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The latest scoop on Elton John’s career
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Next week, Peachtree Road resident Elton John is set to celebrate a career milestone. The singer-songwriter will perform for the first time in Vermont.
With the tour date, John becomes one of the few performers to have gigged in all 50 states.
To mark the occasion, Vermont-based Ben & Jerry’s has created a special ice cream flavor, the aptly titled Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road and will be donating all profits from sales to the pianist’s pet charity, Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Ben & Jerry’s is offering a very limited batch of the stuff this week and next and at the concert on July 21.
“We think he saved the best for last,” says Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s. “There was only one way we could truly honor Sir Elton, and this monumental occasion, in true Ben & Jerry’s fashion.”
Yellow Brickle Road is humbly described by B&J as “an outrageous symphony of decadent chocolate ice cream, peanut butter cookie dough, butter brickle and white chocolate chunks.”
According to Greenfield, “We were trying to compose a flavor befitting of the energy, creativity and outrageous nature of the artist. We feel pretty good about the final combination we came up with and with having the Rocket Man’s seal of approval.”
“I can’t think of a more fun way to celebrate playing my 50th state, Vermont, than having Ben & Jerry’s create a special ice cream with all of my favorite flavors and ingredients,” said Sir Elton via a statement. “I’m especially pleased that they will be donating the proceeds to the Elton John AIDS Foundation.”
According to EltonJohn.com, the flavor was designed “after earlier meetings between both camps helped indicate Elton’s wish for something containing chocolate and peanut butter.”
Next week, B&J’s retail Vermont Scoop Shops will play Sir Elton’s music on the sound system and air the DVD from his 60th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden.
Regrettably, we’re told that sequins will not replace the more traditional industry standard of sprinkles as a topping for Yellow Brickle Road.
OVERSCENE
Singer N’Dambi sitting in with the house band and enjoying some sea bass and peach cobbler at Café Circa. The one-time background singer for Erykah Badu also gave a surprise performance at Moods Music in Little Five Points this week. She was in town rehearsing with Atlanta-based Stax legend William Bell before their week of shows in Finland and the Netherlands, which start today. And apparently N’Dambi found a fan in Atlanta City Councilman Caesar Mitchell, as he got her “Little Lost Girls Blues” and “Tunin’ Up & Cosignin’ ” CDs signed in between her cobbler bites.
WOOD IN REHAB
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood entered a rehabilitation facility Wednesday for help with alcoholism.
“Following Ronnie’s continued battle with alcohol he has entered a period of rehab,” a spokeswoman said. “His close family and friends say he is seeking help and look forward to his recovery.”
Wood, 61, has fought a long battle with alcoholism during his rock ‘n’ roll career, which started in the 1960s when he played with the band The Faces.
His spokeswoman didn’t release any details about the treatment he will receive or the clinic that he entered.
The guitarist had seemed to be in good health in recent years. He has developed a strong second career as an artist, selling his paintings at some of London’s respected art galleries.
But he has been the focus of feverish recent UK newspaper reports about his resuming drinking.
SICK BAY
Singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday.
The statement said the disease was revealed during a routine examination and was likely caused by her drug use years ago.
“I’ve been so fortunate to have learned so much from my past experiences,” said Cole. “I am embraced by the love and support of my family and friends.”
Her physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Dr. Graham Woolf, said Cole has had a “terrific response to her medication and is now virus negative.”
“This gives her an increased chance of cure,” he said. Woolf said Cole is recovering from side effects of the medicine she’s taking, including fatigue, muscle aches and dehydration.
Cole, 58, is the daughter of Nat King Cole and the niece of Atlanta Grammy nominee Freddy Cole.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
TV personality Art Linkletter is 96. Comedian Phyllis Diller is 91. Actor Donald Sutherland is 73. Actress-singer Diahann Carroll is 73. Guitarist Spencer Davis of the Spencer Davis Group is 66. Actor Andre Royo (“The Wire”) is 40. Actress Bitty Schram (“Monk”) is 40. Country singer Luke Bryan is 32.
Contributing: Sonia Murray and news services
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