Elisa Brown, 65, is risking you’ll love her one woman show ‘ Hoodwinked From Heaven’.
You know I’m always a champion for anyone risking a new idea.
Elisa Brown is a classically trained vocalist who thrilled audiences around the world for decades with her wide range of vocal styles before returning home to care for her Dad Bill, who had Alzheimer’s.
“Daddy”, Elisa explained in her Texas twang, was always a little bummed that his daughter was turned on by Mozart and Classical Music, because he really really liked Country Music.
Elisa’s Dad knew Alzheimer’s would eventually take his memory but he also knew, as did Elisa, that music memories often remain in the brains of Alzheimer patients even as language and other memories disappear. So he asked Elisa to write him some Country and Americana songs that he could listen to every day so as not to forget her. And he made her promise to do something with them.
So Elisa Brown wrote her Daddy six songs and sonofagun, he never forgot her! And sonofagun, now she’s doing something with those songs as promised with …as she put it…her father directing from Heaven! Funny.
In her Dad’s honor after he passed, Elisa made the crazy bold decision to take those darn country songs powered by her late fathers joy of hearing them, and turn them into a one woman show. “Hoodwinked from Heaven”. It’s a show that’s been described as heart-warming and knee slapping fun. A show completely different that anything Elisa’s ever done in her life. Even she can’t believe she’s doing this. LOL
And as her lyrics in one song go, “Hoodwinked From Heaven” ...’a delightfully devine con.’
Should be a riot to see Elisa kick up her cowboy boot heels and spin some tall Texas tales (many of them true and outlandish family stories) in her show that celebrates the deeply American music that kept her family alive with hope and laughter.
Her promo for the show on her website should give you a good chuckle.
I mean ya gotta love the song about her Grandmother who was married like 9 times. Ha. ‘Too Many Yeses Not Enough Nos’. “Expect men to have problems said Grandma one day. Lovers are like chips you just can’t have one. I took that to heart and thought I’d have fun’.
And then there’s the song ‘Pizza and Beer’ about Elisa’s bad marital decision. “We met in a bar, I was naive he was a star. He was smooth, I was dumb and hot to trot. Didn’t know at the time, he was slime. Married on the spot, and he took all I got. I was hitched to a sack of manure.”
Honestly Elisa Brown really got my attention with her funny Texas stories, witty songwriting and talented composing. She’s a force for sure and she’s decided to have some fun doing something completely different than she’s ever done before. Never too late to try something new!
Enjoy this podcast of the live studio interview with Elisa Brown who joined me on The Debbie Nigro Show. She’s terrific. She tells some wildly fun Texas family stories, and you’ll also hear some snippets of the songs she wrote for her Dad that inspired ‘Hoodwinked from Heaven’ making it’s NYC debut at Symphony Space in NYC on Sunday, May 7, 2023 @ 3:00 PM.
Address: 250 W 95th St. @ Broadway, New York, NY 10025
Lyrics, Music, and Story Written and Performed by Elisa Brown-
For Tickets ($45) and more info: ElisaBrownMusic.com
Artwork by Glenn Hilario: BOOT
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