Russell Thompkins Jr. & The New Stylistics Concert Review

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Last night I witnessed one of the most amazing live concerts. Russell Thompkins & the New Stylistics [[Raymond Johnson and Jonathan Buckson) at the Pinnacle, Maumee, Ohio [[Toledo, OH.) This show contained anything you could have wanted in a Classic Soul and R&B concert. Excellent singing, smooth & precise choreography, tremendous musicians, musical director, humor, style and class! Russell Thompkins and company gave it all to them last night!

The set list included just about all of the Stylistics memorable classics such as, "Stop, Look, Listen [[To Your Heart)", "You Are Everything", "Rockin' Roll Baby", "Betcha by Golly, Wow","People Make the World Go Round", "I'm Stone in Love with You", "Break Up to Make Up", "You Make Me Feel Brand New" and a killer version of "Hurry Up This Way Again"! They just kept hitting the audience with the hits!

They surprised us with a spirited rendition of the Eddie Kendricks' classic "Goin' Up In Smoke". Another huge and welcomed surprise was when they reached back, way back to the beginning and performed "Country Living" and "You're A Big Girl Now"! The crowd loved it. Everything about the show was on point including their ultra dapper stage attire designed by Falcone! [[I just happened to also being wearing one of his suits!).

Overall this was a tremendously enjoyable show and one of the few where everything was on point. Russell being the amazing vocalist we all have known him to be all of these years did not disappoint. He delivered every song exactly the way we remembered them which knocked me out! There are very few artists that can do that. Gladys Knight and Eddie Levert are in this elite club of professionals. I am very much looking forward to seeing Russell Thompkins & the New Stylistics in concert again and if you are lucky enough to have them come anywhere near your area, do not miss this group!

Marv
November 22 ,2015