Jelly Roll is aware of music can convey folks collectively from all walks of life, and he proved it Saturday evening.
The nation artist who overcame a troubled previous carried out a headlining gig for a fortunate few hundred friends on behalf of SiriusXM, stay from Stephen Talkhouse within the Hamptons on Saturday evening. Jelly Roll, whose full title is Jason Bradley DeFord, mingled with the celebrities who turned up in droves to see his present, together with Howard Stern, Bradley Cooper, Jon Hamm and Jimmy Fallon.
The “Son of a Sinner” singer was launched to the stage by the SmartLess hosts, Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes, who sat down for a stay podcast taping with Howard Stern previous to the present.
“I never would have thought my fat, white-trash a– would be in the Hamptons,” Jelly Roll advised the viewers, in keeping with Web page Six. “This is an incredible scene.”
JELLY ROLL CRIES THINKING OF BETTE MIDLER SONG THAT HIS MOM SAID TO PLAY AT HER FUNERAL
He carried out a couple of of his hits, together with “I’m not OK” and “Need a Favor,” earlier than belting out a few cowl songs, together with “Good Riddance,” “Friends in Low Places” and “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay.”
In the course of the present, Jelly Roll caught a glimpse of Howard Stern and his spouse, Beth Stern, within the crowd and gave them a particular shout-out.
He mentioned being on Stern’s present was “one of the coolest things of my life. I can check it off my bucket list. It was f—ing incredible!”
Jelly Roll added, “Just like everybody else my age, I have watched [Stern’s 1997 biopic] ‘Private Parts’ about a thousand times. I think he is the greatest ever. … I love you. Thank you for your time and energy always.”
The “Wild Ones” singer appeared on Stern’s discuss present in June the place he mentioned his historical past within the jail system, promoting medicine, and cried occupied with the Bette Midler track his mom requested to play at her funeral.
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“By the way, I love this story, too,” Stern advised Jelly Roll. “That song, ‘Save Me,’ was inspired by the song by Bette Midler, ‘The Rose,’ because you and your mom used to listen all the time.”
Stern requested if Jelly Roll had ever met Midler, to which he responded, “Oh goodness no. If I meet her or James Taylor, I’m going to cry on the spot.”
“It is a lovely track, ‘The Rose,'” Stern said.
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“My mother would play this. Keep in mind she was a really dark woman at the time. She would say, ‘Play this at my funeral,'” Jelly Roll recalled. “She would sit at the kitchen table … I still get emotional listening to it. And she would smoke these cigarettes, and she would just be like, ‘Just remember to play this when I die.’”
He added, “So, the first tattoo I ever got was a rose on my back with her name.”
“How does a mother say to her son, ‘Please play this at my funeral?’” Howard puzzled.
“That’s coming from a woman who didn’t think she was going to live, and I know how that feels,” Jelly Roll mentioned. “I know how it feels to think you’re not going to live.”
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