Eccentric Soul Revue
Saturday, March 24 2012
Pitman Theatre
8:00 PM
Motown had one. So did Stax -- three soul-deep acts and one smoking hot band to back them up. The triple-header of R&B: the soul revue. Once a mainstay of theaters, gymnasiums and VFW halls across the country, yet by the late seventies, the soul revue vanished, the performers returned to their day jobs and the world got a little smaller and a little sadder.
That is, until April 2009, when the first Eccentric Soul Revue packed Chicago’s Park West Theater with soul-hungry acolytes, satisfying them with a show that combined 70s slick with revival-meeting fervor.
It was an out of body experience. Those who were there went home knowing they’d seen something that just wasn’t done anymore. And they wanted more.
Congratulations, Milwaukee -- the wait and the want is over! The man with the voice like Domino sugar, Renaldo Domino, the silky smooth Notations, and the totally explosive Syl Johnson, all backed by The Bo-Keys will be hitting the Pitman stage with the singular and extraordinary Eccentric Soul Revue. These Windy City soul legends made their names four decades ago on Chicago’s Twinight Records. They are coming here to prove that one of the great long-lost live show art forms still wins by a knockout in the 21st Century.
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Recommended if you like:
Um, classic Soul Music. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Kings Go Forth