Kings of the New York Streets
Trivia question:
Who were the only two singers (aside from the Beatles themselves) featured on the cover of Sgt. Pepper?
Dion DiMucci and that Zimmerman boy, who coincidentally are sharing the bill tonight at the United Palace Theater, waaaay up on 175th St. & Broadway. And, as so very often happens, we will making the scene and twittering on our little tweeter.
It should make for a great show, though. Dion will be almost literally within spitting distance of his home Bronx turf – we’re putting the over/under on “Yo!” shout-outs at 25… and taking the over; plus, we saw him at the R & R Hall of Fame Anniversary Show a few weeks ago and the dude’s pipes are not only completely intact, but they’ve now taken on the characteristics of a baritone sax. He’s a bluesier version of his early “Frank Sinatra’s punk-assed kid brother” incarnation. In short, Dion still sings like a stone motherfucker.
As for the headliner… I don’t think anyone ever put it better than a coked-to-the-gills Jack Nicholson at Live-Aid, when he introduced “the transcendent… Bob Dylan”. And it’s ironic that Bob played Geldof-palooza accompanied by Keith & Ronnie… because Bob’s voice has morphed into an amalgamation of Keith & Ronnie’s. But Christ – it’s Bob, it’s New York City, and it’s the last show of the 2009 edition of the Never-Ending Tour. Plus, he might even sing a Christmas song. It’s gonna be a special night. Yes, indeedy.
Anyway, we’ll check you out from Washington Heights. To tide you over, here are portraits of the young artists as heroin addicts.
“Donna The Prima Donna”, 1962-ish:
“Like A Rolling Stone”, 1966:
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