Jamie deRoy Presents An Evening With Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Bros 6/26 In NYC

Cabaret performer and producer Jamie deRoy will present a special evening with Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers on Friday, June 26th (7PM) at the New York hotspot Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street Between 5th & 6th Avenues). Steve Smith will accompany on guitar and Marty Fischer on drums. For the first time in 17 years, the Gatlin Brothers have been back in the studio recording new music. The evening will feature some of their new songs from their upcoming album, titled "The Pilgrimage" releasing Fall 2009 on Curb Records.

Legendary Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter, Larry Gatlin, began his successful music career thanks in part to his meeting Dottie West while performing at Jimmy Dean's Las Vegas revue. Taken by his impressive song writing skills, West recorded two of his songs and passed his demo around Nashville, which soon got him a job singing back up for Kris Kristofferson. In 1973 he began his solo career and had his first Top 20 hit, "Sweet Becky Walker," one year later. In 1976 his brothers, Steve and Rudy, joined Larry and they went on to record the Grammy Award winning "Broken Lady," "I Don't Wanna Cry," "Love Is Just a Game," and "Statues Without Hearts," among others.

Renowned for their mastery and art of perfect family harmony that spawned some of country music's most memorable hits, Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers rekindled their ole' gospel music flame with the 2005 release of "Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers Sing Their Family Gospel Favorites," and in so doing, lit the way towards their 9th Grammy nomination. Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers are still performing live across the US. Visit www.gatlinbrothers.com for more information.

Jamie deRoy has won eight MAC Awards, four Back Stage Bistro Awards, ten Telly Awards and CaB Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award for her extensive work on both stage and screen. Jamie has appeared onstage with Joan Rivers and has headlined at many of New York's major clubs. She has produced eight CDs in the Jamie deRoy & friends series on the Harbinger and PS Classics labels. Her theatre producing credits include Broadway: The Norman Conquests, Desire Under the Elms, Blithe Spirit, Impressionism, Speed-the-Plow, Arthur Miller's All My Sons, London's Marguerite, The Seagull, George Steven Jr.'s Thurgood, Clifford Odets's The Country Girl, David Mamet's November, Jay Johnson: The Two and Only, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, and Say Goodnight Gracie; Off-Broadway: Beebo Brinker Chronicles, Make Me A Song: The Music of William Finn, Dividing The Estate (Outer Critics Circle Award), Opus, Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell, Athol Fugard's Exits and Entrances, Christopher Durang's Adrift in Macao, A.R. Gurney's Indian Blood (Outer Critics Circle Award), Terrence McNally's Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Her TV and film producing credits include the Emmy-nominated "The Biggest Little Operas in Town" for Channel 13 and Rick McKay's documentary Broadway: The Golden Age. Her acting credits include appearances on the television shows "Alice," "Spiderman" and "Knight Rider," and in the films GoodFellas, Raging Bull, See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Married to It. Onstage, Jamie appeared with Rene Auberjonois in The Threepenny Opera, as well as in The Drunkard with musical direction by Barry Manilow.

An evening with Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers at Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street /between 5th and 6th Avenues) has a $35 cover charge plus a $15 minimum. For reservations, please call (212) 206-0440. Program is subject to change.

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