Joe's Pub in the Park

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
7PM 

• 20th Century Boy: Marc Bolan and T.Rex 30th Anniversary Celebration
• DAVID DRIVER Sings The Scott Walker Songbook
• JUSTIN BOND is Close to You: The Songs of the Carpenters

Tickets: $40
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An evening of tribute to three great musicians as David Driver performs the work of Scott Walker, Tony nominated performer Justin Bond recreates The Carpenters’ Close to You album and an all-star collective commemorates the memory of T. Rex leader Marc Bolan.

Marking the 60^th anniversary of Marc Bolan's birth and the 30^th of his passing, this one-night-only event will showcase all the T.Rex favorites, including hit singles such as “Ride A White Swan”, “Jeepster”, “Hot Love”, “Children of The Revolution”, “Telegram Sam”, “20th Century Boy” and of course, “Get It On (Bang A Gong).”  A stellar group of musicians including Clem Burke (Blondie/drums); James Mastro (Ian Hunter/guitar); Tony Shanahan (Patti Smith Group/bass) and Tish & Snooky (Manic Panic/backing vocals) will back a glittering array of special guest singers including Sylvain Sylvain and Steve Conte of The New York Dolls, Robert Gordon, Michael Cerveris, Richard Barone, Keenan Duffty of Slinky Vagabond, Rolan Bolan (Marc Bolan’s son) and more TBA. The night will be hosted by NYC musicians, Joe's Pub regulars, and life-long T.Rex fans, Joe Hurley (Rogue's March / The Gents) and Edward Rogers.

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David Driver sings the songs of Scott Walker, easily the most respected and least known artist of his generation. Walker, the enigmatic and influential subject of the soon-to-be-released documentary film 30 Century Man, is ripe for re-discovery and downtown chanteur David Driver (seen alongside Deborah Harry and Elvis Costello in Roy Nathanson's Fire at Keaton's Bar and Grill, and a regular vocalist with the Losers' Lounge) is the singer for the job. Walker's gritty glam lyrics, passionate crooning and Dada arrangements are late-twentieth-century music's road not taken; the streetwise luster and gravity of Driver's voice make him uniquely qualified to resurrect these urban song-scapes. Strewn with glitter and refuse, the Scott Walker songbook is at once dark and ecstatic, sordid and innocent, deconstructive and deeply conventional. The songbook includes the classics "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore," "Montague Terrace (In Blue)," "It's Raining Today," and the inimitable "Thanks for Chicago, Mr. James."

Tony Award nominated performance artist Justin Bond interprets The Carpenters classic 1970 album Close to You.  Set against the glorious backdrop of a late September Central Park sunset, Justin (star of the controversial film Shortbus and the Kiki half of the legendary downtown duo Kiki and Herb) will bring this early concept album to life in its entirety.  Follow a musical journey that dawns with the innocence of "We've Only Just Begun", continues with "Love is Surrender", the Beatles' "Help", Burt Bachrach's "(They Long to Be) Close to You” and comes to a strange, psychedelic end with the savagely dark disillusionment of "Another Song." From sun up to sun down, this song cycle addresses the complexities of modern life, the urban environment, heartbreak and romance.