Shilpa Ray still gets me excited even without her Happy Hookers!

Shilpa Ray still gets me excited even without her Happy Hookers! Last Friday Shilpa Ray played a solo set at Manhattan's City Winery opening for Joseph Arthur for a bunch of vino drinkers. She was stripped down with just her voice and her Harmonium on her songs. They sounded more mellow and jazzy with out the loud thunder the Happy Hookers add to the mix. She told the audience about her drunken night of trying to court a guy she liked, the evening before, where she supposedly made an ass of herself. She played material off her new LP A Fish Hook An Open Eye and threw in Beat The Devil's "Plea Bargain," she also tried out some great new songs, which I have some poor quality video and noisy audio of below. The next two dates she's joined by her Happy Hookers and the intensity will be back on. Nick Cave recently praised Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers as one of his favorite bands. You can't beat a Cave endorsement.

Thursday 11/12: Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio, with Soft Black
Thursday 12/19: New York, NY @ 92Y Tribeca, with Grant Hart