EC plays Little Kids Rock benefit in New York, Oct. 16, 2012

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Maureen Van Zandt tweets:
Beyond excited to announce that Elvis Costello will perform at the @littlekidsrock gala honoring @StevieVanZandt on Oct. 16th! Yeah, baby!
http://www.littlekidsrock.org/rtr12/sponsorship.htm
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ba, if you spring for the 10G we'll be happy to fill some seats for you!!!
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i'll get a $35 ticket at ebay or stubhub or maybe go on the street night of the show and get a freebie! for what??? PUMP IT UP, PLU and something else i've seen 60 times??? :lol: :lol: :lol: i'd be better off spending big money to come to California with you jmm! 8) 8) 8)
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but, then again..... :wink: :wink:
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Certainly not spending 10G to go to SF and get to see 2 EC shows (and maybe some guesting too) and other good stuff besides

bi-coastal ba on the way??????????
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$250 balcony seats on sale now! http://littlekidsrock.eventbrite.com/?access=ga

if i get 3 or 5 songs with ELVIS & BRUCE on stage together, alongside Steve, it will be worth EVERY penny!!! 8) 8)
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jmm...cheaper than a plane flight! 900 seater. i thought it was HAMMERSTEIN, but it's the GRAND BALLROOM at Manhattan Center. looks like a gem!

http://www.mcstudios.com/mc-studio-events/the-grand.php
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Anyone going?
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bronx-westchester connection will be there John! :D
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Excellent - enjoy!
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Should be interesting.
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At first glance I thought this read "Elvis plays Kid Rock benefit in New York."
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Maureen Van Zandt tweeting today about rehearsals!!

Maureen Van Zandt ‏@MVZaGoGo
Rehearsal day for @littlekidsrock gala. Excited to see @MsDarleneLove @MDesbarres @KrisAllen @michael_johns @elviscostello etc
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benjamin agostino ‏@bronxapostle tweets
ELVIS COSTELLO did a killer THIS TIME BABY'S GONE FOR GOOD tonight at Steve Van Zandt tribute

Caryn Rose ‏@carynrose
elvis costello played his song tonight & then sat with Steven at his table, guitar still around his neck, for the rest of the night.
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes song -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIdZnIqqIHo
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johnfoyle wrote:benjamin agostino ‏@bronxapostle tweets
ELVIS COSTELLO did a killer THIS TIME BABY'S GONE FOR GOOD tonight at Steve Van Zandt tribute

Caryn Rose ‏@carynrose
elvis costello played his song tonight & then sat with Steven at his table, guitar still around his neck, for the rest of the night.
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes song -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIdZnIqqIHo
Elvis' take on this song was brilliant. I'll be uploading video and audio in the next day or so.
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you are a good man. thanx doc.
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Long account-

http://931jackfm.cbslocal.com/2012/10/1 ... van-zandt/

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And then the show really kicked into high gear. Elvis Costello walked on stage to perform another song Van Zandt wrote for Southside Johnny, 1978′s “This Time Baby’s Gone For Good” (another one Elvis can add to his list of great covers).


http://www.vuihatka.com/celebrity-news/ ... van-zandt/

Springsteen presents charity honor to Van Zandt

October 17th, 2012


The night busted open in New York City as Bruce Springsteen and other Rock and Roll Hall of Famers helped Steven Van Zandt celebrate his Big Man of the Year award.

Darlene Love, Elvis Costello and Dion were among the stellar performers Tuesday night at a rollicking benefit for Little Kids Rock, an initiative that rescues music education amid public school budget cuts.

Springsteen had some fun while presenting the award — gleefully detailing their roommate days and Van Zandt’s lack of housekeeping skills.

“What a liar,” Van Zandt retorted with a grin.

Amid the musical blowout, Van Zandt and the other stars discussed the arts’ role in fueling young minds and shaping character — tasks accomplished through the thousands of musical instruments and the lessons made possible by Little Kids Rock.

Costello, before going onstage, waxed eloquently on the “mundane and magical” aspects of music, and its transformative effects.


Van Zandt said in an AP interview before the show that children might see a musical career as glamorous and fun — “and it is.”

But it also “requires a lot of work, just like any other craft. … You need discipline and you need willpower and focus. And …a lot of hours put into it,” he said.

So people might be surprised to know that Van Zandt, while concentrating on a multitude of parallel careers, can go three years without playing a guitar, and then pick it up again in a week or two.

“When you’ve been playing so long, you don’t really forget how to play,” he said.

“Well, that’s not a good example for the kids, though,” he conceded, laughing. “That’s just me. … ‘You kids: Don’t do what I do — do what I say.’”

The charity named the award for E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons in 2009, two years before he died.

Clemons’ nephew, Jake, who now tours with the E Street Band playing saxophone, lent heartfelt accompaniment to Little Kids Rock musicians from Franklin L. Williams Middle School in Jersey City, N.J.

Singer-guitarist Tom Morello, serving a blistering homage to Van Zandt’s old anti-apartheid song, “Sun City,” told the crowd how it helped stoke his own activism as a student at Harvard University.

Some bad-boy appeal came when rocker Jesse Malin climbed onto a table of people dining near the stage, singing as he traipsed in sneakers amid stemware on the tablecloth.

Besides working with Bruce Springsteen and E Street, and camping it up in mobster roles — his most recent on the Netflix show “Lilyhammer” — Van Zandt works as a record and television producer, radio host, songwriter and arranger, and oversees two satellite channels.

The self-educated music historian is also chairman of the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation, which is developing curriculum for schools. Not bad for a guy who endured his own school days as a self-described “freak,” ”misfit” and “outcast.”

“That was particular to my generation,” he said. Now, being a musician is “acceptable. … But it wasn’t so respectable in the 60s.”

In the long run, though, Van Zandt said music saved his life — and he wants to return the favor. “It’s why I support Little Kids Rock.”
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Video:

This Time Baby's Gone For Good -- http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/26202489
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Thanks so much for this.

The audio and video are a little out of sync on the Elvis clip. Is that a YouTube problem?
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Ooh, really liked that! Thanks for sharing with us.

He really didn't need that guitar did he? Just in the way.
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http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/littl ... e=54225876


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http://www.desbarres.com/2012/10/18/rig ... -new-york/

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Steven Van Zandt, Elvis Costello and Michael Des Barres
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FAVEHOUR wrote:Thanks so much for this.

The audio and video are a little out of sync on the Elvis clip. Is that a YouTube problem?
Very little to my eyes/ears. The original is fine though.
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John wrote:Ooh, really liked that! Thanks for sharing with us.

He really didn't need that guitar did he? Just in the way.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

was just watching to verify that he did NOT play a note/strike a chord the entire song! looks that way, right? can't say it's the FIRST time i saw him that he did NOT play guitar..it's happened several times between Brodsky, Bacharach, orchestras, oddball and guest appearances. but. it was first time for me with NO guitar for BRUCE.




docinwestchester wrote:
FAVEHOUR wrote:Thanks so much for this.

The audio and video are a little out of sync on the Elvis clip. Is that a YouTube problem?
Very little to my eyes/ears. The original is fine though.
it is off a touch...is that a youtube problem lately???
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S.O.S. to ANCT!!!! please...just saw the wiki for tuesday does NOT have encore finale I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME listed! EC was present and singing along (though not a featured line for him!) i must still peruse the video to verify that ALL performers were on stage + NY YANKEE BERNIE WILLIAMS! :lol: :lol:
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