70's Soul Jam, The Stylistics, The Chi-Lites, Bloodstone, and Eddie Holman

Don’t you just love R&B? You know those harmonic progressions paired with heartfelt lyrics that just make you melt? Lets talk about R&B super group veterans, The Stylistics, who has been doing their thing now for years and years. Their music has seen five decades, and a huge string of hits along the way. In the 70’s the group had twelve consecutive R&B top ten hits, and if we’re lucky, then tonight, we’ll hear most of them! The white suit-clad R&B group, walk out on stage to a huge amount of applause, and take their spots at the microphones. They blast into an a cappella version of “Break Up to Make Up”, which is completely riding the waves of applause, bouncing off the crowd who are supplying their energy through this complex and soulful section. This group rip through all of those top ten hits this evening, with the vibe being absolutely off the hook, backed by a live band who again, are a worthy source of energy for this band. A night to remember.

Chicago soul group, The Chi-Lites who have been doing their thing for five decades are STILL doing it, it’s amazing to experience what they’re all about as years of performing hasn’t hindered their ability in the slightest. They’re still performing, singing with a smile and they have still maintained their status over the many years. Tonight they indulge the audience in songs such as “Oh Girl” which of course was a huge number one hit for the band back in 72. There are a couple of things that this band have maintained and that’s their stage presence. They have such a natural charisma that reels in the audience making them hang onto every word that this group says or sings. They close on “Have You Seen Her”, doing a ten-minute version of the song. It almost feels as though they are each doing their own versions of the song, but no one has an issue since they’re all world-class singers! Well worth the ticket price.

Oh I love the show I love them I always listen to them they was one of the big things that wanted to see that I must see I'm so happy and we'll see them again great performance

Eddie Holman is soul personified and you would be hard pressed to argue otherwise. I was so excited to finally see him live in concert and the good feelings lasted right up to the show and throughout. This was helped along by the fact that not only were the tickets inexpensive, but the venue itself was large enough that it was extremely easy to find a parking space and even easier to find a seat close to the stage. I was a little worried that the stage being indoors would take a little bit away from Eddie's voice because of the reflection of sound against the walls, but I was pleasantly surprised when I found that the building was selected carefully and that the arches in the singing were created in such a way that it didn't affect his singing at all.

When singing "Hey there lonely girl" you can really tell the amount of vocal range that Eddie has and it was made funny by him because he stopped and told the audience that the reason he is able to sing like that according to his mother is because he wears tight clothes. He continues to tell the crowd that he hopes that he doesn't mess up and that even though he is much older he thinks that he can sing as high as he used to for a second time, but to not get upset if he can't. After completing the song he smiled widely to the crowd and thanked them very much for coming out to see him.

After hearing the song and watching him smile I couldn't help but do the same and I was extremely glad that I took the time to drive out and see him perform.