Bettye LaVette plus Julie Black

Friday Oct 2 8:00PM Add to Calendar
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Bettye LaVette! Bettye LaVette is one of the greatest soul singers in American music history, possessed of an incredibly expressive voice that one moment will exude a formidable level of strength and intensity and the next will appear vulnerable, reflective, reeking of heartbreak. Unfortunately, it says much about the vagaries of the popular music industry that, although LaVette has been recording for over four decades, up until recent years she has remained criminally unknown. But her career is now taking off:

*Performed at The Obama Inaugural Celebration At The Lincoln Memorial (broadcast on HBO) in duet with Bon Jovi - 2009
*Standout Performance of 'Love Reign O’er Me' honoring The Who at Kennedy Center Honors (broadcast on CBS December, 2008) *Appearances on David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
*Performance with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at Radio City Music Hall in New York for David Lynch Foundation’s Transcendental Meditation Benefit
*Digital EP "A Change is Gonna Come Sessions" Released June 16, 2009 exclusively on iTunes via Anti Records
*2008 Grammy Nominee
Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Award Honoree - 2006
*CNN states that of the "living singers who are actively releasing music now, there is no one more soulful than Bettye LaVette." - July, 2009

For her latest CD "The Scene Of The Crime", Bettye Lavette and Drive-By Truckers collaborate on a one-of-a-kind record filled with mini-dramas about life, love and survival. A blistering mix of anguished soul & greasy rock & roll, laced with the swampy guitars, Spooner Oldham’s slippery Wurlitzer piano and Bettye’s razor sharp voice in the forefront.

Here she is with a stunning version of The Who's "Love Reign Over Me": performed at The Kennedy Center.

$25 reserved seat tickets, only available through the Palladium Box Office 727-822-3590 or mypalladium.org ~ These tickets are not available at WMNF Studios or or regular outlets. Benefit Pass Holders may RSVP to Miss Julie at 813-238-8001 Ext. 100