My trio and I are determined to never be stumped by a request.

As Time Goes By    C

A Train   Bb

After You’ve Gone  C

A Foggy  Day    Db

All of Me   C

All or Nothing at all  Em

Be Meir Bis Du Eb

Black Coffee  G

Body and Soul   Ab

Blue Skies  Am

But Beautiful   Ab

Boulevard of Broken Dreams  Em

Best is Yet to Come   E

Can’t Take That away from Me  G

Can’t Take that Away  G

Crazy he calls me  C

Cheek to Cheek   G

Don’t Explain

Don’t Worry Bout Me  C

Fascinating Rhythm   D

Funny Valentine  C

Give my Regards to Broadway  Eb

I get a Kick out of You  G

Fever   Cm

It’s Don’t Mean a Thing   Bb

I Can’t give you Anything but Love  Eb

I Love Paris   C

I Want to Be Happy  Eb

Get Happy  Ab

Let’ Get Away from it All   F

Lover Man   D

More than you Know

My Buddy  Bb

Making Whoopie   G

My Kind of Trouble is You   F#

New York, New York  Eb

Pennies from Heaven   C

Route 66   G

Smoke Gets in your Eyes  A

Stormy Weather   D

Summertime  Bb

Satin Doll  C

Sing, Sing, Sing   Em

Side by Side  G

Slow Boat to China

The Man I Love  G

Tomorrow   Eb

Night and Day    E

Moon River   D

Lazy Afternoon G

Strangers in the Night  A

Love and Marriage   Eb

Let’s Get Lost  Dmaj

Summer Wind   E

All or Nothing at All  Em

Embraceable You   Bb

Just in Time   Bb

My Way  B

Nobody does it Better  F

Don’t Get Around Much anymore   Bb

Who Can I Turn To?  Bb

Where or When  C

Very good year  C

Whiskey Bar   Dm

More  Db

Shadow of your Smile  Bb

Wee Small Hours  Ab

Luck be a Lady   F

Witchcraft  D

Second Time Around

A tisket, A Tasket  G

Am I blue   Bb

Beyond the Sea  C

Blues Skies  Bb

But Beautiful   Ab

Cry me a River

Fine and Mellow   F

Good Morning Heartache   Db

How Long has This been Going On

I’ll be Seeing You  C

I should care  Eb

My Buddy  Bb

Sentimental Journey C

Slow Boat to China   G

Summertime  Bb

Stormy Weather  D

That’s All  F

Where or When

On a Clear Day  Emaj7

Tuxedo Junction  Eb

Pennies from Heaven  Eb

Honeysuckle Rose   G

In the Mood   F

Cheek to Cheek  G

Bill Bailey   Eb

Do Nothing till you Hear from Me

Cry me a River

Funny Valentine  C

I’m Always Chasing Rainbows

Smoke Gets in your Eyes Ab

Fever  Cm

Night and Day  E

Juke Box Saturday Night

Hello Dolly   G

I Could have Danced all Night  D

Climb Every Mountain  Bb

Make Someone Happy  C

Moonlight in Vermont

Once in a While  C

Let’s get Away from it All  F

Me and my Gin

One Meatball

It Don’t Mean a Thing

Ain’t Misbehavin   G

That Old Feeling  C

Something Stupid   Bb

Strangers in the Night   A

Over the Rainbow

My Favorite Things  Bbm

But Beautiful   Bb

Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend   C

Regards to Broadway    Eb

A Taste of Honey   Db

New York State of Mind   Ab

Pennies from Heaven   C

People will say we’re in love  Bb

Satin Doll  C

Till There was You  Bb

Unforgettable  F

Kick out of you   G

I’m all Smiles

Whiskey and Gin  Bb

Cement Mixer   C

Dancing on the Ceiling

The Parties Over

Chattanooga Choo Choo

When the Saints come Marching    C

When you Wish Upon a Star

Why Don’t you Do Right?

