NOVEMBER 21,2007: MY FRIEND FROM TUSKEGEE,ALABAMA IS A BIG FAN OF THE BLUES AND SOUTHERN SOUL MUSIC.SHE SHARES WITH US HER CONCERT REVIEW. "2007 PRE-THANKSGIVING BLUES SHOW" HI GUYS, ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE "PRE-THANKSGIVING BLUES SHOW" AT FRONTSTREET ENTERTAINMENT IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. THE SHOW WAS PRESENTED BY "KILLER DILLER" AND DARRYL E (MONTGOMERY). THE FEATURED ARTISTS WERE WILBE RECORDING ARTISTS MR.FRED BOLTON AND MR. JEFF FLOYD. WITH A CROWD IN THE HOUSE, THE SHOW KICKED OFF AT ABOUT 9:30. AS FRED DEBONARILY WALKED OUT ON STAGE SINGING "I'M GONNA GET MINE", THE CROWD DETONATED LIKE A BOMB! I HAD TO MAKE MY WAY TOWARD THE STAGE AS COMMENCED TO PERFORM MY FAVORITE, "I CAN'T LOSE (WITH THE STUFF YOU USE)". THIS MAN HAS GREAT STAGE PRESENCE AND SINGS SO "EASY". THE CROWD GAVE A STANDING OVATION AS HE SANGED "A CHANGE IS GONNA COME". I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN THE BUILDING WAS SITTING AS FRED BELTED OUT, "I WAS BO----------RN BY THE RIVER..." PEOPLE WERE YELLING, SCREAMING, WAVING THEIR HANDS AND TESTIFYING AS IF AT AN OL' FASHIONED COUNTRY REVIVIAL IN A LITTLE WOODEN CHURCH. BEING A LIFETIME FAN OF TYRONE DAVIS, I WAS GRINNING FROM EAR-TO-EAR AS FRED DID "TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME". BY THIS TIME, THERE WAS A CROWD OF PEOPLE STANDING AROUND THE STAGE. NEXT HE DID A MIXTURE OF SONGS FROM THE PAST SUCH AS "PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE", "AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG", "WAIT 'TIL THE MIDNIGHT HOUR", "I'LL TAKE YOU THERE" AND "EVERYDAY WILL BE LIKE A HOLIDAY". HE RECEIVED A THUNDEROUS APPLAUD FROM THE AUDIENCE. NATURALLY, THE WOMEN WENT "WILD" AS HE BEGAN TO SING TEDDY PENDERGRASS' "LOVE T.K.O". ONE HIGHLIGHT MOMENT OF HIS PERFORMANCE WAS WHEN FRED ASKED THE WOMEN WHO FELT THAT THEY "HAD IT GOING ON" TO COME TO THE STAGE. SEVERAL WOMEN SURROUNDED HIM AS HE TALKED IN THAT SEXY AND SEDUCTIVE TONE OF HIS BEFORE SINGING HIS LAST NUMBER OF THE NIGHT..."MUST BE JELLY". HE GAVE A SHOUT-OUT AND BIG THANKS TO DJ GRANDMASTER (JERRY GRAHAM, MONTGOMERY) FOR GIVING HIS MUSIC A CHANCE TO BE HEARD. SOUTHERN SOUL AND BLUES ARTISTS ARE BLESSED TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE K (BIG K9) AND DJ GRANDMASTER IN THEIR CORNER. IT TOOK A WHILE FOR ME TO THINK OF WHAT I WOULD SAY AS I PREPARED TO WRITE A REVIEW OF FRED'S PERFORMANCE. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IT WAS NOT EASY TO COME UP WITH EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. FRED IS AMAZING!!! HE IS--BY FAR--ONE OF THE MOST HUMBLE AND APPRECIATIVE ARTISTS THAT I HAVE MET. LOOK OUT EVERYONE 'CAUSE HE IS ABOUT TO BLOW UP!!! NONE OTHER THAN MR. JEFF FLOYD PERFORMED NEXT. NATURALLY, THE CROWD SCREAMED VIGOROUSLY AS JEFF WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE SINGING "ALL I WANT IS YOU". WOMEN AND MEN MADE THEIR WAY TOWARD THE STAGE AS HE DID "WHERE YOU WANT ME TO PUT IT" (BY THE GROUP, SOLO). SO MANY PEOPLE HAD ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT JEFF GIVES AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. THOSE PEOPLE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE RIGHT. "LET ME KNOW", "I GOT MY WOMAN UPSET" AND "SOMEBODY'S GONNA LOSE A GOOD WOMAN TONIGHT" WERE PERFORMED NEXT. THE CROWD WAS VERY PLEASED AS HE PERFORMED "MAKE IT RIGHT". IT IS DOWNRIGHT UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH ENERGY THIS MAN HAS!!! HE DEFINITELY KNOWS HOW TO KEEP THE CROWD ALIVE. IT IS LIKE YOU HAVE TO GO AND PEE BUT YOU JUST WANT TO HOLD IT 'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY PART OF HIS PERFORMANCE. AS HE DID WITH "WHERE YOU WANT ME TO PUT IT", JEFF DID AN EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION OF SOLO'S "MUST BE HEAVEN". AS HE PREPARED TO DO HIS LAST NUMBER, THE FEW PEOPLE WHO WASN'T AROUND THE STAGE MADE THEIR WAY UP AS HE PERFORMED "I FOUND LOVE (ON A LONELY HIGHWAY)"...EVERYONE WAS UP DANCING!!! AGAIN, FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT JEFF GIVES AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE...GUESS WHAT??? YOU ALL WERE SO VERY RIGHT!!! HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL ENJOY THE REVIEW...AND THE PICS. LIVE, LOVE AND LAUGH!--DOT
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