Kenny G struck a sour note with the Louisville Orchestra yestrerday when he cancelled his upcoming Feb. 13 appearance with the group.
Dumped for its Valentine's Day celebration, a lesser orchestra would
settle for staying home with a quart of Ben & Jerry's, a bottle of
Yellow Tail and a tin of cat food with Mr. Meow. But the Louisville Orchestra began searching for a replacement as soon as G cancelled (which we hear was done via a sticky note passed to the conductor by G's best friend). Details will be posted on the orchestra's website [4] as they develop, but according to Pops conductor Bob Bernhardt, "the show will go on" (cliches exist for a reason).
G, who backed out of all of his appearances for the month, provided no reason for being unable to perform.
“Kenny G has a lot of fans in the Bluegrass," said orchestra CEO Robert Birman. "We, obviously, hope that he is OK and we are pursuing a resolution with his management. Serious artists don’t cancel on such short notice without a significant reason."
But rather than beg for G to come back, the orchestra has put on a brave face; it's rumored just to be asking for the return of some now-embarrassng mix tapes.
"His team in New York have offered the orchestra a handful of alternative dates for this spring, none of which are available for the orchestra due to pre-existing contracts and obligations,” Birman said.
This news comes less than two weeks after the city was also jilted by Richard Marx [5]. Soothing adult-contemporary music gods, why hath thou forsaken Louisville?
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Photo: Courtesy Kenny G