Kelly Clinton's Open Mic Cabaret: The Buzz: Kelly Was Away, Skye Did Play +All the Entertainers

The awesome singer/comedienne and star of Menopause the Musical, Skye Dee Miles got the evening off to a hot start with her powerful voice singing Lee Aaron’s, Evil Gal Blues. The fabulous entertainer was guest host last Monday night, March 15, at Kelly Clinton’s Open Mic Cabaret at the Bootlegger Bistro.

(J. T. Thompson introduced Skye by releasing a long paper list of "a few things" he was told to mention about the night’s “Diva.” (Funny stuff.)

Skye followed up her first hot number with a bouncy rendition of All Right, Okay, You Win, recorded by numerous artists including the late, great, Joe Williams and the legendary Quincy Jones. ---And the night was on!

In first spot, the phenomenal couple, Lisa Gay and Tony Drake took the full-house crowd on a romantic journey starting with Lisa’s stylistic version of On a Clear Day, from the 1965 hit musical of the same name. Tony led on guitar with band members, Billy Adams on drums and the one and only, Mike Clark on keys. The remarkable husband and wife team moved on into a smooth, Lisa ‘with a twist’ rendition of Etta James', At Last.---With Lisa sending out her fabulous vocal style and Tony taking over during the bridge with his awesome “wow the crowd“ ” guitar solo, the duo presented another astonishing show of brilliant talent.

Next up, Wendy Fleming, a terrific singer originally from Detroit, performed the hot Tracy Chapman tune, Give Me One Reason. Then with the fabulous band behind her, Wendy really moved the crowd with her excellent performance of Judy Garland’s, Over the Rainbow.

This lady can sing!!

Popular Las Vegas artist, Lannie Counts stepped up the beat with Route 66, written by Bobby Troup and recorded by such greats as Nat King Cole, Chuck Berry and The Rolling Stones.

“Feeling the love in the house, ” Lannie got up close with the crowd, he circled the room ---then kicking it up with a few dance steps, Lannie was back on center stage for his terrific performance of Superstar, by Lupe Fiasco.

Kaci Machacyk, host of Vegas 5W, returned to the open mic this night to perform the Amy Winehouse song, You Know I’m No Good. Yes you are Kaci!. --- For her second number later in the show, Kaci gave a really wonderful performance of I Feel Pretty from the hit musical, Westside Story. Kaci was a natural performing that great Broadway number with her amazing vocal range and her flare for the theatrical stage. ---If you haven’t seen the Vegas 5W episode, Music on the Menu, which features Kelly’s Cabaret and the open mic entertainers at the Bootlegger, check it out at http://www.vegas5w.com/.

If Liberace was alive today, he would be so proud of the young, super-talented pianist, Luis Sebastian. Obviously influenced by the great showman's music style, Sebastian, as he prefers to be billed, gave another incredible upbeat performance with his powerful piano medley starting with In the Mood, then moving right into Mac the Knife and the finale, Hello Dolly. Sebastian currently performs at Mandalay Bay special events, weddings and corporate events. The fans love him. Vegas entertainment directors and booking agents should take a close look at this extraordinary solo musician!!

The lovely singer, Kat Ray, gave us her swinging style performance of Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, that great standard by Bob Russell and Duke Ellington.
Kat followed up with her fantastic rendition of Billy Joel's, New York State of Mind.

Lady killer ( in a good sense), Jerome Dean, donning a classic man’s chapeau, let the music play during his rockin’ song and dance performance of the very upbeat number, Lionel Richie’s, All Night Long. The great dance-beat number just couldn’t keep our youngest performer of the night, four-year-old, AJ, from jumping on stage to shake his booty with Skye Dee Miles.

Speaking of Skye, back in the spotlight between acts, she sang out Happy Birthday to a young man named Brian, then transformed herself into the sexy siren that she is, to sing the same song, different style, to another fella` sitting at a front table, named John.
--- What a blast! It’s all fun at Kelly Clinton’s Open Mic Cabaret.

Popular singer/entertainer, Mark O’Toole is the featured performer at Kelly Clinton’s Celebrity Spotlight, Sunday, March 21, at the Bootlegger Bistro. Showtime: 8:30 pm. Word on the street has it, Mark will have a very special TV celebrity guest with the initials SS at his show.

