Viva Johnny Vegas

Who else could turn a lounge act originally meant as a joke into a career? Johnny Vegas has been a fixture on the Ottawa club scene for years; from the Bingo Jet International nights at Zaphod Beeblebrox in the mid-1990s or more recently as “himself” (he’s been known to still answer to “JP”), working the DJ angle at Barrymore’s 80s nights. Since then, he’s turned his own solo show into a regular act, channeling the Rat Pack days of Sammy Davis Jr and old Blue Eyes himself, at places such as Maxwell’s Bistro on Elgin Street.