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Charles Bradley and the Menahan Street Band at Royce Hall Print
Thursday, November 29 2012, 8:00pm - 11:00pm by tatianaz Hits : 2484

 

Charles Bradley and The Menahan Street Band
Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Royce Hall

$20 - $40 ($15 UCLA Students)

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The 60-something brilliant soul singer Charles Bradley was discovered late in a very difficult life. Spurred by a little singing experience from his youth and a natural affinity for soul music, in the mid-’90s Bradley began performing around Brooklyn (where he had moved to help his ailing mother) as “Black Velvet,” a James Brown impersonator. A fateful encounter with the soul revivalists of Daptone Records (known for their work with Amy Winehouse and Sharon Jones) transported Bradley from an uncertain future as a local curiosity. Recognizing Bradley’s raw talent, they deftly paired him with suitable material and personnel, including producer/bandleader Thomas Brenneck of the Menahan Street Band. That partnership wrought music that spoke to Bradley’s pain-filled biography—captured on 2011’s No Time for Dreaming. Backed by the deep-funk of the Menahan Street Band (who open the show with an all-instrumental set), the “Screaming Eagle of Soul” in action will move you to the core.
Menahan Street Band’s new album The Crossing hits October 31 from Daptone Records. Download the title single for free at Rolling Stone. Menahan’s Thomas Brenneck eclectically describes the new album as: "music to an unreleased Sergio Leone western starring the Wu Tang set in 1992.”

 

 

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