Goin’ Back to New Orleans!
Jan 5, 2012 General, Pete Sturman, Pistol Pete & Popgun Paul
Paul and I are excited for the annual New Orleans reunion of Pistol Pete & Popgun Paul at the Hi Ho Lounge in just a few weeks on February 1, 2012. We will be on double bill with our dear friends The New Dopey Singers, one of whose members, Kathleen Kraus, I have known literally since we were in swaddling clothes. I will also be attending the Faerie Carnival and Imperial Coronation Ball, so it promises to be quite a week!
3 gigs in 3 months!
Sep 14, 2011 General, Pete Sturman
This is the busiest performance schedule I’ve had in a long time! Next week I am at Dixon Place with Cohen & Sturman, I’m playing in San Francisco in October, then a gig in Brooklyn in November. So you’ve got more chances than ever to catch a show of mine. I’m excited for next week – Davi and I actually wrote a song together just for this gig. It was a wonderful experience co-writing with her and I hope we’ll be writing more songs together. Hope everyone had a great summer – I sure did!
Cohen & Sturman
Jul 26, 2011 General, Pete Sturman
Hey folks! I’m super excited about my latest collaboration with NYC theater and dance artist Davi Cohen! We’ve been singing together since May of this year and have done two mini-shows since then. We had great fun, singing some of my originals such as “I’ll Be Your Horsie” and “I Can Hardly Wait” and some cover songs such as “Somewhere Different Now” (a beautiful song by Girlyman) and “I’m Going Home” (from Rocky Horror). We’ ve gone ahead and booked our first full-length show on September 21 at Dixon Place! That means we’ve got to get crackin’ learning some new songs together so we have a whole hour of music to do for you that night. Watch out world for Cohen & Sturman!
Dixon Place HOT! Festival
Jun 23, 2011 General, Pete Sturman
I’m excited and honored to be a part of HOT! Festival this year at Dixon Place in the Lower East Side on Thursday, June 30th. I had a wonderful time there in January, and this time I’m pretty sure there won’t be six inches of snow! I will be joined by a singer-songwriter I’ve met this past year named Mark Golamco, whose music I quite like. We’re planning to do a couple of numbers together too! There may be other guests as well, I don’t know yet. Hope you have a wonderful Pride Weekend and if you’re in New York this summer I encourage you to check out some of the other HOT! Festival offerings.
“New Gorgeous Guy”
Feb 18, 2011 General, Pete Sturman
I am finally catching up to a 21st-century kind of speed. I just finished this song and have immediately put it up on YouTube for your enjoyment. I started writing these lyrics years ago and the store referenced is the Whole Foods on Tchoupitoulas in Uptown New Orleans.
Fun with harmonies!
Feb 1, 2011 General, Pistol Pete & Popgun Paul
Just got this clip from our friend Brett Every, who sang with us as our NYC gig in June 2010. Enjoy!
Happy New Year!
Dec 30, 2010 General, Pete Sturman, Pistol Pete & Popgun Paul
After being busy with other things (having fun, chasing men and sometimes licking wounds), there are some gigs coming up! I, Pete, am headlining a solo gig in NYC at Dixon Place in the lounge on January 26. This is a very laid back, atmospheric venue that reminded me immediately of New Orleans the first time I saw a show there. It will have no cover (rare in New York City) and reasonably priced drinks, including delicious flavored San Pellegrino for you non-drinkers. Mmmm. There will be a special guest or two that I may tell you about beforehand or I may just surprise you. (Or I may be surprised myself!)
THEN, I will be going to Mardi Gras in New Orleans for my first time since 2005! I’m very excited, and Paul and I will do our annual New Orleans reunion show on Ash Wednesday (March 9) at our favorite venue the All Ways Lounge.
2010 has been one of the best years of my whole life, thanks to having so many wonderful friends to share it with, and especially getting to visit with and play gigs with Paul on three different occasions. Sending you the warmest wishes for wonderful 2011!
Hooray!
Aug 17, 2010 General, Pete Sturman, Pistol Pete & Popgun Paul
I am finally on YouTube. We here at PeteAndPaul.com are not known for our lightning speed and sound business plans, but we do eventually try to get around to things. For your listening and viewing pleasure, captured at Julius’ in the Village in late July, we now have a clip of “Anal Anthem” (which we’ve been doing since 1994 but never recorded) and two other songs! A special thanks to Jamie for making it possible.
Summer Update
Jul 7, 2010 General
Hi everyone. Pistol Pete & Popgun Paul played our first New York show in nine years last month at The Duplex on June 17. It was a magical night of music helped by a solid week of rehearsals so we felt and sounded pretty tight. We broke out some old ones from the vault such as “Can’t Do a Thing” and “It’s Hard When You’re Hard”, the latter of which was praised for its word-play by none other than Harry Dawson, my former English teacher from Seton Hall Prep. I was quite flattered to hear that from him. Newer songs such as “Beer” and “On My Way Home” also went really well!
There was a major equipment snafu when my capo broke after the third song. A brief reprieve was offered by guest star Brett Every (www.brettevery.com), who heroically used his fingers to hold the broken capo onto the guitar for two songs. He also joined us for three-part harmonies on “Love Hurts” (a classic written by Felice & Boudleaux Bryant). Salvation arrived several songs later when drummer extraordinaire Richard Dworkin turned up with a capo he had gone and borrowed from a musician friend in the neighborhood. I will never again show up for a gig without a backup capo! Apparently all acoustic guitar players know that, but I didn’t. Brett also sang one of his own songs, “Deveraux”, dedicated to the recently-departed and much-missed Rue McClanahan.
Paul and I had a wonderful week of just hanging out and enjoying each other’s company like the old days. We’re sure to do this sort of thing again. On June 21, Brett Every and I did a little double bill outdoor performance in Dumbo, Brooklyn as part of the Make Music New York festival. It was a delightful experience!
I’m having a wonderful summer, hope you are too! Probably no gigs for the rest of the summer, but working on some fun stuff for the fall. Stay in touch if you get around to it!
Keeping busy – Happy Spring!
Apr 21, 2010 General, Pete Sturman, Pistol Pete & Popgun Paul
Lots of stuff going on these days: I’m doing a few solo performances in NYC in the next couple of weeks so check out the gig calendar for more info. Paul and I can’t wait to do our first duo show in New York (in June) since 2001. Paul’s coming up for a week-long visit! Hope you’re having a great spring!
