Come to the show tonight… (and tomorrow night)
I have to admit that I wasn’t previously familiar with the name Ann Magnuson, but she sounds an interesting Lass Insane. Tonight and tomorrow night (January 8th/9th) she will perfrom a special Bowie birthday tribute with her band, the Star Whackers From Mars, which includes Kristian Hoffman, Jonathan Lea, Joe Berardi and Miiko Watanabe, plus special guest Michael Des Barres.
Talking to Libby Molyneaux at
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“We will perform mostly a hybrid of Ziggy and Aladdin Sane mixed with a few barks from Diamond Dogs plus a soupcon of Low, as well as a nod to Bowie’s Mod years, a wink to Mott the Hoople and a birthday greeting via the Beatles ‘When I’m 64’ done Brecht/Weill-style in honor of his Berlin years. FYI, he’s turning 64. I’m not impersonating Bowie so much as rekindling the ecstasy of a teenager who is singing and dancing along to those records in the basement of the house she grew up in back in West Virginia.
I feel all the radiant joy those songs brought me then ? with all the attendant hormones and unbridled excitement over the endless possibilities that lay ahead. In short, I feel what Bowie was bringing to the world- permission to step out of the black & white mundanity of a Kansas farm house and enter the wild, wonderful Technicolor world of Oz! And since Bowie isn’t performing at all anymore, someone has got to sing these songs live on stage!”
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The information above pretty well says it all, but here’s the official blurb for some of the finer points…
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ANN MAGNUSON DOES DAVID BOWIE (L.A. Edition)
A glittering glam-rock tribute to Mr. Bowie on the occasion of his birthday on January 8th, 2011! *PLUS another show added by popular demand on January 9th!
Starring Ann Magnuson.
Kristian Hoffman, Musical Director.
With The Star Whackers From Mars featuring Kristian Hoffman (keyboards), Jonathan Lea (guitar), Joe Berardi (drums), Miiko Watanabe (bass)
PLUS Special Guest Michael Des Barres!
TWO SHOWS ONLY!
4773 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90027
Phone: (323) 666-4268
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As I post this early on Saturday evening in the UK, LA is just coming to life, which leaves you almost a whole day to get your best Bowie clobber together and make your way to the venue. I would check ticket availability first though.
If you didn’t already see it, check out the other Bowie Birthday Bashes we mentioned in our previous related news item. (01.03.2010 NEWS: ROUND-UP OF BOWIE BIRTHDAY EVENTS FOR THIS SATURDAY)