Rumor: Levon, Warren and Fab Faux To Join Jimmy Vivino & The Ghost of Bill Graham?
The fine folks at Brooklyn Vegan certainly caught our attention today when they posted this mind-blowing potential lineup for Thursday night’s Jimmy Vivino/Bill Graham birthday celebration at BB King’s in Times Square.
Thursday Jan 10th at BB KIng’s. “Return To The Fillmore East” With….. THE PRISONERS OF 2ND AVE Featuring: JIMMY VIVINO, RICH PAGANO + JOHN CONTE
Bill Graham Birthday Show!
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A Jimmy Vivino Birthday Celebration!With special guests and special friends …
THE FAB FAUX, LEVON HELM, WILLIE NILE, AL KOOPER, WARREN HAYNES, PAUL SHAFFER, JOHN SEBASTIAN, DAVID JOHANSEN, HUBERT SUMLIN, ROBERT GORDON, CATHERINE RUSSELL, LARRY CAMPBELL
All of these legendary performers has a long history with Vivino, so this certainly isn’t beyond the realm of possibilities. The BB King website listing for the show is playing coy, but a recent press release we received may prove it’s worth: “The evening promises to be colorful and it would be beneath us to advertise the names of current and former lineups who want to celebrate and play.”
Tickets are still available at the moment (half-price with the code ‘OFFER’). Do any of our readers out there have any inside information about this show?
The Fab Faux:
Levon Helm:
Warren Haynes:
Inside info, eh? Yeah, Willie Nile is confirmed — that’s what you were lookin’ for, right?
you would t think Les Paul would be there too. he has a residency in nyc somewhere, right?
I hear Les Paul and Jimmy Vivino haven’t spoken since the Great Key Party Swords-Crossing Incident of 1993. Man, that was an ugly incident.
Pretty sure this is correct.
It is. I got a BB Kings email this morning and everyone was on the bill. Anothyer gem was on it too, the Bacon Brothers featuring with Bela Fleck. What the hell?
Sold out! Shiiiiiiit! Anyone have 2 extras?
Fabulous show last night! Can anyone publish a playlist? Jimmy was so busy keeping track of his musicians that he forgot to tell us the names of some great songs.
Here you go, man: http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/stars-align-everybody-loves-jimmy-vivino/
Les Paul’s NYC residency is at the Iridium every Monday night, where he does two sets: one at 8 and one at 10. He always has special guests and it’s a great time. And by the way, he turns 92 in June, so if you’ve never seen him there, you’d best get cracking.
Sadly, I too was under the weather…otherwise I’d have been there in a heartbeat. I was warned by Rich Pagano on New Year’s Eve not to miss this!!!