Yahzarah & Kitten Kuroi, backing vocalists for the Imperial Bedroom shows

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Yahzarah & Kitten Kuroi, backing vocalists for the Imperial Bedroom shows

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Intriguing Tweet this evening -

https://twitter.com/Yahzarah/status/788489401668165632


Hurrying home for my pick up! I start rehearsals on Weds for a small run with the rock legend #ElvisCostello will... http://fb.me/Up7RIJ9Q


That Facebook link is gone .

The Imperial Bedroom album features a lot of songs with overdubbed backing vocals by Elvis. Davey Faragher has regularly been praised by Elvis as being a accomplished backing singer and will , I daresay , contribute lots of same to the performances of the songs. Now , it seems, an additional singer will be part of the show.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahzarah

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http://www.yahzarah.com/
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WOW!!! i was counting on MUCH DAVEY contibutions, but am not at all adverse to a female background vocalist too. AWESOME NEWS!!
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Apparently Ms Yahzarah posted a clip, only briefly available, on Instagram yesterday of a rehearsal of EDIWTB .

https://www.instagram.com/yahzarah/
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BL1ajaIFSS7/

yahzarah#TodayOffice :D With the Great #masteratwork #ElvisCostello He's a sweetheart learning much. #Historylesson if you don't know check out the #ImperialBedRoom

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Rehearsing The Loved Ones makes me wonder how many people wished they'd been spared the theatrics and me! :lol:
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It looks like there will be a second backing vocalist, Kitten Kuroi.

http://kitten-kuroi.squarespace.com/

"Getting in some rehearsal in with the man who likes to "Pump it Up" with "Alison" because "Everyday [He] Writes The Book". #elviscostello #ImperialBedroom #TheImposters"

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Ms Kuroi has just finished working on a Englebert Humperdinck tour
http://kitten-kuroi.squarespace.com/
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So we know that two deep cuts, The Loved Ones as well as ...And In Every Home, are being rehearsed. Does this mean a complete album show? Hope so! Find out tonight.
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docinwestchester wrote:So we know that two deep cuts, The Loved Ones as well as ...And In Every Home, are being rehearsed. Does this mean a complete album show? Hope so! Find out tonight.
He's been careful to avoid promising to play the complete album, but I'd be really surprised if they didn't play all 15 songs from Imperial Bedroom, if not necessarily in the album order.

Nine of the songs have already been played with the Imposters in the last few years — "Beyond Belief." "Shabby Doll," "The Long Honeymoon," "Man Out Of Time," "Almost Blue," "Human Hands," "Kid About It," "You Little Fool," and "Town Cryer."

We already know "...And In Every Home" and "The Loved Ones" are being rehearsed.

"Tears Before Bedtime" hasn't been played since the Allen Toussaint tour in 2006, but I think it could really benefit from the additional singers. I don't think Elvis has ever tried to reproduce the "vocal group" sound of the studio version in concert.

"Pidgin English" was last heard in 1987, but it was played quite a few times with the Attractions, and I have no reason to doubt the Imposters could pull it off.

"Little Savage" and "Boy With A Problem" have only been played once each, so I suppose if any songs were to be skipped they would be the most likely candidates. But I think he'll play them all.

This has nothing to do with Imperial Bedroom, but can he work with Kitten Kuroi and resist playing "Leave My Kitten Alone"?
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"Little Savage" and "Boy With A Problem" have only been played once each, so I suppose if any songs were to be skipped they would be the most likely candidates. But I think he'll play them all."

Indeed, these were the only 2 not played last night. Little Savage seems like it might be difficult to reproduce live, and I don't think EC particularly likes BWAP for some reason. I happen to think it's a good song.
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Funny illustration of the 'in ear monitor' process

https://www.instagram.com/p/BL-QIMKDNhf/
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Backing singer Kitten is looking up her new playmates in the history books, 'some other fella' cropped from image.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMDa74BDTLa/
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I feel a urge to find this shop...

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Elvis Costello and The Attractions in a Liverpool grocery store, 19th September 1978. From left to right, Pete Thomas, Steve Nieve, Elvis Costello and Bruce Thomas. Photo by Keith Morris

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Both Kitten Kuroi and YahZarah have been providing a pretty interesting and amusing ongoing, behind-the-scenes commentary on this tour on their Instagram accounts, occasional impromptu performances included. Worth a look.

https://www.instagram.com/kittenkuroi/
https://www.instagram.com/yahzarah/
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johnfoyle wrote:I feel a urge to find this shop...
Really sorry John, can't help you there, in 1978 all Liverpool's grocery stores looked like that - but without those particular callow youths!

good luck with the search

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Look who commented:

missmelivaldez Yasss!
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I asked Bruce Thomas, via f/book private message, what he & the others were eating in this -

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'Toffees !' was his succinct response.
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Short Instagram video of Yahzarah and Kitten Kuroi singing backing vocals on "Alison" - date and venue unknown

https://www.instagram.com/p/BM94jBljzlx/
Kitten Kuroi, EC and Yahzarah
Kitten Kuroi, EC and Yahzarah
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