Funk Brothers are touring again

[edafan]

July 4- Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Summer Fest

July 17- Costa Mesa, CA
Pacific Amphitheater
with Phoebe Snow, Bobby Caldwell, Vonda Shepard and possibly Elvis Costello

Aug 8 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Edmonton Folk Festival

Aug 21 - Detroit, MI
The Meadowbrook
The Funk Brothers perform at the Meadowbrook Music Festival. For tickets, click HERE

Aug 30 - West Bend, WI
Harleyfest

October, 2003 - United States Tour
Cities to be announced

November, 2003 - European Tour
Switzerland
France
England
The Netherlands
Germany
- more to be announced -

February, 2004 - Australian Tour
Cities to be announced

[Ivory Fair]

Cool, thanks for keeping us updated Ed! temptsinfo.com/smilies/wtg.gif

[janebse]

It's plain heart-warming to find the Funk Brothers are continuing to tour, and that their music is finally being recognized, in time for at least some of them to know we really appreciate them. Unfortunately, they don't seem to consider the South as a place to be. And they may be right.

Off hand, I'd think New Orleans would welcome them with open arms, but on second thought, I think probably not. N.O. wants to push the Dixieland Jazz as a tourist attraction and may not be too keen on Motown. But that's O.K. That leaves Detroit which is discovering their #1 tourist attraction is Hitsville. And I think soon to be BIG attractions will be the interactive Motown Museum and, I hope, much more.

[SoulStirrer]

janebse said:

It's plain heart-warming to find the Funk Brothers are continuing to tour, and that their music is finally being recognized, in time for at least some of them to know we really appreciate them. Unfortunately, they don't seem to consider the South as a place to be. And they may be right.

Off hand, I'd think New Orleans would welcome them with open arms, but on second thought, I think probably not. N.O. wants to push the Dixieland Jazz as a tourist attraction and may not be too keen on Motown. But that's O.K. That leaves Detroit which is discovering their #1 tourist attraction is Hitsville. And I think soon to be BIG attractions will be the interactive Motown Museum and, I hope, much more.

Plus the Muscle Shoals/Stax influence might still run deep. They thought that Motown was a little too... bland.

As for the interactive Motown Museum, well... I'm not holding my breath on this. They've had years to put something like that together. They need to open the vaults, that would be impressive.