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Libby Titus's New York Nights at the Lonestar Roadhouse, N.Y. 1993 (Jenni Muldaur) Part 6
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Pete Fogel: I put this show together with Libby. It took me awhile to get Pat to commit. He was recording an album in NYC at that time and couldn't seem to find anytime to break away from the studio. Eventually we got him!
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Pete Fogel :Thanks Larry...and if you remember correctly, I believe I put you on the guestlist that night.
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Jenni Muldaur (born March 29, 1965, Boston, Massachusetts is an American blues and folk-rock singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of recording artists Geoff and Maria Muldaur, sister of Clare Muldaur and niece of actress Diana Muldaur.She grew up in NY, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Jenni's musical career took off in her teens when she was asked to join Todd Rundgren's band for a world tour and a subsequent recording. Jenni's vocals soon became sought after and she went on to record with Eric Clapton, Marianne Faithfull, Steely Dan, Rufus Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Linda Thompson, John Cale, Hole, and tour with Ronnie Spector, Lou Reed and David Byrne. With deep roots in folk and blues, Jenni expanded her horizons and embraced modern musical styles in collaborations with such punk visionaries as John Cale and Robert Quine.
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The Lone Star Cafe was a cafe and club in New York City at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 13th Street, from 1976 to 1989. The Texas-themed cafe opened in February 1976 and became the premier country music venue in New York and booked big names and especially acts from Texas, like Asleep at the Wheel and Roy Orbison. Willie Nelson, Kinky Friedman, Roy Orbison, Delbert McClinton, Freddy Fender, Doug Sahm and Jerry Jeff Walker, were among Texas musicians who frequented the Lone Star Cafe. Joe Ely and Billy Joe Shaver also appeared at the cafe. The words from Billy Joe Shaver's 1973 'Old Five and Dimers Like Me' were hung on a banner in the front of the cafe: "Too Much Ain't Enough."Other national acts played the cafe, including The Blues Brothers and James Brown, who recorded a live album there in 1985.
In the 1970s Texas political types in New York would visit the Lone Star Cafe, including Larry King, Ann Richards, Tommy Tune, Dan Rather, John Connolly, Chet Flippo, Mark White and Linda Ellerbee.
The cafe sported a unique 40-foot sculpture of a giant iguana created by artist Bob "Daddy-O" Wade on top of the building. Neighboring businesses did not appreciate the sculpture and sought to have it removed. Although a court battle determined that it was art, eventually it was removed. In 1983 with the support of Mayor Ed Koch, the Iguana was restored to the roof at a ceremony with Koch and then-Texas governor Mark White.The cafe was co-founded by Mort Cooperman and Bill McGivney, two ad executives at Wells Rich Greene Advertising. Bill McGivney left shortly afterwards and was replaced by Bill Dick. Both Bill Dick and Mort Cooperman appeared in Kinky Friedman's book A Case of the Lone Star. Bill Dick was depicted as the owner and Mort Cooperman was the nefarious Detective Sergeant Mort Cooperman
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Pete Fogel
http://fromthestage.blogspot.com/2005/11/donald-fagen-shows-at-lone-star-1991.html