Elvis sings for New Orleans
Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert on Saturday, September 17 -
Elvis sang a heartbreaking version of 'Freedom for the Stallion'
with Allen Toussaint after making some comments on New Orleans
and the goverment's policy, etc.
"From the Big Apple to the Big Easy," Madison Square Garden , Sept. 20 -
After singing gritty R&B with Toussaint's band, Elvis Costello joined the Dirty Dozen and Bartholomew to voice the latter's ever-hip sociological commentary "The Monkey (Speaks His MInd )." Costello followed a moody version of "On Your Way Down" with a funky, upbeat "Yes We Can."
A Jazz and Creative Music All-Star Benefit for the Artists of New
Orleans, Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts, 172 Norfolk St
Tuesday September 20, 2005
A fan reports
...he(EC) was great last week with the
Jazz Passengers at a downtown New Orleans benefit, arriving very late
after the bigger uptown benefit, but just in time to sing the hell out
of a "Fire Suite" from Keaton's Bar & Grill and lead the non-stationary
parts of the band in a very New Orleanian procession through the crowd.
Town Hall on West 43rd St. , Sept. 24th
Elvis Costello emerged from the wings with his guitar and sang a powerful song (which he later told me he'd written that afternoon) called "River in Reverse."