Sleepin Bee  B

That Old Feeling  C

When Sunny Gets Blue

Who can I Turn To

Deep Purple  G

It was a Very Good Year   Ab

I Got it Bad and That Ain’t Good

Is you or Is you Not my Baby

Just One of those Things

Old Devil Moon

Polka Dots and Moonbeams

Swing Low Sweet Chariot   B

Just you, Just me

How High the Moon  B

Im a fool to Want You

You’re Nobody till Somebody Loves you

Hit the Road to Dreamland

Until the Real Thing Comes Along

The Good Life

I Wanna be Around

Smile

Up a Lazy River

Gimme A Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer

I’ve been working on the railroad

Always

I’ll never be the same   Eb

I’m All Smiles

Deep Purple  G

I Believe in You

Running Wild

Another Opening, Another Show

I Can’t stop Loving You  G

Nevertheless, I’m in Love with You

Zing, went the strings  C

Spring is Here  Db

A Good Man is Hard to Find

After the Ball is Over

Here’s that Rainy Day

Hello Ma Baby    C

Don’t Go to Strangers

Rawhide   A

Im Beginning to See the Light   F

You’d be So Nice to Come Home To   Eb

Johnny One Note

Keepin out of Mischief Now

I Don’t Know Enough About You  Bb

Let the Good Times Roll

Good Morning Heartache  Db

I’ve Written a Letter to Daddy  F

Pizza Every Night   F minor

I should Care   Eb

Get Happy

Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe

Big Nobody

La Vie En Rose   C

Nobodies Sweetheart Now   Bb

New York State of Mind   Ab

I’ll Never be the Same   Eb

Stout Hearted Men

(excerpted from Get Magazine, Mike Ritz, 11/08)

“Cold Weather clouds blocking your sun?  Looking for a stress reliever?  Experience Laurel Casey.”

“Laurel doesn’t just sing or put on a cabaret show, she creates a nightly experience that engages the audience on a level usually found at an AA meeting.  Speaking of which: We’re addicted to Laurel!  Come see the show that never stands still!

“Laurel’s voice is filled with emotion and beauty.  Her 1920s – 1930s depression era songs are exquisite.  Her comedic diatribes hones, bold and hilarious.  If her unpredictable behavior and passionate voice don’t have you on the edge of your seat, nothing will.”

 – Get R.I. Magazine

(click on Laurel’s photo to read the article)

Remind them that entertainment was the only business besides bootlegging that continued to thrive during the Great Depression. The worse things get, the more people want to drink and forget their troubles. Instead of cutting entertainment, club owners should consider replacing fresh vegetables with canned peas, corn and carrots. Customers can obtain fresh garden greenery from other sources, such as their neighbor’s garden. They can certainly stay home, watch porn videos and listen to their i-tunes, but as their life savings evaporate and their homes foreclose, virtual entertainment is not enough, especially when your electricity is disconnected. Better to wander into a club, order a triple and stare at a person worse off than you are- the entertainer on stage. You may think that ego fulfillment is justification for driving 60 miles and performing 4 hours for a hundred bucks. That may be true when a person is 25, but at my age, despite my enjoyment of making an ass of myself, entertaining takes on a different ziegheist. I feel as though I am singing at the funeral of my innocense and that of my audience. Raising our glasses and toasting ourselves for surviving thus far without becoming political assassins or simply sobbing in a closet at the thought of another betrayal. Magic happens in clubs with live entertainment.  A room full of strangers become friends as they live and breath the music and the mistakes. I compare it to the difference between watching a football game in a Sportsbar or sitting in the stadium. An live audience can react and be acknowledged, whether they are throwing tomatoes or applauding. They count. They control the proceedings as much as the entertainer.  During this recession, people need to feel they exist, they are heard, they matter, and that the club owner cares enough to risk offering an intangible product whose value cannot be measured in receipts. Now THAT is classy.