Apollo Saturday night

Jerry Lee Lewis celebrated his 72nd birthday on Saturday by performing on stage with Solomon Burke at the Apollo Theatre. But by the sound of it, what should have been a night to remember was a bit of a let down. Jerry Lee and Solomon were supporting Bill Clinton's One campaign, which aims to get America's youth to take action about issues they care about. They apparently opened the show with Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On. But instead of perfoming a full set together they were just there as token oldies. The audience was made up of college kids, who have probably never heard of either of them, and the 'real' stars were Chris Rock, Bono, Shakira and Alicia Keys. Bill Clinton declined to play his sax it seems. Meanwhile Jerry Lee's sister Linda Gail was playing at the rather less well known Music Palace in Crouch End with her usual enthusiasm. For more on the One campaign read this: http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=05658598-a90a-4b23-b9e8-a54c06ce9a5d&sid=fd-hot3-txt

Talking of the Apollo, I'm looking forward to an Apollo style soul review being held at The Forum on October 19 to mark 25 years of Kent records. Among those performing are Maxine Brown, Mary Love, Tommy Hunt, The Flirtations and Winfield Parker. An evening not to be missed I think.