The Roots covered Prince w/ Elvis Costello, Devotchka, Maya Rudolph & more @ City Winery (pics); Carnegie Hall is tonight
photos by Robert Altman
Elvis Costello / Nina Persson & Maya Rudolph @ City Winery
Elvis Costello, The Roots, Devotchka, The Waterboys, Nina Persson, Maya Rudolph (performing as “Princess” with Gretchen Lieberum), Fred Armisen, Bilal and more all blessed the stage at the “rehearsal” for the Prince Tribute scheduled for Carnegie Hall tonight (3/7). The show, which went down at City Winery last night (3/6), was sold-out and featured a night of all covers of songs by the purple one, including classics like “When Doves Cry,” “Nothing Compares 2 U,” “Purple Rain” and many many other staples.
D’Angelo, who played Brooklyn Bowl on Sunday night and will hits Carnegie Hall tonight, did not appear. Neither did Prince Rogers Nelson (the honoree of the evening), but that might have been for the best considering his recent penchant for destruction….
#rockgodstatus or #dickmove? You be the judge.
Of course Black Thought is of The Roots, Jimmy Fallon’s house band. If you missed it, Prince appeared on Fallon late last week.
More pictures from City Winery last night are below.
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The Waterboys
Bilal
Diane Birch
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Nina Persson
Princess
Elvis Costello
Devotchka
Bhi Bhiman
Fred Armisen
