House of Blues Sunset Strip
8430 W Sunset Blvd
323.848.5100
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Monday Oct 25, 2010 (7pm)
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$30
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“Fans of iconic rocker Chrissie Hynde's work with the Pretenders and solo won't be disappointed by her new project, JP, Chrissie & The Fairground Boys — a collaboration à clef with JP Jones. Jones and Hynde are would-be lovers separated by age and ambition, who nevertheless share a deeply moving musical empathy and mutual creative inspiration. As their thwarted love affair becomes the inspiration for an album of narrative, folk-infused rock numbers and harmonic ballads, real life and art blend with the same rough-edged, poetic power as the music it produces and informs. It's a once-in-a-million moment in art and artistry, and the live show generates all the sparks you'd expect from the situation.”
Shana Nys Dambrot, Flavorpill
Fidelity!, the gutsy, raw debut album from JP, Chrissie, & the Fairground Boys, is an epic love story, albeit not a conventional one. Everything you need to know about the heartbreaking, but ultimately uplifting and fruitful relationship between The Pretenders leader Chrissie Hynde and Welsh singer-songwriter JP Jones is contained within Fidelity!'s 11 songs — from passion and desire, to sadness and acceptance. Of course Hynde, a fiercely truthful songwriter, and committed animal-rights activist, has never been one to mince words. She has been beloved for decades by fans around the world for what one critic has called her "steely exterior and disarming emotional vulnerability." Hynde has met her match in JP Jones.
—House of Blues
