This one, which is due for Christmas release, will be produced by former Elton John collaborator Gus Dudgeon.Īrrow performs at Reading's Scenic River Days at 8 p.m. After that the singer is set to record another album. In the offing for Arrow are more exciting projects: "World Beat 91," a 26-city tour with Jamaica's Third World and South Africa's Ladysmith Black Mambazo will commence this fall. Since then, things have just gotten better and better."
"And I went to Trinidad and was an instant hit at the Carnival. Available versions - With Bakcing Vocals, Without Backing, With Lead Vocal (to learn the song). "I started saving my money for recording," he explains. 1 quality Backing Tracks by Buster Poindexter for Download: Hot Hot Hot. One of his older brothers played organ in the town's Catholic church two others were "former calypso kings." After he received an enthusiastic reception at Antigua's Caribbean King of Kings contest, Arrow began taking his music career more seriously. Through Saturday.Arrow was born Alphonsus Cassell in Montserrat to a family of nine. On Friday night, Arcade Fire invited former New York Dolls frontman David Johansen onstage at their Brooklyn concert to perform a cover of the singer's hit song as Buster Poindexter, 'Hot Hot Hot. And, true to his word, for 90 minutes the room was the hippest place in town.īuster Poindexter is playing at Café Carlyle, 35 E. 'Buster Poindexter' is the pseudonym rock singer David Johansen adopted in the mid-80s for a semi-comic nightclub-singer act he began to perform. “It’s a craze, and I’m gonna hip you to it,” he declared before launching into a slinky dance routine.
But that’s belied by the joy he shows in performing. “I’m so happy to hear you applaud because it gives me a moment of respite from my obsession with death,” Buster said the other night.
In fact, it may be the first time the swanky Carlyle’s heard a song singing pot’s praises, in the Fats Waller hit “If You’re a Viper.” It’s just one of many oddball numbers in a show that mixes R&B, soul, country, pop, jazz, rumba, blues, rock - even a touch of English music hall.īuster’s deep, gravelly voice is perfectly suited to material like the Coasters’ “Down in Mexico” and Harry Roy’s “South American Joe.” And his ironic persona infuses songs like “I Believe in You” from “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” with hilarious subtext. Backing him up is a first-rate, four-piece band whose members, he says, made “great pot-smoking companions.” As much a raconteur as a singer, he cracks corny jokes and even does a Carol Channing impression. Michael Wilhoiteīuster/Johansen is now 64, still a slim, dashing figure with a gravity-defying brown pompadour tinged with gray. He’s had at least three incarnations in his decades-long musical career, starting with punk’s New York Dolls, but Johansen never really hit it big until he reinvented himself as Buster Poindexter in the late ’80s, topping the charts with his infectious cover of the calypso song “Hot Hot Hot.” Buster Poindexter takes the stage at Café Carlyle. Forget the stiff ($50 to $130) cover charge and sharp-dressed clientele: For now, the elegant Café Carlyle is New York’s funkiest dive bar.Īll thanks to Buster Poindexter, lounge-lizard alter ego of David Johansen.