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Nellie McKay @ Joe's Pub (late show), NYC - pics

photos & words by Chris La Putt

Nellie McKay @ Joes Pub

Nellie McKay played two shows at Joe’s Pub in NYC yesterday (April 1, 2008) (and another NYC show the day before that) (and she has even more coming up). I had tickets to the late show, but almost didn’t go due to the freak rain storm. I don’t know why I was so hesitant on going. I always enjoy myself at a Nellie shows, and last night ended up being no different. I got to the show around the start time of 11:30 thinking that she would be on time for once. No dice. She was half an hour late for the 9:30 show, so we got pushed back to midnight, but it wasn’t that much of a hassle. We were finally let in as the audience from earlier show (David Byrne included) were letting out.

The show started and I saw two video cameras filming. I discovered later that they were a team of Canadian film makers doing a documentary on the ukulele, and that they decided to film Nellie playing one. I thought it was an April Fools joke at first, but it wasn’t, and she ended up playing more songs than usual on the little instrument. She was quirky as usual, and the audience loved it. For the crowd favorite “Zombie,” she brought in a couple of her friends (pictured) to act while she sang. That was definitely the highlight of the evening for me. More photos below…..

Nellie McKay @ Joes Pub

Nellie McKay @ Joes Pub

Nellie McKay @ Joes Pub

Nellie McKay @ Joes Pub

Nellie McKay @ Joes Pub

Nellie McKay @ Joes Pub

Nellie McKay @ Joes Pub

Nellie McKay @ Joes Pub