Bojangles' with a bizarre parable called 'The Omen' (which you can search for on this blog). This is a guy who quoted William Henry Davies on the back cover of his solo album, and followed up his Top 40 cover of 'Mr.

Yes, Bobby could be a little too intellectual for the room. With an ironic smile he added some sarcasm: 'How’s that for a commercial title?” “It’s called 'So Sleeps the Pride,'' he said. My lady and I were going to hear a NEW Bobby Cole song? He had that wry look on his face. But now, just about closing time, he said, “Here’s one of my newer songs.” I couldn’t believe it. The customers wanted to hear familiar things. He admitted he had additions to what was on the “A Point of View” album, but that he didn’t play his own stuff very often. I had asked Bobby about original tunes, and if he was working on anything. I remember one night, late, when the place was pretty empty. His cover versions, from Leonard Cohen's 'Closing Time' to 'The Big Hurt' (he favored Miss Toni, I favored Del Shannon), always became, to use one of his favorite words, unique when he played them. And that unique, husky, raw voice also was on key. It almost seems like he’s hitting wrong notes, but no, no matter how much he drank, that never happened. He explores some unusual sharps and flats to accent a line or two. Typical of this very classically trained musician, who was deeply into jazz, and who had a lot of books on theory, he doesn’t do a “straight” version of the Don McLean song. He appreciated the suggestion, and was glad it wasn't 'Summer Wind.' Here, Bobby acknowledges he hadn’t played “Starry Night” in a while, but would take a crack at it. As you’ll hear at the beginning, some comments were cheerfully aimed at Bobby, maybe with a request for a song. Although he was the “star” attraction, with his photo in the window, and people DID come to see him, including some famous faces, it was a bar-restaurant and there was always a lot of chatter going on while he played. The recording of “Vincent” will give you an idea of the scene at Campagnola. He was, to use his phrase, “in the people pleasing business.” At the piano, Friday-Sun nights, Bobby was fun-loving, personable, had charisma, and knew just about every song anybody wanted to hear, by heart. If somebody's at the piano now, it's just somebody at the piano now. There's no longer a sign in the window with a photo of the star attraction. Campagnola remains, and props to them for hiring a guy as erratic as Bobby.

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