"One more show tomorrow; "The Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame" induction dinner and then I'm staying for the ceremony Saturday and I'll be coming home Sunday," says Low Cut Connie front man Adam Weiner as he discussed the band, their relentless Appetite for touring, their music and their relationship with Elton John from Ohio as this leg of the tour wraps up. "We've done a lot of shows in Cleveland and the folks over there have become big fans and the museum asked us and we're just so excited and I was asked to do the Howard Stern wrap up show because they were broadcasting live from the Hall of Fame; I can't wait to see who will be there."
They may be listed as, "Out of the Philadelphia area" but their roots stretch pretty far across the Delaware River. "I grew up in South Jersey, Cherry Hill," stated Weiner. "The whole band is local except Saundra who lives in Bloomfield and Larry who lives in Wilmington, DE."
Weiner goes on to explain that they formed approximately eight years ago and that there have been multiple personnel changes before finally settling on this current configuration; something he is quite content with. "In 2010 we recorded our first album which came out in the beginning of 2011 but we didn't become a full time touring band until about four years ago. We've had 14 people in this band, I had a whole different group of guys in the beginning but this crew I've had for a while and they're just fantastic. James Everhart is the lead guitar, Will Donnelly is rhythm guitar, Larry Scotton is the drummer, Lucas Rinz on bass and Saundra Williams sings and plays tambourine."
"Get Out the Lotion," was recorded in a scant four days time and was that first album which they would eventually self-release. The disc was well received by the majority of music critics; including,"Rolling Stone Magazine" which had very high praise for the group. However, despite his best efforts, Weiner couldn't seem to get major labels interested in the project so he created his own label called, "Contender."
"Yeah that's the label that I started. I started it out of desperation because we couldn't get signed but now it's become a lot of fun to play Phil Spector to the world or a Berry Gordy," he said as he reflected on the early struggles. "I just don't have time at the moment to work with other bands but I definitely have an interest in producing."
Weiner reportedly plays a piano named, "Shondra" after an exotic dancer whom he encountered in Atlanta, GA and their music and music videos definitely indulge their racy side; even their name and record label are steeped in the same. "The name? It was a Nightmare; It's got a bunch of different applications and it wasn't really a well thought out conversation. It was a reference to a diner waitress in South Jersey but it's taken on a new meaning. Me and the rest of the band are big fans of boxing. I like to go watch boxing when I'm at home near Philly and Connie is a female boxer who has come to represent the band and she's down but she's not out. Meaning she, "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking;" if you know what I mean?"
Those songs, as colorful as they may be, epitomize what the band is about; some dirty, fun, rockin' good time music. A soon to be released disc called, "Dirty Pictures (Part 2)," is the follow up to, "Dirty Pictures (Part 1)" and is due to be released on May 18. Weiner says that although he writes the majority of the music that he's no dictator and it's all a group effort. "No, that's not how I do it. I write the songs, on this album and on the last album our guitar player James, he has a song, both great songs but I write 95 percent of the songs. We as a band work out the arrangements and play them live and then we kind of pour some beer on them and put them in the oven for a while and out they come."
Low Cut Connie has begun to draw major interest, not only here in the U.S but overseas as well. In July of 2017, Sir Elton John interviewed Adam about the band. "Elton has played us on his radio show a few times and he called me and interviewed me for his radio show. We did an interview that you can hear on our website and you can hear the conversation that I had with Elton; it was fantastic. I always felt like he and I would connect because I grew up with his music and playing piano along to his songs. We had a lot to talk about, we're both piano rock 'n' roll guys and both kind of funny lookin' and have an outrageous kind of performance style; I just connected with him, it was really fantastic."
Saturday April 28 they will be performing a local show at Asbury Park's Wonder Bar before heading overseas. They are in town at the right time as the, "Asbury Park Music & Film Festival" is wrapping up and are only across the street from all of the hoopla. "Yeah we've played at The Stone Pony, The Saint, the Wonder Bar and we're very excited to be back there and we're on directly after the Danny DeVito award ceremony. They are giving him a lifetime achievement award so hopefully some of the folks from that will stumble into our show which is kind of an official after party for that; I love Asbury it's just a fantastic scene in that town that has developed. People in New Jersey are my people. They're the best live music crowds that there are; they're not afraid to get their hair messed up."
There's no rest for the weary as these road warriors have a very short break and then a packed schedule into the fall and beyond. "We're only home for a week and then we fly to do a festival in Florida and then the show in Asbury, then we fly to California for, "BottleRock Festival," we're doing a tour with Social Distortion, we're opening 13 shows for them. Then we fly to England for a week of shows and come back and play Philadelphia for our album release show at Union Transfer, then New York at the Bowery Ballroom and then we really hit the road later in the summer and go all the way back across to the west coast and back and then off on a full tour of Europe in the fall."
To discover more about Low Cut Connie, please visit www.lowcutconnie.com.
That's it for this week! Please continue to support live and original music and until next week....ROCK ON!
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Jason Robert Brown is a four-time Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist of The Last Five Years, Parade, Songs for a New World, 13, The Bridges of Madison County, Honeymoon In Vegas and The Connector, has performed as a soloist or with his band in venues around the world, including sold-out shows at the London Palladium and Carnegie Hall. His albums as a singer-songwriter include Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes and How We React and How We Recover on Ghostlight, and Coming From Inside the House and Live In Concert with Stephen Sondheim on Concord.
With Special Guest Tony nominee Betsy Wolfe. Tony Award-nominated actress Betsy Wolfe is currently starring as Audrey in the acclaimed Off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors, following her recent Broadway run as Madeline Ashton in the hit musical Death Becomes Her. She previously originated the title role in Joy, the new musical inspired by inventor Joy Mangano, and earned a 2023 Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her celebrated performance as Anne Hathaway in & Juliet. Other Broadway credits include starring as Jenna in Waitress, Cordelia in the acclaimed revival of Falsettos, Bullets Over Broadway, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Everyday Rapture, and 110 in the Shade, as well as her critically acclaimed performance as Cathy in the Off-Broadway revival of The Last Five Years. Wolfe made her Metropolitan Opera debut in Die Fledermaus and has appeared as a guest artist with more than 65 symphony, pops, and philharmonic orchestras worldwide, including the New York Philharmonic and BBC Symphony Orchestra, with performances at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Her screen credits include First One In, Estella Scrooge, CBS’s Instinct, and the film adaptation of The Last Five Years. Wolfe is also the co-founder of BroadwayEvolved, the acclaimed musical theatre training program she launched in 2018 to train and mentor the next generation of theatre artists.
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