It’s your girl WestStyle Chronicles signing in from my “sex therapy” with Robin Thicke in the ATL – gosh, I love my job!!! With long lines and a pretty thick crowd (no pun intended), that wasn’t going to stop your girl from getting the “up close” for this anticipated performance. Plus, I didn’t have to stand in the line. Lol!!!
Dressed in usual sophistication, Thicke wasted no time in ripping the stage and telling his female clientele to “Shake It For Daddy”. We can all guess who “Daddy” is. From start to finish, his performance had a lot of energy. From every song to every word, the audience was with him. The only thing I regret is that he never sang his single “Sex Therapy” but aside from that, it was a great experience. Here are some clips from the great concert.
One of the first posts I contributed to GFM was entitled I’m With the Band! Really? If you have not read it, you can take a peek here. Since writing that post I have given a lot of thought about the concept of a band(or just live music in general) especially as it relates to the Grown Folks Music we love. (more…)
One of my favorite groups of all time: bassist/keyboardist/lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson and writter/drummer supreme, Neil Peart, collectively known as Rush.
30+ years going strong. 24 Gold Records, 14 platinum albums and fourth behind The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Aerosmith for the most consecutive gold or platinum albums by a rock band (Wikipedia), yet somehow still underrated.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Taylor family.
From the Chicago Tribune:
Koko Taylor more than once said she hoped that when she died, it would be on stage, doing the thing she loved most: Singing the blues.
She nearly got her wish. The Chicago musical icon died Wednesday at age 80 of complications from gastrointestinal surgery less than four weeks after her last performance, at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tenn. There she collected her record 29th Blues Music Award, capping an era in which she became the most revered female blues vocalist of her time with signature hits “Wang Dang Doodle,” “I’m a Woman” and “Hey Bartender.”
Taylor died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital 15 days after her May 19 surgery. She appeared to be recovering until taking a turn for the worst Wednesday morning, and was with friends and family when she died.
“Koko Taylor’s life and music brought joy to millions of people all around the world and Chicago is especially honored that she called our city her home for more than 50 years,” Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley said. “The strength of her style was formed in the night clubs of Chicago’s South Side and she carried that spirit with her wherever she went. She was an ambassador for our city and truly was the queen of a kind of music that makes people think of Chicago whenever they hear it.”
Among those with her Wednesday was Bruce Iglauer, owner of Chicago-based Alligator Records, who was her producer, manager and friend since 1974.
He recalled that Taylor had a similar surgery in 2004 and was on a ventilator for nearly a month. “The doctors were very discouraged then about her coming back, and she willed herself back to life,” Iglauer said. “We were hoping she would do the same this time.”
Erykah, off her 1997 debut album, Baduizm (Kedar) with ‘Other Side of the Game‘ (Erykah Badu, Bro ?uestlove, Richard Nichols, James Poyser, The Roots).
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