If you’re like me, starting around 5PM Wednesday you start counting the minutes until quittin’ time on Friday. Thankfully it’s only a day and a half away, and there’s a whole lot goin’ down around town. Giving the price of electricity, it might make more sense in this recession to dance to stay warm, so consider this weekend a moneysaver!
It all begins tonight with a wish-I-had-any-money-to-go show at Joe’s Pub in Manhattan featuring HOWARD TATE, one of the most beloved soul singers of the 60′s backed by the Sweet Divines. Tate was a major influence on late 60′s “hippie soulsters” like Janis Joplin who covered “Get It While You Can” all the way to bank, but that hardly scratches the surface of his pretty much essential 60′s albums. The show is $15, definitely worth it and will also somehow incorporate Eli “Paper Boy” Reed who I have yet to see. It’s an EARLY show, doors at 7 and the whole thing will be over by 9.
Tomorrow night the live soul continues with Daptone’s Budos Band at Mercury Lounge. Also Friday is Subway Soul Club’s 7th anniversary night at Fontana’s in Chinatown, featuring tons of DJs doing round robin sets including yours truly AND (gpnyc co-blogger) Charles Gaskins. It is free as always and you can catch me and Charles between 11 and 1 or so. In case you’re more in a 50′s mood, head over to Otto’s for the ever popular Rebel Night rockabilly dj gig. And New York Night Train‘s Shakin All Over Sideways Down is at Home Sweet Home as usual (we assume).
Saturday you’ve got an unbeatable night at the new Bell House in Gowanus/Brooklyn featuring the Fleshtones, the Above and the Lost Crusaders. Phast Phreddie is DJing, Handsome Dick Manitoba is MCing and it’s all to celebrate the release of the Fleshtones’ new Christmas album (because… why not?!). Cover is… $10adv/$12door $15 I think. Also the psychobillies Arkhams are at Don Pedro.
Sunday the 21st is of course the shortest day of the year and correspondingly… there’s no gigs!
SHIMMY
Tags: arkhams, bell house, fleshtones, howard tate, joe's pub, rebel night, subway soul club, sweet divines
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