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::Thursday, May 24::

An Evening With Hugh Laurie & The Copper Bottom Band @ El Rey

Raise your hand if you knew Dr. House had a blues band. Hm, ok, we vaguely remember hearing something about it too, but forgive us if we assumed it was just another awful celebrity vanity band, like Russell Crowe's or Billy Bob's. Well, as it turns out, Mr. Laurie hails more from that tradition of legitimately multi-talented British stage people, for whom acting and music are intertwined traditions, and he is in fact proficient at the piano, guitar, drums, harmonica and saxophone. If you'd like to feel even worse about your own relative lack of talent, check out his band at the El Rey on Thursday night as they play Southern inspired classic blues music. Bring that screenplay you've been meaning to finish. [Details] [via]