‘I Can’t Believe My Fat White Ass Is in the Hamptons!’ Jelly Roll Rocks Bradley Cooper, Jon Hamm, Howard Stern and More Elite at SiriusXM Show: Concert Review
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It’s hard to imagine a less likely setting for a Jelly Roll concert than Amagansett, which is basically part of the Hamptons, the seaside enclave on the eastern end of Long Island that has long been the flexy summer retreat for Manhattan’s ultra-moneyed elite.
And although it was a specially invited audience of SiriusXM subscribers and superstars like Bradley Cooper, Jon Hamm, Jimmy Fallon, Shawn Levy, George Stephanopoulos, Fox 5 co-host Rosanna Scotto and at least one Real Housewife, there was a warmth to this plus-sized, heavily tattooed, deeply gracious and galvanizing artist’s performance that speaks not only to his raucous fusion of country, rock and hip-hop, but also his one-in-a-million ability to connect.
One longtime associate noted that this was probably the oldest and wealthiest audience Jelly had ever played to, and he had them in the palm of his tattooed hand from the jump.
While the venue — Stephen Talkhouse, a 200-ish capacity club — may have led one to envision a small and intimate show, the show was held not inside the venue but in the back, under a sprawling, elaborately tricked-out tent that had several well-stocked bars and was festooned with plants and, no joke, hay bales, which meant that the hyped-up audience (the drinks were free) was watching Jelly while smelling hay.
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