Black people really came out and supported this new Live on the Levee thing when it was somebody they were actually interested in seeing. I mean, I’m as versatile as the next person and even like a little Toad the Wet Sprocket myself, but how many of us are actually going to go sit in the hot sun to listen to them play? Exactly.
So I talked it over with my colleagues, and we’ve put together a crossover wish list for next year’s lineup. 1) K.C. & The Sunshine Band 2) Average White Band 3) Tina Marie 4) SOS Band 5) Rufus & Chaka Khan 6) Donna Summer & Sheila E 7) Gladys Knight & The Pips 8) James Brown 9) Little Richard and 10) Roberta Flack.
Peep the rest of our list online at www.stlamerican.com. Hit me up at dshante@stlamerican.com and submit acts you’d like to see. We plan to submit the completed list to the powers that be and see if we can influence next year’s lineup.