Lou Reed’s college roommate, Garland Jeffreys is retiring from the stage with two farewell performance sets on June 29th 2019 at City Winery in NYC.
The sexiest man in Scandinavia! The poet laureate of Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn! He is hanging up his high heel sneakers. The Matador is throwing down his cape.
My ol’ pals Chuck Prophet and Stephanie Finch and are going to be onstage as special guests to bid him adieu, as well as other musical luminaries from his past. I hear, David Johansen and a few more musicians are expected to make it one for the history books. Garland’s 75 now, and it’s your last chance to see him onstage.
Here are Chuck & Steph with him from a gig I was lucky enough to be at his final west coast show at the Bootleg Theater LA on April 22nd 2016.
In the heat of the summer Better call up the plumberAnd turn on the street pumpTo cool me off With your newspaper writersAnd your big crime fightersYou still need a drugstoreTo cure my cough Running wild in the streetsWe got a gang called ShadyAnd a midnight ladyAnd two transvestitesTo beat the band You better not touch usYou best believe usYour teenage Johnny’sGonna be a man Runnin’ wild in the streetsMrs. AmericaTell me how is your favorite son?Do you really careWhat he has done?Runnin’ wild in the streets – Garland Jeffreys “Wild In The Streets”