A lovely dinner with BK tonight and The Lovely Wife at the Hamburger Hamlet across from the scenic Grauman's Chinese.
BK came with a treasure trove of goodies and my prize for winning the trivia contest which was...wait for it...drum-roll, please!...an early pre-release copy of Guy Haines: New Guy in Town. Despite, all the caveats that this is not quite the finalized version, it is WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL! Let me say that again, WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL!
What delightful, joyous album and every song on it is a winner! Mr. Haines is in fine vocal fettle! It has made me and The Lovely Wife very, very happy! Some surprises for me were They Don't Give Medals (To Yesterday's Heroes), Cowboy Waltz, and Getting Away With You...a rather brilliant number by a talented songwriter Mr. Johnathan Goldman. When I listened to it in the car on the way back from dinner, my skin tingled and the hairs on my arms stood on end. Mr. Kimmel is represented by his own BORN TOO LATE from the WHAT IF revue. Tons of other great numbers are given great renderings: a longtime favourite of mine , POINT OF NO RETURN, LOVE LOOK AWAY, MILLIONS OF MEN, and, oh, all fifteen are just GREAT! GREAT! Let me say that again! Just GREAT! GREAT!
Mr. Haines' legions of fans will not be disappointed and it will earn him a legion more!
I usually don't answer these trivia questions. Glad I did this one! Oh...and dinner was, as always, rife with lovely and sparkling conversation and wit! We laughed and laughed until we thought we could laugh no more...and then guffawed all over again!
P.S.- The liner notes to the Haines album are a treat too! BK delivers with his usual literary panache!