$55 Advance | $57 Day of ShowDoors 7pm | Show 8pm The Songs, The Stories, The Great Lady Of Soul An intimate evening with Bettye LaVette, accompanied by Etienne Stadwijk on keyboards. Bettye LaVette was hailed by the New York Times as “one of the great soul interpreters of her generation”. She is a song stylist. Her gift is being able to take a song from any genre and making it completely her own. To quote the late, great George Jones, "Bettye is truly a 'singer's singer'."These intimate shows feature Bettye performing songs and telling stories from throughout her 64 year career. Hearing Bettye in this setting, stripped down to just her voice and keyboards, is a very captivating experience. Her career began in 1962, at 16 years old, in Detroit, Michigan. Her first single, My Man-He's A Lovin' Man, was on Atlantic Records. Throughout the 60s and 70s, she recorded for several major labels, but was never able to "break through". She also appeared in the Broadway Musical Bubbling Brown Sugar alongside Honi Coles and Cab Calloway. Since her resurgence in 2000, she has received the R&B Foundation's Pioneer Award, won several Blues Music Awards, was inducted into both […]
