Rum House Announces BRILLIANT MISTAKE, 10/17
By: Caryn Robbins Oct. 05, 2011
The Newest Old Cocktail Lounge in Times Square announces the next event in its new "Bespoke Music" series; BRILLIANT MISTAKE, a night of piano tributes to Elvis Costello on Monday, October 17, led by JC Hopkins (Grammy-nominated songwriter, JC Hopkins band.)
Hopkins has put together a lineup of incredible guest stars, including Jesse Harris (Grammy Award Winning singer songwriter of hits for Norah Jones and Madeleine Peyroux), the phenomenal soul singer Dana Danger Athens, Sasha Dobson (Multi-talented singer songwriter and side woman for Norah Jones), Jolie Holland (A Texas-bred singer-songwriter with three acclaimed albums on ANTI Records), Benjamin Ickies (Oh! You Pretty Things, This Ambitious Orchestra), Lucy Woodward (Verve Records), and Amy Allison, who recorded a duet with Costello of her father Mose's song "Monster of the Id". Jonny Porkpie once again hosts.
BRILLIANT MISTAKE begins at 9:00pm on Monday, October 17. There is no cover for the event. The event is the second in the "Bespoke Music" event series, which focuses on the work of a different musician or genre each month. The Rum House Entertainment Menu is presented Monday through Saturday nights, with cocktail hour entertainment Monday throughThursday 6-8pm and late night entertainment Wednesday 8-10 and Thursday through Saturday starting at 9:30pm.
ABOUT THE FEATURED PIANISTS
October: JC Hopkins (Brilliant Mistake) Grammy nominated songwriter, pianist and bandleader, has had a history of working with great singers. He worked with Norah Jones, first as the singer of his legendary, JC Hopkins Biggish Band, and then writing material for her multi-million selling album, "Come Away With Me". He also composed the song "Dreams Come True" which she sang as a duet with country great Willie Nelson. In collaboration with Madeleine Peyroux he wrote many of the songs for the much-heralded Biggish Band album "Underneath a Brooklyn Moon." And recently he worked closely with Elvis Costello in a tribute to Mose Allison in which Elvis sang several songs with his band to a sold out and rapturous audience.
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