It was busier than usual at Hollywood’s Green Door once word got out that Snoop Dogg might join Deron Johnson’s Tuesday evening jazz group for some freestyle good vibes. And although the D-O-to-the-double-gizzle failed to show, onetime music “star” Macy Gray joined the ensemble around midnight. The singer, who took to the floor with a pronouncement (”I’ve been drinking”) treated — if that’s the word — the foxy crowd to two songs. Her first offering, a sultry rendition of “Whatever Lola Wants,” was actually quite good at times, but then she sabotaged the tune, sputtering nonsense over the standard’s quieter parts. Gray also gratuitously pointed out that Pink was in the audience, but the Grammy winner really wore out her welcome, however, with her second song: a downright awful cover of Radiohead’s “Creep.” By the end, people were heading toward the exit. Hey, we were there to see Snoop. And if Macy doesn’t take herself seriously, it’s hard for anyone else to, either. That said, seeing Macy sing is far superior to watching her “DJ,” as she did at a Slimfast party (we swear we’re not making this up) in January.

–Charlie Amter

[Photo: Macy gripping the mike. Credit: Charlie “Shorty” Amter / Los Angeles Times]