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Jah Mo Be There: Michael McDonald Live in NYC

Posted 02/11/2008 at 10:10 PM  |  Comment?

I've taken to RSVP'ing all social calls, "Jah Mo Be There." It fits. Jah is one of my many nicknames and it rolls off the tongue and the keyboard. In fact, just this Saturday a with-child friend expressed delight at my tapping out the phrase on her baby shower Evite. So if my appropriation of the Michael McDonald and James Ingram tune can bring joy, what of the real thing? Well Gothamites need not wait any longer than the 4th of March when the vintage blue-eyed soul singer takes over the Blue Note for two nights. Tickets are $55 which isn't bad at all given how intimate the space is and how good the sight lines are. I'm considering it. If he's just debuting material from his forthcoming album Soul Speak, I'll pass but if he's got any plans to dig through his Doobie catalog and his eighties solo output, well, y'all already know.

The Labelle/McDonald classic below used to stay on rotation on VH1, which I loathed on account of all the old folks' music they played*, but I couldn't resist Ms. Patti in the fur and the ironed wig on the waterfront promenade. Jammin' on the one:

*That I now watch more VH1 than any other music network (which is still not much) is disheartening evidence of my stodgy adult sensibilities.

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