Back to the open mic entertainers...... Next up was the outstanding comedienne/vocalist, Kelly Vohnn, who gave us one heck of a show with her parody vocal takes on Reba McEntire, Celine Dion, Dolly Parton and Barbra Striesand, --and the jokes kept rolling between characters. With her comedic impressions and her really fabulous voice, Kelly wowed the crowd with her outstanding performance. Kelly will be appearing with Skye Dee Miles in an all-female-cast show, She-nannigans, on March 29 at the Harmon Theater in the Miracle Mile Shops at the Planet Hollywood Hotel Casino --- and she will be at the House of Blues in Mandalay Bay with Ronnie Rose on March 31.

The oh so awesome, Parris Lane, really blew us away with her outstanding performance of My Funny Valentine ---as only Parris can do it. That called for standing ovation number one for Parris. Then, with our fabulous band still behind her, Parris went on to tear the house down with her tremendous blues rendition of Stormy Monday. That called for standing ovation number two for Parris. It’s hard to describe in detail how incredible a performance by Parris Lane really is --- you have to see it to believe it! Let’s just say with artists like Parris and so many other great entertainers on stage at Kelly Clinton’s Open Mic Cabaret, it’s got to be one of the best shows in town.

Singer, Jacqueline was back this week all dressed up for her lovely performance of Exodus, The Song. Jacqueline will appear at Treasure Island on March 27, at 7 pm, in the Spectacular 60’s-70’s Party with The Coasters and a long line-up of other talented performers.

J. T. Thompson, Bootlegger host and a terrific singer, put on a sexy looking hat for his remarkable dancing and singing performance of Moondance, by Van Morrison. J.T. is generally seen on the sidelines helping Kelly with the line-up of open mic performers, but he loves to sing at the mic whenever the spotlight has an opening.
The crowd just loves him.

The Cabaret welcomed back, Justina Lee Black, who on this night was dressed in “all black” and looking fine during her really cool performance of Carole King’s, It’s Too Late. Justina recently recorded eight original songs with producer, Benny Caruso.

Next up was the very popular tribute artist, Nicholas Brooks, who plays Sammy Davis, Jr. in the Rat Pack Show at the Sahara. As always, Nicholas was groovin’ with the crowd during his remarkable rendition of The Doors, Light My Fire.

Well into the show, that wonderful singer Rashida Jordan turned the heat up with her amazing performance of Fever, a song written by Otis Blackwell and popularized by Peggy Lee back in the 1950‘s. The beautiful Rashida is a back-up singer for Gladys Knight and the Pips.

Skye announced the next singer was a guy named Sexy Manuel and to her surprise (?!!) up stepped our DJ, Kevin Cordova. Kevin said “This one is for my wife” before he went on to his powerful presentation of James Ingram’s, Give Me Forever I Do.

Closing the show, a Bootlegger favorite and longtime performer at Kelly Clinton’s shows, the amazing singer and theatrical performer, Buffie Lucas, stepped into the spotlight along with her little boy, the future star performer, AJ, to rock the night away with Rose Royce's hit tune, Car Wash.

And so another great show goes down in Las Vegas history for Kelly Clinton’s Open Mic Cabaret at the Bootlegger Italian Bistro. Special thanks to all the entertainers who performed, the band musicians including, the one and only Mike Clark on keys, the great Billy Adams on drums and back this week, the fabulous Kevin Lyon on guitar. Another key player is DJ, Kevin Cordova on tracks and special effects and as always, thanks to singer and Bootlegger host, J. T. Thompson.

Very, very special thanks to the awesome DIVA, Skye Dee Miles, for doing such a great job as guest host this past week.

Kelly Clinton will be back this coming Monday, March 22, to host her Open Mic Cabaret at the Bootlegger Bistro, 7700 Las Vegas Blvd. So. Join Kelly and all the entertainers every Monday Night. Doors open: 8:30 pm. Showtime 9 pm. Perform, promote your gig, see the show, dine in, have a blast!!

Dining reservations: 702-736-4939.

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