Who you gonna name however Invoice Murray to crash a set?
The “Ghostbusters” actor, recognized for interrupting occasions similar to a White Home press briefing, bachelor get together, and even a pair’s engagement photoshoot, was at it once more on Wednesday when he crashed a piano participant’s live performance.
Murray, 74, was an viewers member at Bemelmans Bar, contained in the famed Carlyle Resort on the Higher East Aspect, listening to the tunes of singing jazz pianist Robert Mosci when he felt the necessity to take part.
“I didn’t know he was coming. The way it unfolded was quickly and funny,” the accosted pianist, Robert Mosci, informed The Submit.
“He came over to me and he said, ‘Hey, do you know the song ‘Brandy?’”
Mosci confessed he by no means performed it earlier than, however Murray remained undeterred.
“He said, ‘Well, the guy who wrote it is here. His name’s Elliot Lurie, and if you could do it, that would be great,’” Mosci, a Queens native who now lives on Staten Island, recalled.
To appease him, Mosci — who was between songs — shortly used an app on his telephone to purchase the sheet music for the 1972 chart-topper “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” by New Jersey pop-rock band Trying Glass.
“And I started to sing it. And then like three seconds later, Bill Murray’s screaming in my ear into the microphone,” he mentioned. “It was so loud. In hindsight, I should have just given him the microphone.”
Lurie, who was the lead singer of Trying Glass, additionally joined in on the group singalong.
“Everybody in Bemelmans had a great time. It was a lot of fun,” Mosci mentioned.
The previous “Saturday Night Live” star is well-known across the lodge, so it wasn’t shocking that he was there that night, Mosci mentioned.
“He’s a regular in terms of when he’s in town, he stays at The Carlyle and he’s made a couple of movies in Bemelmans. He’s sort of on the inside with a lot of people who work there,” he defined.
Mosci, who has been enjoying at Bemelmans for 15 years, mentioned he’s used to the star-studded clientele the enduring venue attracts.
“We have celebrities in all the time. I mean, almost everybody you can think of has been in there,” he mentioned.
“Tom Hanks was in six months ago, Scarlett Johansson. I’ve seen George Clooney, Bill Clinton, Jennifer Aniston, Bono, Al Pacino.”
He witnessed a surge within the upscale piano bar’s reputation after Prince Harry stayed at The Carlyle, a favourite of his mom, Princess Diana, along with his spouse, Meghan Markle, in 2021.
“It’s always been a popular place, but I think it really got hot a couple of years ago after the pandemic, when Prince Harry was there for a couple of days,” he mentioned.
“It just sort of took off with a little bit of a younger crowd than we used to have.”
