Eli Marcus - Singer Sunday

How does a phone call with Avraham Fried and Eli Marcus go? Eli Marcus? >> Hey, how's it going? >> Good evening. >> Good evening, sir. >> Welcome to Sing a Song Day. >> Yes. >> Do you remember the first wedding you ever played at? And what was it like? Do you have any interesting stories you can share with the people? >> First wedding was in probably Crown Heights. It was in the Alter Rebbe's house, Rabbi Mordechai Mentlik. >> And who would have guessed? >> Yeah, he was the first guy who hired me, pushed me, and that's where it all started. >> How old were you? >> I was 21. >> So, like 40 years ago. >> Almost, yeah. >> Wow. >> Yeah, I'll be celebrating 29 years in the business uh next week. >> 21 + 29 You're in your 30s. >> What? >> You're in your 30s. >> I'm in my 30s? >> What do you prefer? Weddings or concerts? And why? >> This point, definitely weddings. Uh weddings are they're easier in many ways. Uh primarily just the energy that that you get from being at the wedding. The energy of this There's something very special going on. There's a new bias p's being being started. A concert takes a lot more work. It takes a lot more prep. It takes a lot more focus. Uh the nerves are are way stronger. >> How does a phone call with uh Avraham Fried and Eli Marcus go? You call, you say, "Hi, Uncle Avremel. Uh you have a minute?" And he's like, "Yes, Eli, my tired nephew." How does it go? >> And exactly like that. I ask the question. >> Does he feel very fatherly on the phone? What's his vibe? Or is he like, "Yo, what's up, bro?" >> No, very definitely very uh avuncular. >> Hmm. Fatherly? >> I'd say more avuncular. >> I don't know what that is. >> Avuncular? I didn't either. Uh it comes from the word uncle. >> Avuncular? >> Avuncular. >> People want to know, how do you manage a guy yakking down your ear for 5 hours straight? And you just want to run off the stage by the time you're done. That is the number one talk question. >> And the truth is that it's not non-stop talking. >> [laughter] >> It's at very pivotal moments. There are times that it does that it will confuse me. Like if I'm being if I'm being asked a question while I'm singing, I'll I can't I can't do both. >> Okay, so I'm going to [laughter] ask you a lot of questions tonight. For those who don't know, we have serious history Ellie and myself. We've known each other for close to a decade. Google Hangouts. >> Yeah. Yeah, back >> Ellie bought two songs off off me. He was the first person to truly believe in me. I I mass mass emailed about 30 singers and Ellie was one of the only singers. You and a couple of others responded. And uh >> It's on the You Got the Album. >> It's on the You Got the Album. Can you guess which song this is? This is for you Hevra. Thank you very much, Ellie. Singer Sunday, thank you.