Seeing Martha Reeves and her sisters still kicking after 50 years of entertainment was amazing. This 69 year old Diva is still putting on a great show and dancing in 4 inch heals which I think is a accomplishment for anyone really. It did seem like one last money grab before she dies, but even if it was it was an amazing show.
This concert felt like something that I wasn’t supposed to see, something before my time with a sense of showmanship that just doesn’t exist anymore. They have a deep respect for those who play with them and a genuine sense of gratitude for their audience.
Like all people past 65 she loves telling stories and about the good old days and complaining about today’s technologies and after the opening song demanded that the technicians turn down the bass to get that real Motown sound. The whole show was to get people moving which was quite successful you can’t help dancing when someone in their late sixties is singing classics with a strong voice and dancing around the stage.
Hearing her tell stories about her experience and the history of Motown filtered through her sense of humor was great. She told a story about how when she was first recording she was nervous to sing slow songs in front of her producer because he was handsome so she asked him to leave the room and “turn the lights down to sexy”
Martha is also good at giving out helpful advice when we had our photo taken with her she told Mirjami (the Finnish girl in the front) to lean back or she’ll look fat.
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