Things aren’t going so well for future music legend Dewey Cox in the initial stretches of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. One early scene in this send-up of rock-and-roll biopics in general — and the then-recent Ray and Walk the Line in particular — finds Cox (John C. Reilly) attempting to cut his first song in a cramped recording studio modeled after Memphis’s famed Sun Studios, home to the first recordings by Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and many others. Working with a backing band he’s just met, Cox has already flamed out in his attempt to record a twangy cover of “That’s Amore.” His producer (John Michael Higgins) is ready to cut him loose unless, he tells Cox, “somehow you are able to sing a song now, bringing these boys together that you haven’t even met, and make something so personal, so new,...
- 8/14/2015
- by Keith Phipps
- Vulture
Our good friend actor Robert Davi has a sensational second career as a crooner. His Sinatra tribute show is getting rave reviews and the Huffington Post called him "a legend in the making". Now Davi has just released a wonderful new single on CD. New York City Christmas calls to mind the kind of unapologetically old-fashioned, sentimental holiday songs you just don't hear anymore. If you haven't heard him sing, you're in for a real treat.(We love that cover art by Steve Penley). Here is the official press release:
Los Angeles, CA--Singer/actor Robert Davi will be releasing his forthcoming “New York City Christmas” single for the upcoming holiday season. The song was recorded at the iconic Capitol Records’ Studio A, where Frank Sinatra, Nat “King” Cole and The Beatles once laid down some of their most memorable work. Davi recorded “New York City Christmas” with arranger/conductor Chris Walden...
Los Angeles, CA--Singer/actor Robert Davi will be releasing his forthcoming “New York City Christmas” single for the upcoming holiday season. The song was recorded at the iconic Capitol Records’ Studio A, where Frank Sinatra, Nat “King” Cole and The Beatles once laid down some of their most memorable work. Davi recorded “New York City Christmas” with arranger/conductor Chris Walden...
- 11/6/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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