The Backroom 8.12.25

Exploring Tableaux Vivants, after a presentation of nine famous paintings pantomimed by live actors at Chesterwood, in Stockbridge, MA. A fabulous production by Doria Bramante. Songs based on some of the artists whose paintings were presented, as well as a bunch of funk, some ballads, and a tribute to Eddie Palmieri.

  • What I Hip? — Tower of Power
  • Superbone Meets The Badman — Maynard Ferguson
  • Run Back to Mama — Chase
  • One Fine Morning — Lighthouse
  • Smiling Phases — Blood, Sweat & Tears
  • Questions 67 & 68 — Chicago
  • The Painter — Neil Young
  • When I Paint My Masterpiece — The Band
  • Vincent — Don McLean
  • Whistler’s Mother — Jonathan Rundman
  • René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War — Paul Simon
  • Frida Kahlo — Still Woozy
  • The Ballad of Curtis Loew — Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • The Ballad of Ira Hayes — Johnny Cash
  • Ballad of a Well-known Gun — Elton John
  • The Ballad of Billy the Kid — Billy Joel
  • The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead — XTC
  • The Ballad of Castor Troy — Turkuaz
  • Ah Qué Rico — Eddie Palmieri
  • Helado de Chocolate — Eddie Palmieri
  • Modesty — Cal Tjader and Eddie Palmieri
  • Bomba Del Corazón — Eddie Palmieri
  • Seeds of Life — Eddie Palmieri (f. Jimmy Norman)
  • Freedom of Speech — John Mellencamp