They tried to make her go to rehab but she said “No, no, no.”
Amy Winehouse at Joe’s Pub, originally uploaded by emilyrems.If you’re not already obsessed with brit motown pop genius Amy Winehouse, you will be by the time summer rolls around, I guarantee it. Her new album will be hitting stores in March, but in the meantime she’s totally blowing up stateside. I saw her play to a packed Joe’s Pub on Tuesday backed up by no fewer than 10 hot guys called the Dap Kings (2 sizzling back-up dancers/singers, 3 horns, bass, 2 guitars, keyboard, drums) and the scene was impressive. Halfway through the gig, I even spied Jay-Z watching her very intently from his perch under the exit sign, so watch your ass Beyonce! Seriously though, the show was marvy, and Amy was delightfully drunk and weird. Her diction was flawless when she sang, but she had a pretty serious stutter when she took breaks to request whiskey sours from stage and exchange indecipherable private jokes with friends in the audience. She also did a lot of weird crouching to drink on the floor during instrumental interludes and there was much ocd tugging of the crotch area of her cocktail dress. But then she would bust out with that fantastic wail from beneath her towering ratty bouffant and was fully in control again like the long lost daughter of Ronnie Spector. Get on the train before it leaves the station here.