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Preview Tue Mar 26 2013
Coming Back Around with Lee Fields
There is often a small window for anyone to break big. Countless people with extraordinary talent have missed the window. However, sometimes persistence pays off. Lee Fields may not have been a star in the late 60s when his career started, but the R&B/southern soul singer kept at it, took advantage of cyclical trends and is now flourishing creatively. His latest two albums on Truth & Soul are dynamite efforts that evoke all of what Fields presumably wanted from his career 40 years ago, along with a few modern dashes. And, oh mercy, the man was born to perform. His voice has aged like a fine wine and his swagger is at its apex. He controls an audience's attention, but it always helps to have a tight band backing him and the Expressions are no joke.
Lee Fields & the Expressions headline Lincoln Hall on Thursday, the 28th. Lady, fronted by Terri Walker and Nicole Wray, open. The show's 21+, $15 in advance, $18 at the door and starts at 9PM. Lincoln Hall's at 2424 N Lincoln.