SCHMOOZE : JUST ADD CELEBS TO BLUES CRUISE.Mick Jagger Noun 1. Mick Jagger - English rock star (born in 1943) Jagger, Michael Philip Jagger , Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22 1937), known as Jack Nicholson, is a three time Academy Award winning American actor internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. , Chazz Palminteri Chazz Palminteri (b. May 15, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and writer, best known for his performances in The Usual Suspects, A Bronx Tale and Mulholland Falls. , John Goodman, Jonathan Silverman and Traci Lords were among the crowd rolling into the House of Blues House of Blues (HOB) is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically on Thursday for a party night showcasing the gospel and blues acts on the club's new record label. Dan Aykroyd in his Elwood Blues guise hosted the event, which was broadcast live over the Internet. Who knows what the users were seeing on their computers, but they couldn't have missed the guy near the stage jumping up and down to no particular beat, lost somewhere in the mosh pit of his mind. As for the rest of the crowd of invited guests, paying customers and press, there was the usual number of little black dresses, I'm-cool looks and tattoos that are standard issue at the borders of all hip L.A. enclaves. Despite the fact that black was the designer color of choice, the crowd seemed to have a good time when they weren't checking each other out. Some of them even managed to move their feet, clap their hands and shake their booty to the uniformly good and good-time music. The gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama kicked off the evening festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. with a rousing set. Whitney Houston's mom, Cissy cissy Noun pl -sies Adjective same as sissy Adj. 1. cissy - having unsuitable feminine qualities effeminate, emasculate, sissified, sissy, sissyish, epicene , then followed with a gospel set of her own, including a spiritual reworking of the Marvin Gaye classic ``How Sweet It Is.'' The night took a more secular turn with the remaining acts: Paul Black and the Flip Kings, singer-guitarist John Mooney, Becky Barksdale, Jimmy Rip, the Gales Brothers - a trio of left-handed blues guitarists. The gold-lame-coated Rip drew the biggest crowd response, drawing a gaggle of long-legged women looking like they were auditioning for a Robert Palmer music video to the foot of the stage. Using blues great Buddy Guy's old trick on one number, Rip jumped into the crowd, still blazing away on his guitar to the delight of the fans. There was a brief rumor that Jagger jag 1 n. 1. A sharp projection; a barb. 2. a. A hanging flap along the edge of a garment. b. A slash or slit in a garment exposing material of a different color. tr.v. would join Rip on stage, but that - as most festival and concert rumors - proved untrue. The closest Mr. Lips got to the stage was when Paul Black did a version of the Stones' ``Factory Girl.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Jimmy Rip added to the mania at the House of Blues o n Thursday night. |
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