The art of comedy and illusion was a magical experience for the crowd at Kelly Clinton's Open Mic Cabaret last Monday night. The multi-talented Kelly Clinton succeeded in taking on the full persona of master magician David Copperfield. The music, the lights, the costuming were awesome and so were the magic bits, "The Silk," the "Sleight of Hand," the "Disappearance" ---and a lot more Hocus Pocus. The full-house crowd went wild as Kelly performed with the help of skit collaborator and magician's assistant Kaci Machacyk, stage manager Tommy Vinci and DJ/special effects guy, Kevin Cordova. There were screams and tears of laughter throughout the entire room as Kelly ---dressed and made up in the likeness of David Copperfield --and never once losing character-- presented one magic trick after another. Was that a banana, then a head of cauliflower coming out of front-seat fan, Bill Bane's ear? It was --- and after a Q-tip swipe of the ear, we saw a Clint Holmes' CD appear and heard an announcement that plugged Clint's upcoming show!!
Really funny stuff! It's all on tape so one day everyone can see this incredibly funny show of talent!
Oh what fun!!!!!
And, that was just for starters. Next came another incredible show of talent by many top Vegas entertainers!!
Kaci Machacyk got the open mic swinging with a terrific performance of the tune, "Last Dance." Kaci Machacyk will perform in her own show "The Soprano" at the Liberace Museum July 21. The talented young women is also the host of the web broadcast Vegas 5W. www.vegas5w.com
The truly awesome singer Lannie Counts was up next with his soulful rendition of the Marvin Gaye hit, "Heard It Through the Grapevine." The crowd, as always, wanted more and they got it when Lannie took us into the Blues with that fabulous standard, "Georgia." Lannie Counts is HOT!!! Lannie Counts is appearing this Saturday night with Kelly Clinton at the exclusive Stirling Club at Turnberry Towers.
The romantic crooner, Mark O'Toole sang with Kelly's band for the first time and he was terrific on the beautiful love song, "You Don't Know Me." Mike Clark did an fabulous job on the keys while guest drummer Brian Czach kept the beat on Mark's second tune, "Fly Me to the Moon." .................................Mark O'Toole appears in the Ravello Room at the "M" Resort in Henderson every Saturday night starting from 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM and at various other venues in Laughlin, NV. He also appears frequently on Wednesday nights at the Stirling Club.
Every singer that appeared this night chose to perform with the live band!!!!!! The boys in the band, Mike Clark and guest drummer Brian Czach played all night long with only one brief break when our next performer stepped into the spotlight. ...............Ironically, this was the night professional magician Jason Andrews stopped by to perform!!!! Who knew that would happen?!! Named Entertainer of the Year by Boyd Gaming, magician Jason Andrews had more than a few tricks up his sleeve when he entertained the awe-struck crowd Monday night!!
Singer Carmine Mandia dropped in to give us his rendition of the Bobby Darin tune, "That's All." Carmine is both a solo performer and a member of the group Shades of Sinatra. The Shades show was created by Kelly Clinton about five years ago. Aside from their own shows, the Shades have opened for comedian Don Rickles several times. ............................Carmine Mandia will be the headline performer on Sunday evening, July 18, in Kelly Clinton's Celebrity Spotlight at the Bootlegger Bistro. He's also appearing at the Rampart Hotel & Casino, ...July 30 & 31.
If you are one of the few people that don't know who Domenick Allen is, let me tell you something about this guy with the pure heart of gold and the talent of a giant in the music industry. We will start with the heart by broadcasting a brief version of the story he presented last Monday night. Domenick's wife, Leigh Zimmerman and thier daughter are in New York this summer. Leigh is starring on Broadway in the hit musical Chicago so they are living the dual residence life while Domenick works Vegas or is on the road traveling the world. Domenick is a guy 'in love with his family'. He said he was thinking of his relationship with Leigh when he came up with the musical tribute he was about to perform at the piano "for all those couples who are one." Wow!!! The super talented singer/musician/entertainer blew us away!!!! .... About the talented giant, Domenick Allen is best known as a member of the rock group Foreigner. He was also the opening act for Mr. Showman, Liberace, for several years and now Domenick Allen headlines all over the world. He recently appeared in the fantastic show, Vocal Soup, with Clint Holmes, Susan Anton and Martin Nievera at the Orleans Showroom.
