05.09.06
A New Virtual Famous Fat Dave Tour
Be my guest on a virtual Famous Fat Dave’s Uptown and The Bronx Boogie Down. Come along on a double date from heaven with Rex and Steve and Sarah and Sha for deviled eggs, fried whiting, Littleneck clams posillipo, fresh mozzarella, maduros, broccoli rabe, hand-piped cannoli and MUCH more . You’ll get virtually hungry, then virtually full, then briefly virtually ashamed of yourself, and then virtually proud you virtually ate the whole thing. And visit the Famous Fat Dave’s Five Borough Eating Tour website to learn more about tour options or take other virtual tours.
juan said,
May 10, 2006 at 2:38 am
that second pizza place looked amazing.
John said,
May 10, 2006 at 3:08 pm
Dave- As a recently transplanted-to- SoCal NY native of 31 years, I can honestly say that you are helping me keep my sanity. I am a complete foodie and was raised on all the classics that Our Fair City has to offer, from the Bronx (where Mom was raised off 187th and Arthur) all the way down. It was especially great for me to see Louie and Ernie’s is still around; I was going there 25 years ago. I still remember sharing one of their unbelievable fried calzones with my grandmother long after everyone else was full.
Dave- I want to thank you because you have inspired me- the heck with this place(15 months here is way too long; avocado eatin’ was never my thing, and you just can’t get away from it here). I’M GOIN’ HOME!!!
Keep ‘em comin’ Dave!!
Jeremy said,
May 10, 2006 at 9:42 pm
any word on the Seeger sessions?
Also I received a request for a post about cheese
Administrator said,
May 10, 2006 at 11:10 pm
Jeremy,
I’ve only heard the NPR do a short thing on the Seeger sessions, but I’m already hooked. I love anything the Boss does, and I love anything Seeger loves.
I’ve got no good cheese stories at the moment, but if someone is hungry for it, send him to my published food writing section:
http://www.famousfatdave.com/FoodWriting/NFTCheese.pdf
~Famous Fat Dave
Sloane said,
May 11, 2006 at 12:22 am
Holy crap, everything looks amazing! Between the roasted chicken, the broccoli rabe, and the MOZZARELLA – Seeing an unusually large ball of fresh mozzarella, it really does something to me I can’t explain. You really know what you’re doing, Mr. Famous…
Adam B said,
May 11, 2006 at 3:46 am
AWESOME virtual food tour! I honestly started feeling full towards the last few stops. Good diversity of foods, good food pics and hilarious reactions to the culinary delights. You certainly had the last bite.
seacatte said,
May 12, 2006 at 5:51 pm
Missed the beginning of the Seeger project thread, but saw a documentary on the making of on CMT. The music was GOOD – not Seeger-folk, but not exactly Springsteen either. Release Announcement for the CD below:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 2, 2006
COLUMBIA RECORDS TO RELEASE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S ‘WE SHALL OVERCOME THE SEEGER SESSIONS’ ON APRIL 25
Columbia Records will release Bruce Springsteen’s twenty-first album, ‘We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions,’ on April 25. The album features Bruce’s personal interpretations of thirteen traditional songs, all of them associated with the legendary guiding light of American folk music, Pete Seeger, for whom the album is named. Speaking of the origins of the new music, Springsteen said, “So much of my writing, particularly when I write acoustically, comes straight out of the folk tradition. Making this album was creatively liberating because I have a love of all those different roots sounds… they can conjure up a world with just a few notes and a few words.”
Springsteen recorded the album with a large ensemble. The musicians on the record are Springsteen (guitar, harmonica, B3 organ and percussion), Sam Bardfeld (violin), Art Baron (tuba) Frank Bruno (guitar), Jeremy Chatzy (upright bass), Mark Clifford (banjo), Larry Eagle (drums and percussion), Charles Giordano (B3 organ, piano and accordion), Ed Manion (saxophone), Mark Pender (trumpet), Richie “La Bamba” Rosenberg (trombone) and Soozie Tyrell (violin). Lisa Lowell, Patti Scialfa, Springsteen, Pender, Tyrell, and Rosenberg contribute backing vocals.
‘We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions’ will be released in DualDisc format, with the full album on one side of the disc and DVD content on the other side. The 30 minute video side of the DualDisc contains extensive behind the scenes footage of the recording of the album. In addition, the DualDisc package will contain two bonus tracks and a special booklet including a note from Springsteen.
Springsteen is planning a short tour in the U.S. and Europe to accompany the release of the album. He will be appearing with most of the musicians who appeared on the CD. Details will be announced separately.
According to Springsteen’s longtime manager Jon Landau, “‘We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions’ has a lightness and ease to it, a sheer joyfulness, that makes it very special from top to bottom. Bruce has taken a core group of classic American songs and transformed them into a high energy, modern and very personal statement.”
‘We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions’ Track Listing
1. Old Dan Tucker
2. Jessie James
3. Mrs. McGrath
4. Oh, Mary, Don’t You Weep
5. John Henry
6. Erie Canal
7. Jacob’s Ladder
8. My Oklahoma Home
9. Eyes On The Prize
10. Shenandoah
11. Pay Me My Money Down
12. We Shall Overcome
13. Froggie Went A-Courtin’
Bonus Tracks:
Buffalo Gals
How Can I Keep From Singing