We went to the "new" Casino in Niagara Falls with my brother and sister-in-law to see "the Magic of Motown" in the Avalon Ballroom. We stayed in the Embassy Suites hotel in a nice room with a very good view of the Falls.
A great venue for a band like this: not-too-big, with no bad seats that we could see. We were in the second row, stage left!
This band was very tight, with the three remaining members of the band still pulling their weight - specially Bob Babbitt, the bass player. The people they've added to fill in the roster are all excellent, too. The two lead singers - a guy and gal - were outstanding, easily covering all of our favourite songs by Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, the Four Tops, etc.
Half-way through the show they brought out one of the original Supremes, Mary Wilson, who looked and sounded terrific (she's 63!!!), and who led the band in a wonderful 7 to 10 (?) song set of classic Supremes songs !
We did some shopping the next morning around the outlets, etc., then took a very nice drive out along the "River Road" from the bottom of Clifton Hill towards Niagara-on-the-Lake, where we did some people-watching, and shopping in the Greaves Jams store, as well as the bakery, and the fudge shoppe. We had another excellent lunch at the Angel Inn (Guinness Beef & Onion Pie for Fran, and Bangers'n'Mash for me - both perfect).
All-in-all, a very satisfactory trip, and one we can recommend to everyone!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funk_Brothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtvBdgyDH8U&mode=related&search=
http://www.standingintheshadowsofmotown.com/index.htm
http://www.standingintheshadowsofmotown.com/funksbio.htm
Samples (audio only, unfortunately...go get the DVD!) from the DVD:
http://www.standingintheshadowsofmotown.com/soundtrack.htm
Great pub-food at the Olde Angel Inn: http://www.angel-inn.com/
Mary Wilson (of the Supremes) http://www.paradiseartists.com/artists/mary_wilson/index.html
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Friday, June 8, 2007
Amy Winehouse in Rolling Stone
The June issue of Rolling Stone has a good piece on my favourite singer: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/amy_winehouse_back_in_black_rehab_married_soul_beehive_diva/page/1
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