GRATITUDE AND GLAMOUR
Normally today would be day when we do affirmations sent in by one of you. But this is Paul Williams an my site and this week Paul opened here in New York at the Cafe Carlyle.
Very rarely I will do double posting, which means I will post the same blog on my site TraceyJacksononline.com and here. Today is one of those days as I thought all of you might like to see Paul’s opening night and the blog I did about it.
Part of the fun and upside of having a writing partner and best friend who is a real legend is getting to blog about them when they do cool things.
I did blog about Paul Williams when his doc Still Alive came out and he makes an appereance on this site from time to time. But this week he opened at The Café Carlyle and I can’t let that go unnoticed.
In other parts of the country this might not be a big deal. OK, it’s not Madison Square Garden. But it has a different kind of cachet. It’s a little jewel box of a room where as Cole Porter, (who the place pretty much embodies) would say“Is The Tops.” And to get to play there you have to be ” The Tops”
It’s the home of legends who sing The Great American Songbook or their own songs if they, like Paul have a large body of work they have created.
So, Tuesday night Paul opened in the Café Carlyle to a sold out run and what looks like the first of more engagements there to come. It might not be totally sold out, so if you live in the Tri-State area and want to see him, I would try and get tickets!
I was thinking how I could make this not just – here guys look at more pictures of Paul Williams and now I’m going to plug our website Gratitude and Trust and our upcoming book.
And I landed on an idea- I would go up while they were rehearsing in the afternoon and snap some shots and then shoot the opening so it would all look well thought out, which at that moment it was and as I write this appears to be.
I was curious what happens the hours before you go on stage as a singer. I always figure if I’m curious about something, there is bound to be someone else out there who is too.
John Lee Sanders rehearsing.
The room before the crowds arrive.
What to wear the black jacket or the black jacket?
The black jacket.
Judy Collins in the audience. Judy performs at the Cafe Carlyle several times a year.
Regis Philbin and wife Joy.
Paul Williams singing Still Alive from his show at The Cafe Carlyle.
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Tracey Jackson is a screenwriter and blogger at traceyjacksononline.com. Her book Gratitude and Trust is now available.