Getting your player ready...
LONDON — Dr. Gregory House has long battled the blues. Now, the actor who plays the acerbic physician plans to play them. Warner Music Entertainment said Monday British actor Hugh Laurie has signed a deal to record an album of New Orleans-inspired blues.
“I am drunk with excitement at this opportunity,” Laurie said. “I know the history of actors making music is a checkered one, but I promise no one will get hurt.”
On “House,” Laurie’s character often plays piano and the guitar. His record company says Laurie is a predominantly self-taught pianist because, in a very House-like move, he had “creative differences” with his childhood teacher.
