Monday, August 10, 2009
Cream Calendar / Creamtastic / Wow Yes, Yes, Nanette: You Get What You Need, Tuesday at The Family Wash
Posted by Jack Silverman on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 1:00 PM
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Instead of giving you the day-after, cooler-than-thou, "You shoulda been there" treatment, we're giving you the day-before, still-cooler-than-thou, "You better be there" treatment. At least this way, your fate is still in your hands.
Montreal-based, Mississippi-born blues singer Nanette Workman will be performing at the Family Wash tomorrow night (Tuesday, Aug. 11). Though you may not recognize her name, you've undoubtedly heard her angelic voice...probably hundreds of times. Not only did she sing on such classic recordings as John Lennon's "Power to the People" and the Stones' "Honky Tonk Woman," but she provided one of the most iconic background vocal performances in rock 'n' roll history: "You Can't Always Get What You Want."
And she'll be joined by longtime Rolling Stones saxophonist Bobby Keys (as in that blazing sax solo on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"). Keys also recorded and toured with Joe Cocker (that's him on Mad Dogs and Englishmen), George Harrison (All Things Must Pass), The Who, Clapton, Dr. John, B.B. King, and on and on. In fact, this will be the first time Workman and Keys have seen each other, let alone performed together, since recording with the Stones 40 years ago.
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Plastic Rulers frontman Warren Pash has put together a stellar lineup that includes bassist Dean Tomasek (Plastic Rulers, Bare Jr.), drummer Bryan Owings (Emmylou Harris, Ray LaMontagne, Shelby Lynne, Buddy & Julie Miller), guitarist Keith Gattis (Dwight Yoakam) and singer Jaime Babbitt (Leon Russell), as well as Pash himself on guitar and vocals. In addition to doing classic tracks from Workman's catalog, the band will play some tracks from the Plastic Rulers self-titled debut.
Read more about Workman's storied life, including her modeling days, TV career (with Dudley Moore and Peter Cook), Grammy award and success as a French pop star, after the jump....
From the press release:
Starting out as a child star on TV in her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, Workman performed on Broadway before jetting off to London and Paris in the Swingin' '60s, where she modeled for iconic photographer David Bailey, appeared in Vogue and was a regular on Dudley Moore and Peter Cook's popular British TV show, Not Only... But Also. She recorded and performed with the Rolling Stones, the individual members of The Beatles and Joe Cocker--that's Workman with Mick Jagger on "You Can't Always Get What You Want" & "Honky Tonk Woman" and with John Lennon on "Power to the People." She toured with musicians like Peter Frampton and Mick Jones (Foreigner) as well as French superstar Johnny Hallyday, with whom she had a headline-generating relationship. Most extraordinary of all, she subsequently became a star in the French-speaking world--in the Canadian province of Québec, her adopted home since the '70s, and in France--as a bilingual chart-topping recording artist, actress and performer. Internationally recognized, most recently as the recipient of a Grammy achievement award last month in Tunica, Mississippi, Workman will be making a guest appearance at Nashville's Family Wash. "It's going to be a kick to get up and sing some tunes with some Nashville players in a laid back setting," said Workman, speaking from her farm outside Montréal. She is currently in the midst of a summer tour playing blues festivals and other large outdoor venues up north.
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