House band the Kustard Kings features Joe McGinty, David Terhune, Clem Waldmann, Eddie Zweiback, Jeremy Chatzky and Julian Maile. With back-up singers Sean Altman and Connie Petruk.
Influences
Tribute nights we've done so far: Stevie Wonder, The Highwaymen, Blondie vs. The Pretenders, The Cure vs. The Smiths, Queen, David Bowie, Serge Gainsbourg, Prince, John Barry/James Bond, Legends of the Lower East Side, Jesus Christ Superstar, Burt Bacharach, BeeGees, Mamas & Papas, Van Morrison, XTC, Devo, George Harrison, Zombies, Brian Wilson, Simon & Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, The Monkees, Roxy Music, Paul Williams, David Bowie, Paul Williams, Carole King, The Kinks, Electric Light Orchestra, Neil Diamond, Fleetwood Mac, Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Todd Rundgren, Henry Mancini, Dusty Springfield, Duets, Raymond Scott, Randy Newman, Elton John, Donovan, Jimmy Webb.
Sounds Like
Stevie Wonder. The Cure, The Smiths, Queen, David Bowie, Serge Gainsbourg, Prince, John Barry/James Bond, Legends of the Lower East Side, Jesus Christ Superstar, Burt Bacharach, BeeGees, Mamas & Papas, Van Morrison, XTC, Devo, George Harrison, Zombies, Brian Wilson, Simon & Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, The Monkees, Roxy Music, Paul Williams, David Bowie, Paul Williams, Carole King, The Kinks, Electric Light Orchestra, Neil Diamond, Fleetwood Mac, Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Todd Rundgren, Henry Mancini, Dusty Springfield, Duets, Raymond Scott, Randy Newman, Elton John, Donovan, Jimmy Webb.
Loser's Lounge was started in 1993 by session keyboardist Joe McGinty and Nick Danger.
Loser's Lounge is a bi-monthly tribute show based in New York City where local talent pays homage to the pop music greats of the past. Recent honorees have included ABBA, Roxy Music, Stevie Wonder and The Highwaymen. House band the Kustard Kings are the backup band for a calvacade of singers from local NYC bands.
Sometimes famous people stop by to sing (Nellie McKay, the late Joey Ramone, Andy Richter, Debby Harry, Fred Armisen, J Mascis) but some of the most amazing performances are by the lesser-known NYC scenesters.
After a 10 year residency at Fez, Loser's Lounge now performs at Joe's Pub. Loser's Lounge has also performed at Celebrate Brooklyn, Westbeth Theater Center, The Knitting Factory, The Bowery Ballroom, Makor, and The Jewish Museum.
The Loser's Lounge band has performed at special events such as the Director's Guild Awards, The Tribeca Film Festival and were recently featured as the house band on ABC's game show "My Kind Of Town".
For more information, including CDs, photos and info about past shows check out www.loserslounge.com
Lee Hazlewood at the Loser's Lounge in 1999:
The Loser's Lounge was featured in the NYTimes on April 19, 2007
Thanks for the kind words! I saw your Burt Bacharach Tribute at Joe's Pub around Christmas time and thought it was endlessly entertaining! What an awesome thing to be involved in. I'll be back!
Hello my fellow losers! I'm very excited about this show and seeing all of you this month. I thought there might be some interest in the pre-show activities, as I’m on occasion asked about how often we rehearse, how do we choose the songs, etc. Well, we’ve already set up rehearsals for our Neil Young vs. The Eagles show, four in total – three with just the band and then the Big Rehearsal. The Big Rehearsal lasts eight hours and includes all (or almost all) of the singers, and the entire band with strings, horns or what have you. Each singer gets a fifteen minute slot, and those singers who only need to run their songs once receive gold stars. Joe just sent around the chart assignments – Joe, Julian, Jeremy and I write out the music for each song – really more of a musical roadmap. We’ll go over half of the tunes at the first rehearsal, the other half at the second, and we’ll review on the third before the Big Rehearsal… Stay tuned!
Hi there! We have just uploaded a brand new summer hit. " DONT YOU SAY YOUR HEART IS BROKEN (we know its not)" is taken from our forthcoming Ep, which is set to be released june 1st on april77records.
Hey everyone, I hope this finds you all well…
We're excited to announce that the new Meanwhiles record Slow Motion Summer in all it's bleary-eyed, indie-rock glory is now printed, packaged, produced, posted online, and in all ways.. available.
The CD features Alan Weatherhead playing pedal steel guitar and orchestral samples on “Whenever You Need Me,” and Nadine Khouri singing subway-tunnel echoed vocals on “Dreams From the Underground.”
Limited edition, hand painted CDs by Todd Allen, standard CDs in cases, high quality MP3 downloads and free listens available on our myspace page or at Meanwhiles. com through PayPal.
Those of you in NY can pick up a copy this Sunday at Rebar in DUMBO, Brooklyn where Todd and I will be playing an intimate set at 8pm.
Got some good things planned for the near future… videos, tours, collaborations, live MP3s, and new songs begging to be recorded. Check out Meanwhiles. com for details…
Thank you as always. We hope you can take a listen.
“Keep on the sunny side,”
Josh/Meanwhiles
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