![]() ![]() Where: Admiral Theatre, 515 Pacific Ave. Or, more simply put by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason: "This is quite brilliant." PREVIEW Puddles Pity Party "What makes him transcend the trope is his vulnerability." "His special effect is a textured voice laced with melancholy," the New York Times reported. He currently leads the Atlanta band Kingsized - that is, when he's not on the road with Puddles.Ĭovers of ABBA, David Bowie, Cheap Trick and Queen, a mash-up of "Pinball Wizard" and "Folsom Prison Blues" and Puddles' downcast persona - which at once is both hilarious and sympathetic - make for an evening's entertainment that is, if nothing else, unique. He had fronted swing band The Useless Playboys before relocating to Atlanta. Geier actually is a successful performer in his own right, and was even before he threw in with Puddles following their "chance meeting" in the Star Community Bar in Atlanta in 1998. "The sad clown with the golden voice" returns for an Oct. Puddles went over such a treat with an Admiral Theater audience last year that the venue brought him back as part of the 2018-19 subscription season. Cash picked it up and made it his very own. It was written by Gordon Jenkins and sung by Beverly Mahr before J. That’s the song Folsom Prison Blues was derived from. I even threw in a bit of Crescent City Blues as a little lagniappe. "But when Puddles opens his mouth to sing, it's beautiful. 3 great tastes that taste great together. "It seems like a parody," a Boston Globe critic said after attending a Pity Party. "Saw one of the greatest performances of my life," praised actor, filmmaker and artist Matthew Gubler, "by one of the world's most original performers." His YouTube cover of Lourde's "Royals," recorded with Postmodern Jukebox, sucked up 24 million views and was declared by Lorde herself to be her favorite of all the hit song's many covers. He's been buzzed by Simon Cowell on "America's Got Talent," toured with rock band Eels and earned the admiration of critics and celebrities with both his powerful baritone and deftness as a mime. He's a 6-foot-8 singer and bandleader transformed by whiteface, a baggy silk jumper and shoes that - apparently - increase his height by 4 inches.Īs Puddles, he's found legions of fans on YouTube, appeared around the world in fringe comedy festivals and venues like Seattle's Teatro ZinZanni. The two become close friends and traveling buddies. In the story, Geier meets Puddles in a bar, then sees him perform at a flea market. But it's really the first line of Mike Geier's story about how he "met" Puddles the Clown. ![]()
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