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    Pop Strings Returns to The Smith Center!

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    On Thursday, November 30th, David Perrico & Pop Strings Orchestra will be returning to Myron's Cabaret Jazz at The Smith Center to present "Songbook of the Soul" Concert, Volume 2, featuring vocalists Fletch Walcott, Lily Arce, Noybel Gorgoy, Skye Miles, & Serena Henry. This concert will showcase classic sounds and new arrangements of the "Songbook of Soul" featuring music by artists: James Brown, Barry White, Percy Sledge, Sam Cooke, Etta James, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder , Al Jarreau, Temptations, Earth Wind & Fire, and new originals by David Perrico.

    The show begins at 8:00pm, with tickets starting at only $20...so don't wait, seats are going fast!!
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    "Songbook of the soul" was a hit!

    This past Friday, June 9th, David Perrico Pop Strings Orchestra blew the roof off the Cabaret Jazz room at The Smith Center!! Featuring Skye Dee Miles, Michelle Johnson, Serena Henry, Lily Arce, Ken Fletch Walcott, Eric Sean, this concert showcased classic sounds and new arrangements of the "Songbook of Soul" by artists such as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan, Temptations, Tower of Power, Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson, Al Jareau, to name a few, plus some original compositions by David himself. But even if you couldn't make the show at the Smith Center, we have good news for you. You can catch a little bit of it right HERE! 
    Simply click on the image ABOVE to watch a short video of Pop Strings' performance of "Turn Your Love Around" from the other night!
    And check out these GREAT photos from the show.
    AND there is already talk of doing a "Songbook of the Soul" Concert VOLUME 2 at the end of the year (maybe in November), so be sure to check our CALENDAR or NEWS pages for more info, coming soon!!
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    "Nightspot from the ’70s, Cleopatra’s Barge is Last Icon of Vegas Strip Architecture"

    By MIKE WEATHERFORD  
    LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL  
    Originally Published: March 7, 2017 - 10:07am
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    ​It’s not just any boat with oars extended into a few inches of questionable water, dry-docked in the middle of a bar, surrounded by acres of Caesars Palace. 

    “She’s a time machine to our past,” says Branden Powers. As the managing partner of two time-traveling bars beyond the Strip — the Golden Tiki and Evel Pie — Powers is an understandably vocal fan of Cleopatra’s Barge.  The nightspot from 1970 is the last iconic piece of classic Vegas architecture still in use on the Strip (though original casino areas survive at Caesars and the Tropicana). “They keep destroying it. If I wanted to go on vacation and stay in an airport, there’s plenty of places now,” Powers says. But the Barge?

    “She endured the test of time,” he says. “Vegas needs more Vegas....”
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    "Perrico staying aboard Cleopatra’s Barge at Caesars Palace"

    ​By JOHN KATSILOMETES 
    LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOUNAL 
    Originally published February 2, 2017, 7:23pm
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    TOP OF THE POP 

    You can thank David Perrico and Pop Strings Orchestra for the delay in the long-anticipated renovation of Cleopatra’s Barge at Caesars Palace. Just this week, Perrico signed a contract extension with Caesars Entertainment to continue headlining at the hotspot for another year. Pop Strings also will continue its 10 p.m.-midnight Thursdays-Fridays-Saturdays schedule....

    There is no cover for these shows; it will soon cost more to park at Caesars than to see this great band of top-notch musicians and singers. 

    Eventually, plans for the Barge include partnering with a well-known nightclub . But as long as Perrico and fellow late-night act Zowie Bowie (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) are making waves behind the moat, there is no hurry to shut it down and spruce it up. 
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    "‘The Barge’ Makes Maves with Re-Opening at Caesars Palace"

    By JOHN KATSILOMETES 
    LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOUNAL     
    Originally Published: October 2, 2016 - 3:02pm
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    ​Outdoor festivals have descended on VegasVille over the past two weekends, with Life is Beautiful downtown last weekend and Route 91 Harvest at the Village this weekend. But we ducked inside, where “The Barge” rocks anew. 

    The first show in the post-Matt Goss era at Caesars Palace played out late Saturday night, and it was a barn-burner (or barge-burner) from David Perrico’s Pop Strings orchestra. For the first time since Goss took over in 2010 with his largely closed-off, ticketed show, the famed Cleopatra’s Barge threw open the curtains so a mass of folks could amble in for a free show. 

    The scene, and act, were worth the trip. Perrico’s band, which also plays the Lounge at the Palms and Cabaret Jazz at the Smith Center, features a rotation of top Vegas singers – Sina Foley, onstage Saturday; Lily Arce (who swings in “O” at the Bellagio); Noybel Gorgoy of Holmes’ “Between The Lines” at Palazzo Theater, and Rockie Brown of the Rockie Brown Band. The Pop Strings gig runs Thursdays through Saturdays, 10 p.m.-midnight, in October....