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Bettye LaVette on David Letterman Thursday Night!

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Bettye LaVette, who made only one Motown album (TELL ME A LIE) is rightfully a member of the Motown family.  She has been working many years and recording since she was 16 years old.  Bettye was on Lupine Records with the Supremes when they were the Primettes!

Her comeback in 1998, with her concert at New York's prestigeous Columbia University started the ball rolling again (in some people's opinion), others say it was her astonishing performance at the Poretta Music Festival that brought her back.  Whatever it was, things are HAPPENING for the Detroit soul diva.

The reviews from jaded critics all over the world about LaVette's stage performances are astounding.  They haven't talked about ANY singer like this since the emergence of Aretha Franklin.  One critic, after attending both Bettye's show and Chaka Kahn's at Monterey Jazz Fest said: "Miss Kahn could take lessons from Miss LaVette."

At the Chicago Blues Festival, she blew young blues singer, Shemeekia Copeland away, prompting one critic to relate: "Miss LaVette was the surprise hit of the entire festival." 

A couple of weeks ago, I saw her in Brooklyn at Prospect Park.  Brooklyn is the toughest crowd in the nation.  At the end of her show, Bettye received a PROLONGED standing ovation.

Watch her tomorrow night, July 28, 2005,  on the Letterman Show and see what the shouting is all about.



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Mike Hughes | Mike

Mike Hughes is the owner and admin of Soul Source which he started up back in 1997. His soul journey started in the mid 1970s via the usual venues and has continued to the present day, along the way enjoying all eras and aspects of soul, events, dj-ing, promoting, writing and looking after Soul Source. Nowadays though his main thrust is simply enjoying the music and life with his wife and family. 'No one ever said it was going to be easy..., but it may just turn out that way'

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