Leave it to Chris Cornell, formerly of Soundgarden, to give us an EPIC mash-up of ONE by U2, and ONE by Metallica, which go together surprisingly well…
Dueling Piano players everywhere are proud!
Shake Rattle & Roll Dueling Pianos Video of the Week! From our Friday Night show Nov. 27th at Parlay Gastropub in Rockville Centre, Long Island, Sean “Chops” Rainey, turned 250 partiers into the longest Dueling Pianos conga line ever seen!
Wu-Tang Clan spent nine years making a super secret 31-track album, entitled “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin”, for which only a single copy would be pressed and sold.
A few months ago, a “private American collector” bought the album for untold millions of dollars. Wu-Tang threw in some free $55,000 speakers, too.
“The Wu-Tang Clan have always been driven by innovation, and this marks another moment in musical history,” said Wu-Tang cofounder RZA, adding that the group would donate a significant portion of the proceeds to charity. “From the beginning, we hoped that this concept would inspire debate and new ways of seeing creativity. Both of those goals have been achieved, and the ideas continue to evolve.”
According to the legal documents involved in the sale, the material is prohibited from public release for a period of 88 years.
So why 88 years? An obscure Dueling Pianos reference??
The time frame is, naturally, derived from Wu-Tang’s love of numbers. There were eight original members of the group, for instance, and the auctioneer, Paddle8, has the number in its name. Eight turned sideways is also the infinity symbol.
“For us it also addresses the issue of music’s longevity in a time of mass production and short attention spans,” RZA said on the site. “Nothing about this record revolves around short-term gains, but rather around the legacy of the music and the statement we’re making.”
Take that, Napster.
Hey Brooklyn and Long Island!! We’re back this week!!!
Before, and after, you get your Turkey on, come party with us this week!
Wednesday 9pm – Wolf’s 111, Albany NY
10pm – Red, White & Brews, Bay Ridge NYC
Friday 9pm – Blarney’s Twisted Irish Pub, Mechanicsburg PA
930pm – Arooga’s, Hershey PA
10pm – Parlay Gastropub, Rockville Centre, NY
Saturday 10pm – THE CELLAR @ 22 WARREN ST., NYC
Shake Rattle & Roll Dueling Pianos Video of the Week! From our Saturday Night show Nov. 14th at The Cellar @ 22 Warren St., NYC, our resident Brit, James Barr, got the whole room singin’ along with BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY!
One day after the carnage in Paris, German pianist Davide Martello wheeled his grand piano up to the Bataclan, the site of the largest attack, and performed John Lennon’s IMAGINE. Illustrating so powerfully what the truest power of music can be – to unite, heal, educate and minister.
Surrounded by photographers and onlookers, Martello performed the poignant song. He has a history of appearing at socially significant events, playing a set at the protests in Istanbul’s Gezi Park in 2013.
According to today’s NY Post, Will Andersen and his nine year old dog, Rizzo, take their spot outside New York City’s Grand Central Terminal and rake in up to $200/hr panhandling in prime time slots.
The 43-year old former stagehand is not the only street-smart street person out there, the article claims.
No longer homeless, he now has an apartment in Inwood, from the income he makes with his pooch-prop by his side.
The new spotlight on these hustlers is due to NY Police Commissioner Bratton’s comments yesterday that if New Yorkers really wanted to get rid of vagrants, they should just stop giving.
Fortunately, the commish hasn’t visited the Dueling Piano bar yet.
