Susan Cowsill will be performing at a specially added venue at The Coffee Gallery Backstage on January 17, 2008 at 8 PM. This performance was added to follow the Florence Henderson Show with the Cowsills. The duet performance, "Susan Cowsill and Russ Broussard," features Cowsill’s husband on the drums.
Susan Cowsill knows what it means to be a survivor, and her contribution to her solo album Just Believe It won critical praise from titans of the music industry as what may well become the anthem of the floods that devastated her hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana in the autumn of 2005. Cowsill suffered devastating personal losses as well. Cowsill’s brother, Barry, a member of the Cowsills sixties pop band, drowned on the levee near Audubon Park—a victim of the floods and his own personal challenges. Cowsill lost her home and instruments, but vowed to stay on in the city that had become "home."
Besides an uncanny knack for getting to the heart and soul of songwriting, Cowsill’s voice has been praised for her throaty, seasoned vocals. The Washington Post has called Susan Cowsill’s voice an "impressive instrument, hitting the notes-between-the-notes, the subtle tones that are so emotionally complex."
On the first Saturday of every month Susan and her local New Orleans band perform an original set at Carrollton Station, followed by a Covered In Vinyl set, featuring the performance of an entire album from start to finish. Portions of the proceeds from the performances are donated to the Carrollton Foundation, which aids New Orleans’ musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Susan Cowsill was the Winner in Best Roots Rock category at Big Easy Awards on April 24, 2007.
The Coffee Gallery Backstage is a 49 seat show room connected to a coffee house surprisingly called, "The Coffee Gallery." The Backstage is a listening room with a fine sound system, good lights, and comfortable seating. The room "location" is a coffee bean warehouse somewhere in Central America. You are comfortably stranded while your cruise ship rides out a storm at the mouth of the river.
Reservations are strongly suggested. Seating is limited. The policy of The Coffee Gallery Backstage is to present "broadcast television clean" entertainment suitable for everyone. This is to assure that the material will be of the highest quality and will come from "thinking it through" instead of going for the cheap laugh. All ages welcomed.
1/17/2008
Coffee Gallery is located at 2029 N. Lake; Altadena, Ca. 91001
Reservations/Information: (626) 398-7917
www.coffeegallery.com
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