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Friday, January 30, 2009

Tonight! GO Sharon Jones!

Posted by Andrew R Tonry on Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:05 PM

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Gotta make this quick, but you gotta make it there:

SHARON JONES tonight at the Crystal Ballroom

I don't care if you're broke, I don't care if it's the Crystal, and I don't care if you think you know better. Certain music is universal and well played soul most definitely is.

I've seen Sharon twice now, in very different venues (a cramped Doug Fir and the Zoo's sprawling outdoor amphitheater) and she knocked 'em down each time. Her voice will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up as the band provides expert sway and bounce. Not to be missed, for both young and old alike. Just fucking incredible. Go. And oh my Lord, at the Zoo she covered James Brown's "Mans World" with such ferocity it would've made the Godfather himself drop down to his knees in bewildered joy.

And while I don't do this much, here it has to be done. The WW's Sharon Jones preview is idiotic and wrong. It suggests that Jones can't write a song, and would do better with Amy Winehouse's writers and producer Mick Ronson. Fucking ridiculous. It appears whoever wrote it has never spent any time with the band's early 7" vinyl-only releases, which are as tough and searing and well composed as they come. It wasn't Ronson that made Winehouse good, it was THE FUCKING DAP KINGS!

Also, if I'm not mistaken, I don't think Sharon spent 14 years on staff at Riker's Island. At least that's how she made it seem to me in a great interview last year. I believe it was a much shorter stint.

But that's all mindless crud. Just go see the fucking show—few touring acts delve directly into the spine and pleasure center of the soul as Sharon and the Dap Kings. Life-affirming, heart-pumping, hard-working brilliance.

 

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searing performer that one is
Posted by jb on January 30, 2009 at 9:02 PM · Report
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"It wasn't Ronson that made Winehouse good, it was THE FUCKING DAP KINGS!"

THANK YOU! At least someone knows their stuff. WW take note.
Posted by thebasa on February 2, 2009 at 10:22 AM · Report

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