got a new album in the works,\u201d said Ellis. \u201cIt should come out within a year. I\u2019m using the same musicians as my last album and the same studio \u2013 The Rockhouse in Nashville. It\u2019s also the same producer \u2013 Kevin McKendree. We\u2019ve been working together for 20 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Video link for Tinsley Ellis \u2013 <a title=\"Protected by Outlook: https:\/\/youtu.be\/4cS0sSyEHrM. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F4cS0sSyEHrM&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C0e19a98227214b9dafdb08d6ac780ab3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636886028933942341&amp;sdata=RtvpsTwF6K3A3wSU6WNk4WCYMaPXirzrSggaY8A0F74%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/4cS0sSyEHrM<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at the Sellersville Theater, which also features Coco Montoya, will start at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices range from $29.50-$40.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Thomas Lauderdale has performed shows in this area many times over the years \u2013 always as part of his ensemble Pink Martini. This week, Lauderdale will be in Philly to perform with a different musical project \u2013 Meow Meow and Thomas Lauderdale. 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