All these Motown acts and More ....where's the media coverage??

[Boogiedown]

Gladys Knight --- Isley Bros. --- Mary Jane Girls --- El Debarge --- Smokey Robinson--- Lionel Richie --- Spinners --- Diana Ross --- Dazz Band --- Jacksons --- Rose Royce
Temptations ---Commodores

Al Green... Chaka Khan ...Dionne Warwick ...keep going ....


all gathering at one site on the same day

like catching fish from a barrel ....yet not one interview by anybody with any of these people?? No on-the-spot reporting??
What gives??

I must be missing it ....or is this the way of the world nowadays??

Its as if this amazing unlikely event never happened ....

[and there won't be another quite like it ]

[jobeterob]

We are now too old - they are too old

This is not a big deal other than to us

[Boogiedown]

We are now too old - they are too old

This is not a big deal other than to us

Oh dear, have you hit the nail on the head about this ??

[milven]

We are now too old - they are too old

This is not a big deal other than to us

That's it. The festival aimed at reaching the boomer generation, people who haven't been to a music festival in years, if ever.

It's not a bad idea. The crowd went in for a good time and relive their past by seeing their favorite entertainers. Hopefully, they realized that their favorite entertainers have aged too and were now in their seventies and eighties. Hopefully, the audience enjoyed the entertainment, and the entertainers still enjoyed entertaining the fans.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmci...-boomer-crowd/

[jobeterob]

That's it. The festival aimed at reaching the boomer generation, people who haven't been to a music festival in years, if ever.

It's not a bad idea. The crowd went in for a good time and relive their past by seeing their favorite entertainers. Hopefully, they realized that their favorite entertainers have aged too and were now in their seventies and eighties. Hopefully, the audience enjoyed the entertainment, and the entertainers still enjoyed entertaining the fans.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmci...-boomer-crowd/

I agree with both of you

[Ms. T]

I was there last week, and it was full of people my age, 40s and younger. Perhaps the biggest "wow" moment of the festival happened when Dionne Warwick made the impromptu decision to join the Spinners in singing "Then Came You."

It was her first time performing the song with the group since 1990, and her first time ever performing with this current group of Spinners - Jessie Peck, Marvin Taylor, Ronnie Moss, and CJ Jefferson. You can take a peek here:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_a9yO0vUAA/

That's it. The festival aimed at reaching the boomer generation, people who haven't been to a music festival in years, if ever.

It's not a bad idea. The crowd went in for a good time and relive their past by seeing their favorite entertainers. Hopefully, they realized that their favorite entertainers have aged too and were now in their seventies and eighties. Hopefully, the audience enjoyed the entertainment, and the entertainers still enjoyed entertaining the fans.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmci...-boomer-crowd/

[Boogiedown]

I was there last week, and it was full of people my age, 40s and younger. Perhaps the biggest "wow" moment of the festival happened when Dionne Warwick made the impromptu decision to join the Spinners in singing "Then Came You."

It was her first time performing the song with the group since 1990, and her first time ever performing with this current group of Spinners - Jessie Peck, Marvin Taylor, Ronnie Moss, and CJ Jefferson. You can take a peek here:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_a9yO0vUAA/

When you say "full of people" your age ...what would you guess was the age breakdown?

It's impressive that someone in their 40s would have any clue this record was performed by the Spinners/Warwick much less that they hadn't performed it together in 34 years.

[I'm still a little suspicious that Dionne's attire matches theirs so well for this to have been impromptu. But even if planned, and maybe that makes it even all the better, .....good for them!!]

On a scale of 1-10 Ms. T how would you have rated the day? Goods and bads?
Was it hard for you to maneuver? Did you manage good positioning for viewing? How many shows did you see..... who? Any missed?

and how was the food!!


Would like to hear more since you seem to be the only one in this neck of the woods who got to attend!

[Ms. T]

49 percent of the crowd was 50 and under. And that's a conservative estimate.

Never underestimate the nostalgia that Gen-Xers have for classic soul - as someone who has been an aficionado since I was a kindergartner, I have watched the evolution of being the only person my age at a soul/doowop/classic pop concert to now being able to talk to my peers about my favorite Marvin, Sam, Supremes, Jackie Wilson, etc. A lot of my peers are "graduating" into classic soul, classic rock, and yacht rock from hip hop. The contemporary scene is a wasteland and folks yearn for substance.

So many ladies were rocking 40s style hairdos and vintage outfits, same with the fellows. If you look at the social media campaign run by the Fool In Love Fest - it featured tons of young music aficionados professing their love for classic soul music. So the target market was definitely inclusive of younger fans of this timeless music.

Sometimes things happen for a reason. Considering I was right onstage when we asked Ms. Dionne if she'd be willing to grace the stage with the Spinners, and I have it on video, so yes, it was as much of a surprise to all of us at Team Spinners as it was to the crowd. I'm reminded that Dionne Warwick studied music in a SERIOUS way. She reads music. Which is why she was so nonchalant and game to do it. So when our MD, Keith Ferguson, gave her the musical details of how the song is performed in the Spinners show [[2 verses and the chorus into the next song in the medley), she went out, did her thing, and gave us all a gift.

Honestly, I was so busy reuniting with friends in the artist area that I caught snippets of every show but rarely sat around for a full set. I had artist access, so I could pretty much go anywhere. For me, it was about catching a really fantastic vibration with some of my favorite people. It was one big family reunion!!

I loved Charlie Wilson's set - first time seeing him. I tried to see people I've never seen perform [[so Diana, Smokey, Temptations are all among the sets I didn't check out).

The food and drink were great - but I had the benefit of the food trucks positioned among the artist trailers.

When you say "full of people" your age ...what would you guess was the age breakdown?

It's impressive that someone in their 40s would have any clue this record was performed by the Spinners/Warwick much less that they hadn't performed it together in 34 years.

[I'm still a little suspicious that Dionne's attire matches theirs so well for this to have been impromptu. But even if planned, and maybe that makes it even all the better, .....good for them!!]

On a scale of 1-10 Ms. T how would you have rated the day? Goods and bads?
Was it hard for you to maneuver? Did you manage good positioning for viewing? How many shows did you see..... who? Any missed?

and how was the food!!


Would like to hear more since you seem to be the only one in this neck of the woods who got to attend!

[Spreadinglove21]

If this had been a festival bill in 1984 when all these acts were at their peaks, or not far beyond their peaks this would have garnered a load of media coverage. Instead this was a gigantic oldies but goodies event.

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