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Elvis Perkins in Dearland @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC | pics
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I'm warming up to Elvis Perkins. I still haven't listened to the album that Jerry says is one the best of the year, and I wasn't as blown away by his live show as much as others I know, but maybe I just wasn't in the mood Saturday night (July 1, 2006) for that, as MOKB puts it, "soothing, warming, yet heartwrenching brand of folk pop/rock".
Notes:
1) He sounds just like John Darnielle at (a lot of) times.
2) He's good at playing guitar, harmonica, and singing all at the same time - like Dylan, like Ounsworth.
3) His brother Oz Perkins played Dorky David Kidney in Legally Blonde.
4) Parts of one of his songs sound like a song in Dirty Dancing.
5) His dad is Anthony.
6) Upright bass and big drums are fun.
7) There were more people at the show for Elvis Perkins than for Matt Costa who was headlining (I left too).
8) Any day now we'll find out which label is putting out Elvis' record.
Openers The Little Ones were great. They're ultimately what got me to this show, but that's for another post...
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His dad is the guy that played in Psycho I thought he was gay
Posted by Anonymous | July 4, 2006 4:52 PM
"Perkins was bisexual, having had affairs with a number of men, including 1950s and 60s film star Tab Hunter, dancer Rudolf Nureyev and dancer-choreographer Grover Dale, with whom Perkins had a six-year relationship prior to his marriage to Berry Berenson. He claimed to have been exclusively homosexual until his late thirties, when he met the actress Victoria Principal.
Perkins died in 1992 of complications from AIDS, at age 60.
His son, Osgood Perkins, credited as Oz Perkins, is also an actor and his other son, Elvis Perkins, is a musician."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Perkins
Posted by Anonymous | July 4, 2006 4:59 PM
The Wiki record is not complete. Read the imdb.com bio.
"http://imdb.com/name/nm0000578/bio"
His song "Ash Wednesday" is about his father's dead on 12 September 1992 (on Ash Wednesday), and his monther's death on 11 September 2001 (she was on one of the planes which hit the World Trade Center, the day before Ash Wednesday). Talk about terrible luck :(
There's some true sorrow in that song.
Posted by Anonymous | July 5, 2006 6:59 PM
Looking forward to the show in Madison WI. this Saturday.What is taking so long for people to catch on ??? lol
Posted by Jeff | October 1, 2007 3:03 PM