Ed Murray Celebrates Mother's Day at The Metropolitan Room

Ed Murray in Songs My Mother Loved: A Walk Down Memory Lane

A True Mother's Day Card for Mothers Everywhere!

Bring your mom to celebrate HER and the music of our lives

Mother's Day at The Metropolitan Room

When: Sunday, May 8, 2016 4:00 PM (Doors open at 3:30 PM)
Ticket Price: $25.00

Internationally Acclaimed Jazz Cabaret
34 West 22nd St., New York, NY 10010 Phone: 212.206.0440
or ONLINE: http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=228816

"My mother was always one of my biggest supporters. She loved to hear me sing, and when I was a kid, often suggested that I ask the director of our local community theatre to sing certain songs in the variety shows we put together as a company. I was too shy at the time to be so "forward" and share my mother's song suggestions with that director.

My mother passed soon thereafter very unexpectedly (by the time I was only 22), but I always kept "her favorite song list" on "the back burner of my mind." As I got older I realized that I truly loved and respected the male singers she did (from the 50s, 60s, and 70s) and sought to honor her, those songs, and the artists who made them popular.

Mom would be in her early 80s now if she were still alive. Her favorite songs, some of which include Tony Bennett's "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife," Englebert Humperdinck's "After the Lovin'," Jim Croce's "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," and Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" became the basis for my most recent show. When I tried to come up with a title for the show and/or the unifying theme of the show, "Songs My Mother Loved" jumped out at me.

With great respect and humility I honor my mom and these songs and their original artists in this manner, in my newest cabaret show endeavor that will be a "walk down Memory Lane" for many a senior citizen now, and, hopefully, a means for those of younger generations since mine to appreciate these wonderful tunes, these outstanding artists."

-Ed Murray

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