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The man never quits. You can't get him down even if he has to be wheeled on stage. He never changes and his music endures. He lives to perform and we love to see him. The band is great and takes good care of "the man." Keep it up King Richard. Your subjects adore you!
Having seen Little Richard at the Brooklyn Fox in his heyday and at BB King's about a year ago, this performance was less than great. The audience was told that no photos were to be taken but he encouraged it once he took the stage. The band is superb, as always, but Little Richard, who can no longer walk or put his leg on the piano and belt it out, is a shadow of his former self. In the 1 1/2 hour set, he sang 9-10 songs for a total of about 25 minutes and the rest of the set was talking (almost inaudible from the booth where I sat) with "oh, shut up!" peppering his conversation. He sang a variety of songs by others but when he got down to "Tutti Frutti", "The Girl Can't Help It" and "Miss Ann" he was competent but the arrangements compensate for his diminishing vocal abilities. Worth seeing for the memories, I just wish they had been better.
Rather a late start and Richard came on in a wheelchair. But once at the piano he was as good as ever and has a fantastic rapport with his audience. An icon who still has the magic.
I simply can never say enough good things about little richard and the band. I always look forward to seeing them when they are in Minnesota. He is a real showman.
Would love to see them again. One of the best shows Iv'e seen in awhile.
My goodness--I wasn't prepared for Chubby Checker to be such a strong performer at his age. He didn't even stop between most of his songs and danced through most of his show. I was surprised at Little Richard's strong voice and his great performance, also. I'm sure that if he wasn't doing poorly after hip surgery that he would have been dancing around also!!! All of their band members were great performers, too.
Chubby Checker put on a good show & pulled the audience in to his performance and made everyone part of the show. Little Richard was sub par. He may have been in a lot of pain or to many painkillers. He made a lot of mistakes and stopped songs in the middle and babbled on about nothing more than he sang. He is an extremely good piano player but Sunday night his band had to cover for him way to much. He did try very hard but cood not cut it.
First and formost I was truly bummed about the cancellation of Chuck Berry. However, I was amazed over the great physical shape that Chubby Checker is in. He can still twist across the stage! I was shocked to see Little Richard come on stage in a wheel chair. I had to wonder if it was need or want. Why would a guy like him need to go through that at his age? At the same time, I am grateful for the opportunity to have seen these legends. I appreciated both of them sharing a bit about their roots and early beginnings. Imagining what they have went through in their life times as black musicians is over whelming.
Both performers were identical in that (1) they are incredible professionals and (2) both looked amazingly young (or "pretty" for Little Richard) (3) each invited guests from the audience to come onstage, and (4) each did a country song. Unfortunately Little Richard was having a hip problem and had to be wheelchaired up to the piano bench, but that did not stop him from hammering those keys, singing his way through an incredible list of songs, and talking continuously with the audience. And his son is one incredible bass player. Chubby Checker came out and did one song after another in rapid fire succession (but not enough "twist" songs for me) which was an incredible show of strength. This was a fun and enjoyable concert (haven't had this much fun since the Winter brother (Johnny and Edgar) played together in the late 70s). I drove roundtrip 5 hours for a three hour concert and it was worth every minute.
I had bought tickets a month or so ago to see Chuck Berry and Little Richard (mostly to see Chuck Berry) but a week before the event it was announced that Chuck Berry would be unable to appear and they booked Chubby Checker in his place. Not really caring to see Chubby Checker, I had thought about seeing if we could get a refund but just never got around to doing that so we thought we had better go anyway, and I'm glad we did! The now 68 years old Chubby Checker put on an excellent show, singing practically non-stop from the time he came onstage until he ended his portion of the show drenched in sweat one hour later. It took at least 30 minutes to change the stage over for Little Richard, but it was well worth the wait though seeing him was a real reminder of how old we're getting. As his band started playing we could see the sparkle of his suit behind the amps and speakers on the left side of the stage, and as they announced "And now, here he is, the architect of Rock and Roll, LITTLE RICHARD!" two stage hands brought him out in a wheel chair, rolled him over to his piano, placed a pillow on the piano bench, and lifted him out of his wheel chair and sat him on the pillow. There was a huge screen on either side of the stage and without these it would have been difficult to tell, but we could see he was grimacing as they turned him to face his piano, but as soon as the spotlight hit him he turned his head to face the audience with a smile that lit up the stage, and my goodness... how he could play that piano and sing! Still a showman through and through. During the course of the show he mentioned he was having his 77th. birthday this year and was going to keep performing as long as the Lord let him and the people wanted to see him. After the show ended we went into the casino for a hour or so, figuring we'd let the traffic die down before we left and then walked back out the way we came in to find that both Little Richard and Chubby Checker were on opposite ends of the hallway signing autographs, little Richard being assisted by his son and daughter. He was taking the time to talk with everyone who wanted his autograph and although he had been signing for a half hour or more, the line was still quite long. We didn't stay for an autograph, but stood near his table for a few minutes listening to him talk with his fans.
The concert was so fun and exciting! The place was filled and Chubby Checker opened the show! He still sounds great and had the energy of a teenager on the stage. Little Richard still has quite the set of pipes on him for being 77! Doing shows obviously keeps them young!
Little Richard and Chubby Checker put on a wonderful show. Great music lots of energy and laughter. I brought my mother and Aunt and both trully enjoyed themselves as did I.
We were very disappointed to find out that Chuck Berry wasn't going to perform-but Chubby Checker was amazing!!!We are so glad we didn't get a refund & went to the show!!! It was one of the best shows we have ever been to!!!Little Richard was excellent also-he still has that amazing voice!!! & of course is so very entertaining!!!
It would have been great to have Chuck Berry there but Chubby Checker did an amazing job. I really did not expect that kind of performance. Little Richard was great. It was so good to get to see him and they both had voices that sounded crystal clear.
