DJ JULIE SLATER ROCKS AS AN INDY PERFORMER!

Julie Slater at Hotel Cafe June 2013

Earlier this month, Julie Slater rocked the house at  my new favorite place...Hotel Cafe.  She has an easiness with the audience which is no surprise since Julie is a DJ!  Imagine if Aimee Mann had a younger, hipper sister (from another mister).  LOL!  Some songs were originals with a few covers in the mix.  One was a stripped down version of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here.  Those of us who know Julie, know she loves Tom Petty.  So it is no surprise she covered American Girl.  For those that missed the show, catch her next month performing at Pershing Square.

Julie Slater is an afternoon DJ at 100.3 the Sound (www.thesoundla.com) in LA.  On Saturday nights, she also hosts a two-hour specialty show Out on a Limb at 88.5 KCSN (www.outonalimbmusic.com or www.kcsn.org).  While living in NYC, Julie Slater was the Midday DJ following Howard Stern on 92.3 KROCK NYC for ten plus years.  Also, she was in the band Plankton, but now performs as a solo artist (with a backup band).  She's obsessed with beards, music like Tom Petty, Led Zeppelin, Band of Horses, Jim James, Ray Lamontagne, and PJ Harvey.

Julie's bandmates are: Nick Tracz on bass (currently in Sandbox, formerly of Wires in the Walls, also works at the Sound) and Jimmy Harrison on mandolin/acoustic guitar (formerly of West Coast Grand).
Her next show is Thursday July 11th at Pershing Square 8pm. And its Free!

Setlist:
All The Way
Itzall
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
Echo Park
Stuck
Clearly Not
Winter Birds
Date with Tom/
American Girl (Tom Petty)
See It Coming

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Monday night, I had the good fortune of seeing David Poe try out new songs at the Hotel Café in Hollywood.  This was his first Monday concert at the club this month.  (He’ll be performing there every Monday in April with a mixed set list and guests.)  Tonight’s guests were Amy Raasch, Lili Haydn and Philip Krohengold.  David began the night with a song called Lonely Like Me and ended it with the 2002 fan favorite You’re The Bomb (violin full of longing sadness like a torch song).  His songs are moody, reflective, smart and simply “poetry in motion”- A purpose of graceful fluidity, such that moves with tactful elegance throughout. A noun; abstract yet direct and completely beautiful to all 5 senses.

David Poe is a troubadour’s troubadour.  It is easy to jump on the David Poe train and take a ride say to either Portland, OR or Nashville, TN.  (I overheard someone mention if McCartney/Lennon were writing together, it’d sound something like this.)  No surprise that his songs have been covered by several other artists… including Curtis Stigers, Thomas Dybdahl, Anna Bergendahl, Amy Raasch, Duncan Sheik, Grace Potter & Daryl Hall.  Most recently, Thank You (Big Bloody Heart) was recently recorded by Portuguese fado singer Ana Moura for her latest record Desfado, produced by Larry Klein.  Monday night’s version was smokey, passionate and fun!  It was the one of the evening’s highlights.  Another was when Lili Haydn played her violin in such a way that the two became one.  I got the chills!  (See Lili Haydn and her band perform a set at 8:00 pm on April 22 at Hotel Cafe.) 

During his 9-song set, I imagined a few of them would be a great fit for my new favorite network drama, Nashville.  Come to find out his songs will be featured in upcoming episodes (118 & 119)!  Nashville is created by Callie Khouri (Thelma & Louise) and the music is produced by her husband, the Über-talented T-Bone Burnett.  (T-Bone produced David's eponymous debut record.)

All of tonight’s songs are from a new, forthcoming solo effort entitled God & The Girl, recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Emile Kelman (except for You're The Bomb, which is at http://davidpoe.bandcamp.com/album/the-late-album)

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I highly recommend that you make your way over to the Hotel Café on Monday nights this April.  You’ll see not only David Poe, but some other great artists as well.  And I must give a quick shout out to the Hotel Café for having an excellent sound system.  It makes all the difference!

David Poe plays Hotel Cafe every Monday in April at 9:00 pm. 

1623 1/2 Cahuenga Blvd. 

Set List

Lonely Like Me

Remember

Taffeta

More Than God 

Bed Of Memory

Thank You… Big Bloody Heart (Amy Raasch, vocal)

When I Fly (Lili Haydn, violin)

Loves A Sinner (Philip Krohengold, piano & vocal)

You're The Bomb (Lili and Philip join in)