They sold out arenas thanks to era-defining ditties like "Freeway," "Walkin' Shoes" and "Mama You're a Dancer." The grainy, faded footage of them in concert in L.A. circa 1974 testifies that no one worked a country-tinged, Am-radio groove better. Cameron Crowe, Daryl Hall and the ladies of Haim are all diehard fans. "Every song was a single, and every single was great," claims Chuck Klosterman, in reference to the chart-topping album Catalina Breeze. "I was completely blown away by that record," says Kenny Loggins. "We all tried to capture that thing,...
- 9/24/2015
- Rollingstone.com
The music of the late composer Dory Previn ex-wife of Andre Previn, sister-in-law of Mia Farrow was celebrated at a gala for the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Vineyard Theatre last night. Best-known as the writer of such hit songs as 'Theme from Valley of the Dolls,' 'Mary C. Brown and the Hollywood Sign,' 'With My Daddy in the Attic,' 'You're Gonna Hear from Me,' Dory Previn was a legendary figure as a pop-folk singer-song-writer in the 60's-70's and 80's. The Gala performance was directed by Rachel Chavkin Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812, with musical direction by Jon Spurney. BroadwayWorld was there fo rthe gala and you can check out photos from the special event below...
- 2/25/2014
- by Jessica Gordon
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tony nominee Daniel Breaker will make his 54 Below debut, performing an intimate set with frequent collaborators Jon Spurney Passing Strange, Justin Levine Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Ron McBee Ruined. After gaining high praise for his fresh and riveting performance in Broadway's Passing Strange, Daniel's recent stage credits include Shrek, the Musical, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark and The Performers, as well as appearances in film Limitless, Spike Lee's Red Hook Summer. Join Daniel for an unforgettable night of jazz standards, haunting blues and much moreBroadwayWorld brings you a preview of his concert below...
- 1/18/2013
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
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