Motown Treasures

Last week Jazz-FM announced that they had booked Smokey Robinson to appear at their "Love Supreme" Jazz Festival, to be held at Glynde, Sussex on July 4th-6th next year.

It seems that this will be his first UK appearance in 15 years ...  Details here ...



I wonder how many will be going to (a) go (go)?

Roger

"Smokey had a very chequered career hit wise in the UK so after 15 years it's difficult to gage who would attend. I'm afraid if he was appearing next door I would not be going!" ...

A "chequered career hit wise" indeed, but with two UK #1s and three or four other substantial hits he did quite well and out-performed many other Motown acts I could mention ... plus many will know him as the songwriter of "My Girl", "Get Ready" and dozens of other evergreens.

I can't see me attending the event as I have an aversion to these multi-day "festivals" held in fields, however if he were appearing next door to where you live John I'd definitely turn up (I could call in for a wee dram or three before the gig). 

I did see Smokey "Live" around the end of the '70s at Baileys in Leicester ("Shoe Soul" was his current single at the time) and it was very well attended .. he asked the audience if anyone had anything they particularly wanted him to sing and he ended up doing an acapella version of "Bad Girl". 

Rogere