IN THE ATTIC 2-CD/1-DVD RETROSPECTIVE TO DEBUT AS BEST BUY EXCLUSIVE ON MARCH 3, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Best Buy's special
presentation of 'Rachel Fuller IN THE ATTIC with Pete Townshend and Friends'
delivered an extraordinary night of music and camaraderie at the Troubadour in
Los Angeles on Friday, November 7. The sold-out event, which raised funds for
the Recording Academy's MusiCares(R) Foundation, took place the night prior to
a pair of Who shows in L.A. last weekend. Joining Townshend and
singer-songwriter Fuller (his longtime girlfriend) onstage at the intimate
venue were Jakob Dylan, She & Him - a.k.a. Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward - E of
Eels and Ben Gibbard from Deathcab For Cutie.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/LAM031)
In a review for Variety, Phil Gallo wrote, 'In a short private
conversation prior to the start of the acoustic song-swap led by Rachel
Fuller, Pete Townshend said one reason the Who has only slightly changed its
setlists in the last two years is to limit the number of mistakes. That's
hardly a concern at the charming In the Attic shows at which younger musicians
play their own songs and partner with Townshend, prompting the Who leader to
dust off pages of his catalog. Friday, the perfs were unfeigned and enticing,
even when the material had no connection with the star.'
Best Buy presents Rachel Fuller IN THE ATTIC with Pete Townshend and
Friends at the Troubadour celebrated the forthcoming March 3, 2009 release of
a 2-CD/1-DVD set collecting highlights from past In The Attic concerts that
will be a Best Buy Exclusive (Fuller first launched the series with a live
webcast from Townshend's London studio Oceanic in September 2005). Titled
Rachel Fuller Presents In The Attic With Pete Townshend And Friends, the
three-disc package will retail for $16.99, and features performances from
acclaimed shows at Joe's Pub in NYC and The Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles.
The November 7 Troubadour staging of IN THE ATTIC also coincided with the
opening of the new Musical Instruments Store inside the Best Buy location in
West Los Angeles (11301 W. Pico Blvd., LA, CA 90064).