Come blow your horn Martin Mancuso, the crowd loves you!! They truly do appreciate this talented musician/dancer who always puts on a fabulous show! This night Martin hit it with the "Chicago Blues," blowing that Sax like nobody's business. With Martin on stage was the fantastic guitarist, Tony Drake who took over the spotlight when Martin took a break. Tony Drake was awesome!!! Martin Mancuso stepped back into the spotlight for an incredible finish!!!! YES!!
The fabulous singer, Laurie Cook and her band members, explosive drummer LJ and the Sax man Scott took us back to the 60's with a sensational performance of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and that rocking tune "New Orleans." Kelly said she thought the hot drummer LJ was about to "spontaneous combust" on his spectacular solo! The word is out that Laurie Cook and her band did a killer show when they performed in Kelly's Sunday Night Celebrity Spotlight at the Bootlegger recently. The group will be one of about 30 bands performing at Hot August Nights a major Las Vegas fundraising event For Kids Now on Aug. 20, 21 & 22.
It was about that time in the show when Kelly lets loose with the moves and she did it with her hair flying to the beat Go Kelly, Go Kelly, Go Go Kelly!!!!
The super talented Michael Jackson impersonator and a terrific singer/musician in his own right, Isaiah Mercado came on stage with a whole different kind of MJ tune. Isaiah said he figured if he only did MJ's up-tunes all through a show he could "die" so it was time to slow it down a bit with a the beautiful ballad from the King of Pop, "She's Out of My Life." Wow, that was so fine Isaiah!! ....................................................Isaiah Mercado has "all kinds of stuff coming up." Details later.
Talk about "all kinds of things coming up" our next performer, Michael Cagle can't wait to shout out all the "huge stuff going on" in his career. He has to hold off on the latest breaking news but we are sure to hear about it very soon. Michael has been working at "making it in the music business" for some time now and it looks like tenacity and hard work is about to pay off. Monday night Michael Cagle sang his heart out during his wonderful performance of "Neither One of Us." We are all rooting for you Michael Cagle!!!
The magic never stopped all night!!!! Kelly called out for "Summertime" in the key of C and up stepped the incomparable Clint Holmes to join his lovely wife in a duet. The couple sang together and then Kelly stepped aside to let Clint do his thing. If you haven't seen Clint Holmes perform you are really missing a show from this one-of-a kind entertainer! As Kelly said at the end of the performance it was as if "Clint was possessed by the magical musical God."Clint Holmes is appearing at the Suncoast Showroom on July 10 & 11.
The crowd was really happy to see the young rockin' guitarist Merritt Mullaney back at the open mic. He's only appeared here a few times but the fans easily took to Las Vegas newcomer right from the start. This Monday night Merritt shared his spot with Bootlegger host and singer, J.T. Thompson. While J.T. took the vocals, Merritt rocked on his electric guitar on the tune, "The Weight" by the group, The Band.
Napata is from San Francisco and she was in town visiting the friends who brought her to the Cabaret. She did a really outstanding performance of the Etta James tune, "At Last."
Nepato Mero` is fantabulous!!!!
The wonderful husband and wife team, Lisa Gay and Tony Drake were up next with yet another sensational open mic performance. Lisa took the vocals as Tony led the band on guitar for their first tune, "For Once in My Life." As always Lisa and Tony did a excellent show of talent. The crowd always wants more so for their second number Lisa gave out her fabulous vocals on "Love Makes a Woman." Then she invited Kelly to join her on closing out the number. Oh what fun and plenty of super talented by Tony Drake, Lisa Gay and Kelly Clinton.
Kelly said the super talented Lisa Gay and Tony Drake have been in town less than a year and they are making their mark in the Las Vegas music scene. Just this past week they appeared on the Dennis Bono Show and on July 10th they are working with the fabulous Woody Woods at Lake Las Vegas.
And the winner is!!! Yes that's right, the next singer at the open mic, Cristina Ventre recently won the member's talent contest at the Stirling Club!! When we watched this beautiful young woman perform as she did Monday night, right away we knew how Cristina blew away the contest judges. She's incredible!! Cristina sent out the beautiful Italian lyrics of Caruso. What a voice! Then when the crowd called for an encore, Cristina did an astonishing performance of "I Will Always Love You." Wow!!!!
Cristina Ventre you are really good!!!!!
Who could follow Cristina's act?
This was the last performance of the "magical musical" evening at Kelly Clinton's Open Mic Cabaret on July 5, 2010.
Thanks to everyone for coming!!!
Looking forward to seeing you all next Monday night!!!
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Kelly Clinton's Open Mic Cabaret
Bootlegger Bistro
7700 Las Vegas Blvd So.
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702-736-4939
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