GRAMMY®
WINNER RAPHAEL SAADIQ SET TO PERFORM HOMETOWN
SHOWS TO PROMOTE FORTHCOMING LIVE ALBUM
August 8, 2003 - Grammy® Award winner Raphael
Saadiq has set up a handful of shows in Northern California to
give fans a sneak peek of his forthcoming live album, RAPHAEL
SAADIQ: ALL HITS AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES, which was recorded
at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on July 3 and is scheduled
to be released October 14 on his Pookie Entertainment label.
It’s just been confirmed that the label will be distributed
by the Navarre Corporation.
Originally from Oakland, CA, Raphael will take his hometown mini-tour
to Ruby Skye in San Francisco on August 20 and 21 and the Radisson
Hotel in Sacramento on August 22.
More tour dates are being confirmed and will be announced in the
coming weeks.
One of the highlights of the July 3 taping was a long-awaited
Toni Tony Tone reunion, which brought the crowd into hysterics
for "Still A Man," "Lay Your Head On My Pillow,"
"Whatever You Want," "It Never Rains In Southern
California," "Anniversary" and "Let's Get
Down" (which also included an appearance by DJ Quik).
Joi also commanded the spotlight that night as she performed her
own sexy song, "Missing You," which served as a brief
intermission for Raphael.
Joi and Tony Toni Tone will once again join Raphael onstage at
the August shows, billed as “Raphael Saadiq with special
performances by Tony Toni Tone and Joi.”
Here’s what fans can expect to see as described by Steven
Mirkin of the Daily Variety, who captured the July 3 show’s
essence: “Rail thin, with a honeyed tenor combining Donnie
Hathaway's yearning and Stevie Wonder's irrepressible melodic
invention, Saadiq blossomed onstage performing the ‘gospeldelic’
material from his 2002 solo debut INSTANT VINTAGE. A preacher
with a streetwise edge, he seduces with liquid phrasing and a
courtly restraint…”
| DATE |
CITY |
VENUE |
| AUGUST |
|
|
| 20 |
San Francisco,
CA |
Ruby Skye |
| 21 |
San Francisco,
CA |
Ruby Skye |
| 22 |
Sacramento, CA |
Radisson Hotel |
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