- Kyle Sullivan
- Primo Mendoza
When I first spoke to Primo Mendoza on Monday he couldn’t wait to get out of the hospital. Monday evening the local singer-songwriter, who played in recently defunct duo Desert Soap, was recovering from an angioplasty. Doctors at Mount Sinai inserted a stent in his heart and cleaned out an artery Monday afternoon, and now Mendoza has three stents in his main artery. He was hospitalized January 4 after an accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, and he finally left Thursday afternoon after a follow-up procedure on Wednesday.
Now Mendoza is back on his feet, though he does have to return to the hospital for another follow-up procedure. He could have stayed, but he didn’t want to miss his set at the Burlington. In addition to the material he’s got from The Primo Mendoza Songbook he’s going to debut three new songs. Mendoza says he’s been listening to a lot of Joni Mitchell and James Taylor lately, so there’s a chance you’ll hear something familiar in those new songs. Whatever Mendoza plays I imagine it’ll be euphoric. Constantyne and Bones & Vomit also perform; the show starts at 9 PM.
